'2005 to 2007 was a special period for Bangladesh' - Shahriar Nafees unplugged

In our latest episode of the podcast we chat with former Bangladesh Test cricket Shahriar Nafees and ESPNcricinfo journalist Mohammad Isam.

Talking points:

• Street cricket in Dhaka


• Legends of tape-tennis cricket


• The value of age-group cricket in Bangladesh


• The period when cricket started to overshadow football in Bangladesh


• Memories of cricket from the 1990s


• The Fatullah Test against Australia in 2006


• A heady period for Bangladesh between 2005 and 2007


• The pressure of having to live up to expectations

Participants:

Shahriar Nafees

Mohammad Isam (@isam84)

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

Related:

Shahriar Nafees' YouTube channel 

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Nafees leads Bangladesh's brilliant charge - ESPNcricinfo report

When Mohammad Ashraful took on McGrath and Gillespie - ESPNcricinfo

That winning feeling - Rabeed Imam on Bangladesh's win over India in 2004 - ESPNcricinfo