There’s much mangling of pronunciations and names, before the Japanese hack spells out J W A L A and enquires about where she’s disappeared. All but one of Australia’s 20 wickets in the series opener fell to spin, and the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadiumpitch in Chittagong is expected to favour slow bowling. Striker Aleksandar Mitrovic shaved the outside of the post with a close-range header as some Serbian fans ran up the terraces for cover from bursts of driving rain. “We have good attacking players but we need someone in the middle of the park who can spray the passes, switch the play quickly and play at a tempo that Gareth likes. If the players are still in a funk, they might not even bother playing Bulgaria. Zambia claimed their first victory of the group phase of Africa’s World Cup qualifiers. ’The Netherlands coach Dick Advocaat has told his players and Dutch supporters to forget Thursday. ’Wrestler Vinesh Phogat, on Saturday, posted a statement on Twitter in which she appealed for a “good system” that takes care of athletes. Squads:Bangladesh: Mushfiqur Rahim , Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Imrul Kayes, Shakib Al Hasan, Nasir. They don’t know the pattern of sport and the flavour of modern hockey,” he said.