Although Friday was supposed to be a day off, but coach Dav Whatmore arranged the gym work as rain had hampered scheduled training on Thursday.

19 cricketers were divided into three groups and each group spent 30 minutes in the 5-Star hotel's gymnasium. Only leg spinner Mosaddek Hossain, who is now attending a special course on spin bowling in India's Mumbai, was missing. Hossain will join the camp on October 11.

Weather permitting, the players will resume physical training at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium today morning. In the afternoon, they will go back to the gym.

The England team is due to arrive in the capital on October 8 to play two Test matches and three one-day internationals against Bangladesh.

Meanwhile, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday announced the rate of hospitality boxes at the Bangabandhu National Stadium for the first Test and the second and third ODIs.

The air-conditioned boxes, each containing 12 seats, will cost Taka 60,000 while a non-AC box with ten chairs will cost 50,000 Taka.

The boxes will be sold on first come first serve basis.

Interested persons have been asked to submit applications to the BCB's management office in Gulshan along with a pay order or a bank draft in favour of the BCB.