The Tigers, who dominated the drawn match at Fenner's last week, will be without centurion Javed Omar, wicketkeeper Khaled Mashud, country's leading wicket-taker Mohammad Rafique and experienced paceman Tapash Baisya for this match starting at Hove today.

With Javed, rested after his impressive 167 in the first innings against British Universities, young left-hander Shahriar Nafees is likely to open the innings with Nafees Iqbal. Aftab Ahmed, who missed the first game due to fever, will be back at number three position.

The game will also give 17-year-old stumper Mushfiqur Rahim his maiden taste of the big league after he was picked in the squad from nowhere.

Rafique may be missing in action, but Sussex, who stunned Warwickshire on Friday, will face plenty of left-arm spin from Enamul Haque. Young right-arm paceman Talha Jubair will be the other inclusion in the side in place of Tapash.

"We have decided to rest some key players to pave the way for others to get accustomed to the English conditions," Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar told The Daily Star Sport over telephone yesterday.

But Bashar, whose side reached Brighton from London on Friday, said that the weather was not at all inspiring in the beautiful seaside city.

"We are feeling the first bite of cold here. We could not train outdoors because of rain but managed to practice indoors for two hours in the morning," said Bashar.

But the Bangladesh captain insisted that his team was ready to make another big impression against a tougher side after a good first game.

"Our team is in good shape after the first match and we are determined to make another impression on the tour," he said.

Bangladesh play their final three-day match against Northamp-tonshire (May 20-22) before the first Test starts at Lord's on the 26th.

"It would have been better if we could practice outdoors. But the good news is that the forecast has been for a sunny day tomorrow," he informed.

Bashar said that he was excited to bat against former Pakistani leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed, who bowled Sussex to victory on Friday with a match haul of eight wickets.

But Sussex have already put a damper of that prospect. It was learnt from an agency report that Sussex have decided to rest the champion spinner and are likely to filed their second string side.

However, Matt Prior, who is looking to force himself into the minds of the England selectors, will lead the English county.

TEAMS
BANGLADESH: Habibul Bashar (captain), Nafees Iqbal, Shahriar Nafees, Mohammed Ashraful, Aftab Ahmed, Rajin Saleh, Mushfiqur Rahim, Enamul Haque, Mashrafee Bin Mortuza, Talha Jubair and Shahadat Hossain Rajib.

SUSSEX (from): R Montgomerie, T Ambrose (Wkt), M Yardy, M Prior (captain), C Hopkinson, S Heather, J Van der Wath, L Wright, M Davis, C Nash, J Lewry, N Turk.