Turning tracks alone won't guarantee win: Tamim

Tamim Iqbal, the Bangladesh opener, said on Wednesday that a spinning track alone won't guarantee his team's success against Australia in the upcoming two-Test series.

Bangladesh beat England on a spin-friendly pitch in their last home Test in October and a similar tactic could be adopted when it takes on Australia in the first Test in Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium from Sunday.

Tamim, also the vice-captain of the Test squad, made a key contribution in Bangladesh’s 108-run victory against England when he scored a crucial hundred in the first innings.

With more runs and more hundreds than any other batsman in Bangladesh's 17-year Test history, Tamim has been singled out by the Australians as the main threat.

"It is not that we will win just by making spin tracks," Tamim told reporters in Dhaka. "Even if there is support for the spinners in the wicket, still our spinners will have to bowl really well.

"Our batsmen also have to bat well as well as our pacers, who need to bowl well on these surfaces. If you want to see success then all these things have to work together."

He acknowledged that Australia also had a "top-quality spinner in Nathan Lyon".

Bangladesh has not played a Test against Australia since Ricky Ponting's team toured the country in 2006, six years after it was granted Test status.

The second Test will begin at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong from September 4.