Dhaka: Australia cricket team will arrive Dhaka on Friday night to play a two-match Test series against the Tigers after an 11-year break.

Steve Smith’s men are scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 10:45pm, leaving home following their weeklong pre-tour training camp in Darwin.

Ahead of the tour, a two-member advanced security team, led by Sean Carroll and Frank Demasi, arrived here on Tuesday and continue their inspection to confirm an alternative venue for the two-day tour match on August 22-23 as the previously selected venue, Khan Saheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah has been waterlogged.

The security team visited the ULAB cricket ground in Mohammadpur on Wednesday and Fatullah stadium and BKSP ground on Thursday after witnessing a commando drill conducted by Bangladesh Army at SBNCS ahead of the visitors’ arrival to ensure a foolproof security during their stay.

Australia will play the first Test (August 27-31) at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) in Dhaka while the 2nd Test (September 4-8) at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.

As per the Future Tours Programme (FTP), Australia were scheduled to play two Tests and a tour match in Dhaka and

Chittagong in October 2015, but the tour was postponed over security concerns.

Australia have not played in Bangladesh since Ricky Ponting’s team toured here in April 2006 and outside major tournaments, the two nations have played just two ODI series against each other in Darwin (2008) and Dhaka (2011) since then.

Australia squad: Steve Smith (captain), David Warner, Ashton Agar, Jackson Bird, Hilton Cartwright, Pat Cummins, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Swepson and Matthew Wade.

Bangladesh squad (preliminary): Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Sabbir

Rahman, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Mahmudullah Riyad, Liton Kumar Das, Mominul Haque, Mehedi Hasan, Taijul Islam,

Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Subhashish Roy, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Rubel Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Sanjamul Islam,

Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Mohammad Saifuddin, Anamul Haque, Abul Hasan Raju, Al Amin Hossain, Nasir Hossain, Muktar Ali, Tanbir Haider, Saqlain Sajib, Shafiul Islam.