Mal Loye has told England's players to "go for it" and tour Bangladesh but admits he quit a coaching role in the country amid worries the Australia team would be targeted by terrorists
London: Mal Loye has told England's players to "go for it" and tour Bangladesh but admits he quit a coaching role in the country amid worries the Australia team would be targeted by terrorists.
Former England one-day international batsman Loye, now 43, was appointed high performance head coach by the Bangladesh Cricket Board in May 2015.
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Loye spent last summer in his coaching role and left Bangladesh as a spate of attacks on westerners began Last month's attack at the Holey Artisan Bakery cafe in Dhaka saw 20 hostages and two police officers killed.
He said: "The week I left, the Australia team didn't turn up because the terrorists had planned to take us out when we had an event sorted with the touring team."
Loye expects England will be well protected in their series that spans October and November, and told the Mail on Sunday: "I'm sure when the England boys get there, things will be sorted. I was a westerner on my own but the way the guys will be looked after, they should definitely go for it."
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