Since adopting the two-day weekend and with the addition of special holidays, Chinese workers now enjoy 114 leisure (and spending) days a year.

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Captain Habibul Bashar top-scored for Bangladesh with 47 and can now look forward to the first two one-day internationals this weekend.

BBC: Bangladesh win tour opener

The final Test at The Oval gets under way on 8 September, before which Australia have a two-day game against Essex on the weekend.

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The Queen's illness could also affect a planned two-day trip with the Duke of Edinburgh to Rome next weekend.

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But he gave notice of his fine form with a century in the two-day warm-up match against a Barbados Cricket Association President's XI last weekend.

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