(Cricket news) Ireland Men are currently in Bangladesh for a seven-match, multi-format series, which will include a first-ever Test match between the sides. The matches will be played at three different venues across Bangladesh – Sylhet, Chattogram, and Dhaka.
The tour gets underway on Wednesday, 15 March with a warm-up match against a Bangladesh Cricket Board XI at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium (SICS), before a three-match One Day International series starts on Saturday 18 March at the same venue.
The sides will then travel to the south-east port city of Chattogram for three T20 Internationals at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium (ZACS), before finally heading to the capital city of Dhaka for the Test match at the Shere Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
Here’s what you need to know to follow the tour.
TOUR SCHEDULE
Warm-up match
15 March: warm-up match v BCB XI – (SICS, Sylhet: start 9.30am local time) (3.30am Irish time)
ODI Series
18 March: Bangladesh Men v Ireland Men – 1st ODI (SICS, Sylhet; start 2pm local time) (8am Irish time)
20 March: Bangladesh Men v Ireland Men – 2nd ODI (SICS, Sylhet; start 2pm local time) (8am Irish time)
23 March: Bangladesh Men v Ireland Men – 3rd ODI (SICS, Sylhet; start 2.30pm local time) (8am Irish time)
T20I Series
27 March: Bangladesh Men v Ireland Men – 1st T20I (ZACS, Chattogram; start 2pm local time) (9am Irish time)
29 March: Bangladesh Men v Ireland Men – 2nd T20I (ZACS, Chattogram; start 2pm local time) (9am Irish time)
31 March: Bangladesh Men v Ireland Men – 3rd T20I (ZACS, Chattogram; start 2pm local time) (9am Irish time)
Test Match
4-8 April: Bangladesh Men v Ireland Men – Test Match (SBNCS, Dhaka; start 10am daily local time) (5am Irish time)
THE SQUADS
Ireland squad for Bangladesh ODI series
Andrew Balbirnie (Capt), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Stephen Doheny, Fionn Hand, Graham Hume, Matthew Humphreys, Tom Mayes, Andrew McBrine, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White.
Ireland squad for Bangladesh T20I series
Andrew Balbirnie (Capt), Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Fionn Hand, Graham Hume, Matthew Humphreys, Tom Mayes, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White.
Ireland squad for Bangladesh Test Match
Andrew Balbirnie (Capt), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Murray Commins, George Dockrell, Fionn Hand, Graham Hume, Matthew Humphreys, Tom Mayes, Andrew McBrine, James McCollum, PJ Moor, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White.
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