Bangladesh women's tour of Ireland finalised

The Bangladesh women cricket team’s tour of Ireland has been finalised after being slightly shortened. They’re all set to face the Ireland women for two T20 internationals and two ODIs in the month of September.

The scheduling of the T20 Internationals is on September 5th and 6th, followed by the ODIs on the 8th and 10 with all matches to be held at Bready.

“We have agreed to facilitate the slight shortening of the tour to accommodate the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s own logistical and operational considerations, which we were happy to assist with,” the Cricket Ireland CEO Warren Deutrom told.

“With four matches in two formats, there is still plenty of opportunity for our players to get valuable experience against Full Member opposition in our build-up and preparation for early 2017’s World Cup Qualifier.”

BCB CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury also thought that this tour would be an amazing opportunity for the cricketers to adapt themselves and showcase their talent and also went on to thank Cricket Ireland for the tour arrangements.

“Taking logistical and operational convenience into consideration we had to shorten the duration of the tour and Cricket Ireland deserves a lot of credit for accommodating the BCB’s request and making the necessary adjustments within a short time. The players I am sure will make the most of the four games that promise exciting and competitive cricket.”

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“Our cricketers will be greatly benefited by the experience of playing in conditions that are not familiar to them. Bangladesh and Ireland are rapidly developing teams and both are on a mission to qualify for the ICC Women’s World Cup. This will be very good preparation heading into the qualifiers next year.”

Here is the schedule of the series:

• Mon Sep 5 (20 ovs)10:30 local (09:30 GMT | 15:00 IST)
  1st T20I, Bready Cricket Club, Magheramason, Bready

• Tue Sep 6 (20 ovs)10:30 local (09:30 GMT | 15:00 IST)
  2nd T20I, Bready Cricket Club, Magheramason, Bready

• Thu Sep 8 (50 ovs)10:30 local (09:30 GMT | 15:00 IST)
  1st ODI, Bready Cricket Club, Magheramason, Bready

• Sat Sep 10 (50 ovs)10:30 local (09:30 GMT | 15:00 IST)
  2nd ODI, Bready Cricket Club, Magheramason, Bready