Zimbabwe Tri Series

[Ajfar]

Originally Posted by roman
Why dont they come and tour us instead. WC will be held in SL and practicing in BD will help both Zim and SA to get familiar with South Asian Condition. That would have been better than practicing in ZIM.
Afterall preparing for the WC is the sole purpose of this triseries.

Expensive plus this was already planned long time ago. I think the purpose is mainly for SA to bring the team together after IPL, they are probably not too worried about location.

[Naimul_Hd]

Originally Posted by roman
Why dont they come and tour us instead. WC will be held in SL and practicing in BD will help both Zim and SA to get familiar with South Asian Condition. That would have been better than practicing in ZIM.
Afterall preparing for the WC is the sole purpose of this triseries.

Its rainy season in BD, and Ramadan is going to start from July. So, no chance of playing in Bangladesh before Sept.

[playmaker]

Zim will be an ideal place, so is SA.

Id want the tour in SA because our boys need to get used to the conditions, even if we are thrashed, so lets see what happens

[crikss]

Major tournament will be played in Sri lanka and they are going to SA and that is also for those matches which are not even declared as Official...wth...

[zinatf]

Oh NICE!!! Our boys will be facing Steyn/Morkel...ahhh!!! VERY THRILLED!!

[roman]

Still not sure if Shakib should play this unofficial tournament or go to play County and gather some valuable experiences.

I'd prefer some promising youngsters to get tested in this series like Mominul, Asif, Anamul

[Tiger444]

Thanks zimfan for the news. This should be very good practice for our boys. We should try out the newer guys like Ziaur, Milon, Anamul, Shabbir, Mominul and Abul and see how they do.

[Roni_uk]

Ok so its in June 20th. Cricinfo updates

http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe...ry/564473.html

[TigerEz]

good good.....all good

[Naimul_Hd]

Itinerary Zim Tour

Between 13-17 June: 50 Over Practice game (probable)

18 June : Ban vs Zim
19 June : Ban vs SA
21 June : Ban vs Zim
22 june : Ban vs SA

Final : 24th June(If Bangladesh Qualifies)

[Rabz]

BCB has done good in this case.
You must have to give them credit where its due.

[Naimul_Hd]

Originally Posted by Rabz
BCB has done good in this case.
You must have to give them credit where its due.

No doubt. BCB has done exceedingly well to convince other boards. We have now more games than it was scheduled for before.

[jamal451230]

Only one person in bangladesh board deserve a credit and that is board president moatofa kamal , even gazi ashraf hossain lipu says we dont need to play just give them a break , no wonder bp mostofa kamal wants to remove the players inclusion from board presidency , bcz kamal knows if this guy lipu become next bcb board president than future for bangladesh cricket will be over , everyone says players need a break ohh why we need to spend al the money for no reason while we hardly have any match next year ftp , but kamal was standing by hisself bcz he love bangladesh cricket and he wants to see bangladesh are improving , plz everyone pray for kamal trust me only bcz of him we have succes wc . Bcz of him we have world class stadium now bcz of him bnagladesh is developing on cricket faster than ever , i just pray to allah he stays bangladesh board president forever

[Roni_uk]

Good stuff... can someone please update the timer? Every time I look at it, it makes me depressed.

[frd]

Originally Posted by jamal451230
Only one person in bangladesh board deserve a credit and that is board president moatofa kamal , even gazi ashraf hossain lipu says we dont need to play just give them a break , no wonder bp mostofa kamal wants to remove the players inclusion from board presidency , bcz kamal knows if this guy lipu become next bcb board president than future for bangladesh cricket will be over , everyone says players need a break ohh why we need to spend al the money for no reason while we hardly have any match next year ftp , but kamal was standing by hisself bcz he love bangladesh cricket and he wants to see bangladesh are improving , plz everyone pray for kamal trust me only bcz of him we have succes wc . Bcz of him we have world class stadium now bcz of him bnagladesh is developing on cricket faster than ever , i just pray to allah he stays bangladesh board president forever

MR.JAMAL ,are you brother of MR.KAMAL?

[oronnya]

Originally Posted by frd
MR.JAMAL ,are you brother of MR.KAMAL?

Very good question

[Tiger444]

Don't forget that BCB got themselves in to this mess. They should've been able to schedule matches a long time ago and did this all last minute. Since they've scheduled the matches though, they should end up getting credit but this should be a lesson to them that they need to schedule matches a long time before.

[loyalfan]

Bangladesh have been included in a Twenty20 tri-series in Zimbabwe, which will also feature South Africa, in June. Ozias Bvute, Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) managing director, confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that Bangladesh will take part, while the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said they only needed the ratification of their board before regarding the matter as finalised.

"We have put forward such a request [to play in Zimbabwe] and as far as we are concerned, we have received positive feedback. We are awaiting an approval from our board," BCB cricket operations manager, Sabbir Khan said.

The assignment will be Stuart Law's final one in charge of the national team. Law announced his resignation last month but said he would see out his contract, which runs until the end of June. Bangladesh are already in the process of interviewing a replacement, with Richard Pybus considered the frontrunner.

The series will come as welcome relief to Bangladesh who have suffered two setbacks in their quest to play more cricket recently and were not due to play any international matches before the World T20 in September. Their August series against Zimbabwe, which was due to consist of two Test matches, was postponed because of maintenance work in Harare and Bulawayo.

Bangladesh's proposal to Cricket South Africa (CSA) for a limited-overs series in May was turned down. South Africa's busy schedule and the logistical problems in finding a place to host the matches were the chief reasons for CSA declining Bangladesh's offer. CSA did not have a problem with Bangladesh's participation in Zimbabwe in June though, provided it did not alter their initial plans.

"We said we would not have an issue if Bangladesh joins us as long as it does not disrupt our schedule," South Africa team manager Mohammed Moosajee said. "We cannot spend longer than a week in Zimbabwe because we leave for England after that."

Gary Kirsten, South Africa head coach, requested five Twenty20s in five days against Zimbabwe as part of his preparations for the World T20. South Africa arrive in Zimbabwe on June 18 and are scheduled to play the five fixtures from June 20 to 24. Although, the dates for their trip will not change, itinerary of matches might change to accommodate Bangladesh. "We might have a rest day in between or something like that but as long as we play the number of matches we wanted to, that's fine with us," Moosajee said.

Despite the addition of Bangladesh, the series will remain an unofficial one with the matches classed as practice matches only. It is also unlikely to be televised as per ZC's financial considerations. Bangladesh are likely to head to Europe in July to play five ODIs.