Image Source : GETTY IMAGES Under the revised schedule, Bangladesh will play three ODIs and an equal variety of T20 Internationals between March 20 and April 1.
The begin of Bangladesh’s upcoming tour of New Zealand was on Thursday postponed by per week because of the coronavirus-related “challenges” and to permit sufficient preparation time, the host nation’s cricket board has mentioned.
Under the revised schedule, Bangladesh will play three ODIs and an equal variety of T20 Internationals between March 20 and April 1.
New Zealand Cricket mentioned the change in tour schedules was as a consequence of “ongoing challenges in the current COVID-19 environment and the need to allow visiting sides adequate preparation for international commitments.”
“To accommodate the necessary logistics, the Bangladesh tour will now begin seven days later than initially scheduled, following a five-day training camp at Queenstown, with matches to be played at the venues first planned, but on different dates,” the NZC mentioned in an announcement.
This will likely be Bangladesh’s first go to to New Zealand since their 2019 tour was minimize brief following the capturing assault on a mosque, which gamers narrowly prevented the day earlier than the scheduled third Test at Christchurch’s Hagley Oval.
The tour-opening ODI will likely be performed at Dunedin’s University Oval on March 20, after Bangladesh full a five-day coaching camp in Queenstown, adopted by 50-over matches on March 23 (Hagley Oval, Christchurch) and March 26 (Basin Reserve, Wellington).
The T20Is will likely be performed on March 28 (Seddon Park, Hamilton), March 30 (McLean Park, Napier) and April 1 (Eden Park, Auckland).
The NZC additionally made modifications within the schedule of the Australian ladies’s crew’s limited-overs tour of New Zealand.
“Additionally, with Bangladesh remaining in New Zealand longer than originally scheduled, NZC has taken the opportunity to play the three WHITE FERNS v Australia women’s T20s as double-headers alongside the BLACKCAPS v Bangladesh T20s — at Seddon Park, McLean Park and Eden Park, respectively.”
