Bangladesh confirm visits of Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe

[abz_786]

Sri Lanka will play two Tests against Bangladesh in December followed by a triangular ODI tournament also involving Zimbabwe, who will then play the hosts in a separate three-match one-day series.

Sri Lanka arrive in Dhaka on December 19 and the first Test starts on Boxing Day. The venue for the second Test, starting on January 3, is still to be confirmed between Bogra and Chittagong due to domestic matches taking place.

The triangular tournament begins on January 10 with the final seven days later in Dhaka. Zimbabwe then remain in the country for three further ODIs beginning on January 19.


Fixtures of the series

December 2008
Fri 26 - Tue 30
10:00 local, 04:00 GMT 1st Test - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

January 2009
Sat 3 - Wed 7
04:00 GMT 2nd Test - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka
Venue TBC

Sat 10
09:30 local, 03:30 GMT Tri-Nation Tournament in Bangladesh
Bangladesh v Zimbabwe
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Wed 14
09:30 local, 03:30 GMT Tri-Nation Tournament in Bangladesh
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Mon 19
09:30 local, 03:30 GMT 1st ODI - Bangladesh v Zimbabwe
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Wed 21
09:30 local, 03:30 GMT 2nd ODI - Bangladesh v Zimbabwe
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Fri 23
09:30 local, 03:30 GMT 3rd ODI - Bangladesh v Zimbabwe
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur


http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/bangl...ry/378742.html
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/bdesh...es/378736.html
http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/20...EYS/TRI-BDESH/

[WarWolf]

This has been the most busy schedule for BD in their whole cricketing history. I like it.

[Ajfar]

nice...i can actually watch every single game..assuming they telecast it

[auntu]

Very busy schedule for BD. I would love to see 1 Test in Bogra and also ODIs in Khulna.

[Nadim]

good news..after sri.....zim

[bujhee kom]

very good news indeed! this will be first series with zimbabwe (spell?) that i will get to follow and jam with my BC family! indeed very glad about our(tigers) busy schedule!!!!! we can only gain positives from playing a lot, even if we keep losing and our stats(s.rajesh, i. chappel, tony g., bob of safa, don of safa) gets worse, at the end of the day we will learn and get better at surviving in int'l cricket.

thanks a bunch abz_786 bro, also please don't forget to add the link of where you found this news from. good news!

[crikfreak]

great news.. i love it when ur schedule is busy.. and it'll be the first series against zim after i've joined.. oh yeah.. thab\nks a bunch abz_786 for posting it..

[Sovik]

tigers will have get the most out of those series

[Shehwar]

Great news...Expecting to cause an upset and win The triangular against Srilanka and whitewash Zimbabwe 3-0 in the ODI series...

[sbsash]

Good luck to Bangladesh

[tiger_omar]

I like the busy schedule too, but let's hope that it doesn't create any new injuries for our players, specially our fast bowlers.

[Antora]

YES!!! more cricket

[mijanur]

hope we will trash zimbabwe

[nahaz]

Originally Posted by mijanur
hope we will trash zimbabwe

And Lanka will thrash us, their favourite bunny, in the tests. Unless we actually use our heads and show resilience when playing. But ya, that's too much to expect. They'd rather close their eyes and try to hit over the boundary..every single time. Wait, my cricket team does the same. Oh, did I mention we keep losing too? And our captain also thinks he's the most talented? Hmm..

[jeesh]

Originally Posted by mijanur
hope we will trash zimbabwe

Lets not get too cocky about thrashing Zimbabwe. They always up their game when playing us, and i heard some of their outlawed cricketers are back.

[cricket_king]

Originally Posted by nadim 98
good news..after sri.....zim

Indeed - after receiving a Sri Lanka thrashing, we can gain some confidence by pounding Zimbabwe.

[One World]

Mendis or Murali
who would win the series award?

[Nafi]

Originally Posted by One World
Mendis or Murali
who would win the series award?

murali definitely, mendis isnt a huge threat to us.

Mendis is only a threat to top-class who misread his deliveries, our batsmen dont bother, and just treat him as a slow medium pacer, who they cant hit out.

http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/...s;type=bowling

His wicket average against Bangladesh is 31+ highest than any other team

[FagunerAgun]

More confirmatiom of humiliation!
Give our young players more time to build their nerve.

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by WarWolf
This has been the most busy schedule for BD in their whole cricketing history. I like it.

I am just worried about "Doytto Mendis" !!!

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by Nafi
murali definitely, mendis isnt a huge threat to us.

Mendis is only a threat to top-class who misread his deliveries, our batsmen dont bother, and just treat him as a slow medium pacer, who they cant hit out.

http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/...s;type=bowling

His wicket average against Bangladesh is 31+ highest than any other team

Ha ha ...Nafi...good observation.
Funny but true!!!.

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by cricket_king
Indeed - after receiving a Sri Lanka thrashing, we can gain some confidence by pounding Zimbabwe.

In ODI...
You never know!!! I see a win or two...

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by jeesh
Lets not get too cocky about thrashing Zimbabwe. They always up their game when playing us, and i heard some of their outlawed cricketers are back.

Tamim and Imrul will do the magic....

Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka

2008/09 season

Played at Harare Sports Club on 22 November 2008 (50-over match) Result Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets (with 194 balls remaining)

	Zimbabwe innings (50 overs maximum)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		H Masakadza	c Sangakkara b Maharoof	6	36	25	0	0	24.00
		V Sibanda	c Sangakkara b Kulasekara	4	9	9	1	0	44.44
		CJ Chibhabha	c Kapugedera b Maharoof	5	15	10	1	0	50.00
		T Taibu	b Mendis	12	53	38	0	0	31.57
		S Matsikenyeri	c Thushara b Maharoof	10	16	13	2	0	76.92
		E Chigumbura	lbw b Mendis	3	36	27	0	0	11.11
		SC Williams	c Maharoof b Mendis	10	48	37	0	0	27.02
		P Utseya	c Sangakkara b Thushara	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
		RW Price	c Jayawardene b Thushara	3	19	14	0	0	21.42
		T Mupariwa	c Jayawardene b Mendis	1	6	9	0	0	11.11
		CB Mpofu	not out	1	1	1	0	0	100.00
		Extras	(lb 1, w 11)	12
		Total	(all out; 30.6 overs)	67	(2.16 runs per over)

[abz_786]

i cnt w8 for the series to start..

[MohammedC]

Originally Posted by abz_786
i cnt w8 for the series to start..

Take a break brother.