Another Bangladesh - Zimbabwe series before world cup

[Miraz]

BCB managed to shift the tour to first week of February. This will give the national players more opportunity to play in the domestic league.

The length of the series is still undecided. (4 match or 5 match?)

Dhaka, Dec 21 (bdnews24.com) - Bangladesh will tour Zimbabwe to play an ODI series in the first week of February next year, a senior Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) official confirmed Thursday.

"I can assure you that Bangladesh will go to Zimbabwe in the first week of February, but it remains to be decided whether it will be a four or five-match series," BCB General Secretary Mahbub Anam told bdnews24.com Thursday.

During the Bangladesh tour of Zimbabwe in June-July this year, the African country had verbally invited Bangladesh to play a five-match ODI series in late January, 2007.

BCB requested the Zimbabwean board to shift the tour to the first week of February, citing that the cricketers would be involved in domestic league, said Anam.

BCB CEO Mahmudur Rahman said, "Zimbabwe want Bangladesh to play five one-dayers, but we want to play four."

[battye]

4 match series has been confirmed at zimcricket.org:

The senior men will be preparing to host Bangladesh in four One-Day International matches beginning the first weekend of February 2007

[akabir77]

i can't understand what's the diff between 4 and 5 matches? if they wanted to rest them then it should be 3. in that way we will have a series winner for sure...

[TheWatcher]

DS: Tigers to play four ODIs in Zimbabwe

Bangladesh cricket team will reach Zimbabwe on February 1 to play four one-day internationals as part of preparation for the next year's World Cup.

The cricket committee of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday confirmed the timetable at its meeting where some other important decisions were also taken.

"It is now confirmed that the Bangladesh team will land Zimbabwe on February 1 and return home on February 11 after playing four one-day internationals," informed BCB general secretary Mahbubul Anam, also the chairman of the cricket committee, after a lengthy meeting.

He also informed that the 30-member probables for the World Cup in the West Indies will be announced on January 13 and the 15-member final squad will be made public exactly a month later.

In another important move the committee has decided to formulate a doping policy for the board.

"We will formulate a doping policy and it will be placed at the next board meeting for approval. We will prefer random doping tests before the World Cup," informed Mahbub. The next board meeting is likely to be held on sometimes next month.

The committee has taken the initiative to go with the worldwide doping policy by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The issue came into spotlight after two Pakistani fast bowlers -- Shoeb Akhter and Mohammad Asif -- tested positive during the ICC Champions Trophy in India.

Mahbub also confirmed England A team's tour to Bangladesh in next February as the second string English side will arrive in Dhaka on February 14 to play a three-day warm-up match and two four-dayers besides three limited-over matches.

He also said that the meeting discussed on specialist bowling and batting coaches for the national team but the final decision will come in mid-January.

In another significant move the cricket committee has decided to invite national team skipper in it's future meetings to get more knowledge about the players.

"We have decided to invite the national captain to our meeting as we thought that he would be the right man to raise the players' well being or problems because of his close association with them," the bearded organisers said.

[Ahmed_B]

Originally Posted by akabir77
if they wanted to rest them then it should be 3. in that way we will have a series winner for sure...

Maybe thats the risk the board doesnt want to take..

[Murad]

Originally Posted by TheWatcher
DS: Tigers to play four ODIs in Zimbabwe


Mahbub also confirmed England A team's tour to Bangladesh in next February as the second string English side will arrive in Dhaka on February 14 to play a three-day warm-up match and two four-dayers besides three limited-over matches.

"We have decided to invite the national captain to our meeting as we thought that he would be the right man to raise the players' well being or problems because of his close association with them," the bearded organisers said.

thats a good news.. after long time.. england A team is better than zimbabwe team.. so it willl be a good practice before world cup.. hope some of our national players included in the A-team against Eng A..

and calling habibul to the meeting is a good move by BCB.. i guesss maybe some good things will come up...from this..who knows..