Bangladesh in New Zealand

[irottev]

Fixtures:

Warm-ups

Wed 19 - Fri 21 December - 12:00 local, 23:00 GMT
Northern Districts v Bangladeshis
Seddon Park, Hamilton

Charity Matches

Sun 23 December
Two Charity Twenty/20's (Funds go towards World Vision helping Bangladesh victims from the cyclones)
Master's Eleven (Containing retired international players) vs New Zealand Under 19's
AND
Bangladesh vs New Zealand XI (Captained by Stephen Fleming)
Seddon Park, Hamilton

ODI Series

Wed 26 December (D/N) - 12:00 local, 23:00 GMT
1st ODI - New Zealand v Bangladesh
Eden Park, Auckland

Fri 28 December - 11:00 local, 22:00 GMT
2nd ODI - New Zealand v Bangladesh
McLean Park, Napier

Mon 31 December - 11:00 local, 22:00 GMT
3rd ODI - New Zealand v Bangladesh
Queenstown Events Centre

Test Series

Fri 4 - Tue 8 January - 11:00 local, 22:00 GMT
1st Test - New Zealand v Bangladesh
University Oval, Dunedin

Sat 12 - Wed 16 January - 11:00 local, 22:00 GMT
2nd Test - New Zealand v Bangladesh
Basin Reserve, Wellington


New Zealand ODI Squad:
Brendon McCullum (wk),
Jamie How,
Peter Fulton,
Scott Styris,
Ross Taylor,
Mathew Sinclair,
Jacob Oram,
Kyle Mills,
Daniel Vettori (capt),
Mark Gillespie,
Chris Martin,
Jeetan Patel.

Bangladesh ODI Squad:
Mohammad Ashraful (c)
Mashrafe Mortaza (vc)
Abdur Razzak
Aftab Ahmed
Farhad Reza
Javed Omar
Junaid Siddique
Mehrab Hossain jnr
Mushfiqur Rahim (wk)
Nazmul Hossain
Rajin Saleh
Sajidul Islam
Shahadat Hossain
Shakib Al Hasan
Tamim Iqbal
Tushar Imran
Syed Rasel




Should be a closer test series based on current form. Bangladesh will fancy their chances. However the ODI series might not be so close. I think we'll have to wait and see how NZ fair against the Aussies.

I think the NZ conditions maybe difficult for them to cope with, but if we were playing them in Bangladesh we wouldn't have such a great chance. NZ's test record overseas is the main problem. At home we seem to be a little bit better.

 

[Perm]

Gutted that Shahriar Nafees has been dropped from the ODI squad. He is by far the best Bangladeshi batsmen, and it's a shame he has been in terrible form since the World Cup.

 

[SciD]

New Zealand will win all matches comprehensively.

 

[sohum]

I'm supporting Bangladesh.

New Zealand is a tough place to tour, though, cricket-wise.

 

[irottev]

Two charity matches have replaced a tour match to help raise funds for cyclone damage in Bangladesh.

The curtain raiser is a game between A Masters XI of some kind containing retired International Players vs the New Zealand Under 19's.

The main event is Bangladesh vs New Zealand with Stephen Fleming playing in the match as captain.

 

[Jit]

i think new zealand are struglling at the moment so i think bangladesh has very good chance to win some matches i say not the series so if that happens bangladesh teams confidence will go up that they are winning some games

 

[SciD]

i think new zealand are struglling at the moment so i think bangladesh has very good chance to win some matches i say not the series so if that happens bangladesh teams confidence will go up that they are winning some games

Thats probably not going to happen. Bangladesh cannot play short pitch stuff man.

 

[sohum]

The pitches in New Zealand are tough to bat on. I think Bangladesh will get destroyed by the pace bowlers early on.

 

[.Mob]

They better pray Bond is not fit or on form. All their batsmen will be in risk of getting their toes crushed.

 

[irottev]

A One Day warm up was washed out. Northern were batting first and were 173/7 with 9 overs remaining.

Al the Bangladesh bowlers had similar bowling figures. No real standouts, just a good allround team effort.

Scorecard


Masters XI to play the curtain raiser Twenty/20 fund raiser against the Under19's is:

Dion Nash (c)
Mark Bailey
Grant Bradburn
Ian Butler
Matt Horne
Andrew Jones
Peter McGlashan (added for Marshall who was added to the masters XI)
Adam Parore
Justin Vaughan
Kerry Walmsley
Matthew Hart

 

[0601731]

dont think bangladesh have it in them to trouble the kiwis in the seaming conditions of new zealand.

 

[Cricketman]

Only chance Bangladesh have are in Mashrafe..

 

[irottev]

New Zealand X1 team to play angladesh in a charity Twenty/20 on Sunday: Stephen Fleming (captain),
James Marshall
Jamie How,
Peter Fulton,
Ross Taylor,
Scott Styris,
Gareth Hopkins,
Jeetan Patel,
Tim Southee,
Michael Mason,
Iain O'Brien.


I guess it's cool. Southee is a really exciting prospect for the future. Really young, still in his teens. Ryder also a great prospect. Looking forward to seeing those two. I'd rather see someone other then Styris and O'Brien though.


EDIT: Ryder out with injury. Bad luck to him, I'm disappointed I won't get to see him. James Marshall replaces him.

 

[icyman]

Stephen Fleming will lead the Black Caps one last time.
Can't wait for that match though.

 

[irottev]

New Zealand ODI squad Brendon McCullum (wk), Jamie How, Peter Fulton, Scott Styris, Ross Taylor, Mathew Sinclair, Jacob Oram, Kyle Mills, Daniel Vettori (capt), Mark Gillespie, Chris Martin, Jeetan Patel.


Same side I would have picked. Well done. I'd play Martin and Gillespie for the first ODI and if Gillespie doesn't perform, i'd play Patel for the remainder. Gillespie's pace and death bowling will be much more effective against lesser players. Martin's pace and in-movement should also be too much. I'd say they'd handle Patel easier.

Battingwise it's a bit of a jam. Fulton is another number 3 or 4. I'd probably go for:
McCullum
How
Sinclair
Styris
Taylor
Fulton
Oram

Sinclair deserves another crack at 3.