Tour of Zimbabwe 2012-13                  Captain : Mushfiqur Rahim

Bangladesh’s twentieth Test tour.

   (April - May 2013)

Fourth Test-playing tour of Zimbabwe by Bangladesh

   (previous tour 2011)

The tour had to be re-scheduled from August 2012 because of ground work to be done at the Harare Sports Club and Queens Club, where the matches would be played. 

Only international matches were on the itinerary. The Bangladesh Board declined a warm-up match offer ahead of their two-Test series against Zimbabwe, although previously Bangladesh complained on the 2011 tour that they had not been given enough time to attune to local conditions before the Tests.Bangladesh then had to cancel their official training session owing to a general strike in Bangladesh but five days of training were arranged in Harare ahead of the first Test.

All Bangladesh tours

Previous tour

to Sri Lanka 2012-13

Next tour

West Indies 2014

Next tour of Zimbabwe

 not yet scheduled

Members of the Test tour party

(15 + 2) 

Opening batsmen: Tamim Iqbal, Shahriar Nafees

Middle-order batsmen Jahurul Islam Aumi, Mominul Haque Showrab, Mohammad Ashraful

Wicket-keeper/batsman: Mushfiqur Rahim

All-rounder:  Mahmudullah Riyad, Shakib al Hasan

Slow bowlers:  Enamul Haque jnr, Nasir Hossain, Sohag Gazi

Fast bowlers: Robiul Islam Shiplu, Rubel Hossain, Sajidul Islam, Shahadat Hossain Rajib.

 
⋄  central contracts

Divisional representation

(National Cricket League)

B  -  Barisal (1)

C  -  Chittagong (2)

D –  Dhaka (2)

DM  -  Dhaka Metropolis (3)

K  -  Khulna (4)

Rj  -  Rajshahi (2)

Rp  -  Rangpur (1)

S  -  Sylhet (1)

Average age of  team at time of first Test match

(17 April 2013):

  25 yrs 1 month.

ODI T20 member of the   one-day/Twenty20 squads.

⋄   players with national contracts 2012-13

Test Appearances made before the tour

Mohammad Ashraful 59,  Shahadat Hossain 35,  Mushfiqur Rahim 32,  Shakib  al Hasan 28,  Tamim Iqbal 27,  Shahriar Nafees 23,  Mahmudullah 16,  Rubel Hossain 15,  Enamul Haque jnr 14,  Nasir Hossain 8,  Jahurul Islam 5,  Robiul Islam 4,  Sohag Gazi 4,  Mominul Haque 2,  Saidul Islam 2.

Tour Officials

Selectors   

Akram Khan (chief selector),   Habibul Bashar,  Minhajul Abedin Nannu.

Selection

On 15 January the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s ad-hoc executive extended the captaincy of  Mushfiqur and vice-captaincy of Mahmudullah for the forthcoming tours of Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka.

Unavailable  :   Anamul Haque ⋄ (college exams);  Mashrafe Bin Mortaza ⋄(heel injury); Nazmul Hossain ⋄(injured knee in training) and Abul Hasan Raju ⋄ (side strain); 

Tour Party Announced  : Friday 5 April 2013.

Not selected:  Imrul Kayes, Nazimuddin, Shuvagoto Hom Chowdhury (who had all just lost their central contracts) and ⋄Elias Sunny.

Withdrawal:   ⋄Shafiul Islam (injured until ODI series).

(⋄  players with national contracts)

Limited-overs party announced  : 24 April 2013.

Not selected:   Marshal Ayub,  Taskin Ahmed.

Withdrawal:   Mashrafe Mortaza was ruled out of the ODI series because of a fat pad contusion on his left heel.

Time between selection and departure from Bangladesh

   5 days

 (5 April -  10 April)

Travel   

Dhaka  Q Dubai  Q Harare

A two-day official practice camp together before the Zimbabwe tour had to be called off for safety considerations due to the prevailing conditions in the country.

The Bangladesh cricket team flew to Zimbabwe on the evening of Wednesday 10 April.  The team had a stop-over in Dubai and reached the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, on April 11 then having five days to acclimatise to African conditions.

Time spent in Zimbabwe

   31 days

(11 April   - 12 May)

Reinforcements

Shafiul Islam and Ziaur Rahman flew to Harare on Sunday night 21 April as cover for Rubel Hussain (shoulder strain) and Shahadat Hossain (knee injury).

Fixtures/Results

⊕ (T20)Twenty 20 international

§  one-day international

� not first-class

Time spent in Zimbabwe before First Test: 

  6 days

(11 April - 17 April)

Test appearances on tour

2  -    Jaharul Islam,  Mohammad Ashraful,  Mushfiqur Rahim,  Nasir Hossain,  Robiul Islam,  Shakib Al Hasan, Sohag Gazi.

1  -   Enamul Haque,  Mahmudullah,  Mominul Haque,  Rubel Hossain,  Sajidul Islam, Shahriar Nafees, Tamim Iqbal, Ziaur Rahman

0  -   Shahadat Hossain.

Match appearances

T  Test match

o  one-day international 

x other match 

⊕ T/20 international

∙  played for opposition

W won  L lost  D drawn

N no result   A abandoned 

u unknown result

Bangladesh’s six previous Test tour results:

in Sri Lanka 2012-13 (2 Tests)

- lost 0-1

 in Zimbabwe 2011 (1 Test)

- lost 0-1

 in England 2010  (2 Tests)

- lost 0-2

 in New Zealand 2009-10 (1 Test)

- lost 0-1

 in West Indies 2009  (2 Tests)

- won 2-0

in South Africa 2008-09  (2 Tests)

- lost 0-2.

Highlights

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Tour Summary

Return to Zimbabwe

Harare  Q  Dubai    Q  Dhaka

Shahadat Hossain (who had a knee injury), Shahriar Nafees and Enamul Haque Jr left Harare for Dhaka on Saturday evening 27 April 2013. Rubel Hossain contracted chicken pox, and had to withdraw from the limited-overs part of the tour. He could not be sent home because the disease is contagious but travelled back a week later.

Time away from Bangladesh     

   34 days  

  (10 April to  14 May 2013)

Finances

Postscript

Before Bangladesh’s next Test tour overseas, there was a complete overhaul of the coaching staff. In May 2014 Chandika Hathurusinghe replaced Shane Jurgensen who left the post 14 months into his two-year contract.

Trainer David Dwyer and batting /fielding coach Corey Richards also stood down