Test Cricket Tours - Bangladesh to Zimbabwe 2012-13
Tour of Zimbabwe
2012-13Captain : 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.
Middle-order batsmenJahurul 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
Enamul
Haque jr
S
26
SLA
Jahurul
Islam
Rj⋄
26
RHB
Mahmudullah
Riyad
D⋄
26
RHBOB vice-captain
Mohammad
Ashraful
DM
28
RHB
Mominul
Haque
C⋄
21
LHB(SLA)
Mushfiqur
Rahim
Rj⋄
24
RHBWKcaptain
Nasir
Hossain
Rp⋄
21
RHBOB
Robiul
Islam
K
26
RFM
Rubel
Hossain
K⋄
23
RMF
Sajidul
Islam
Rp
25
LMF
Shahadat
Hossain
D
26
RMF
Shahriar
Nafees
B
27
LHBopener
Shakib
al Hasan
K⋄
26
RHBSLA
Sohag
Gazi
B⋄
21
OB
Tamim
Iqbal
C⋄
23
LHBopener
Abdur
Razzak⋄
ODI
Shafiul
Islam
ODI
Shamsur Rahman
ODI
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 ofteam at time of first Test match
(17 April 2013):
25 yrs 1 month.
ODI T20 member of theone-day/Twenty20 squads.
⋄players with national contracts 2012-13
Test
Appearances made before the tour
Mohammad Ashraful 59,Shahadat Hossain 35,Mushfiqur Rahim 32,Shakibal 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.
On 15 January the
Bangladesh Cricket Board’s ad-hoc executive extended the captaincy ofMushfiqur 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
DhakaQDubaiQHarare
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
Rj
23
RFM
Ziaur
Rahman
K
26
RFM
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
a
ϯ Harare
Zimbabwe XI (3-day)
cancelled
b
HARARE
ZIMBABWEFirst Test
LOST
355 r
c
HARARE
ZIMBABWESecond Test
WON
143 r
d
§Bulawayo
Zimbabwe(1st ODI)
Won 121 r
e
§Bulawayo
Zimbabwe(2nd ODI)
Lost 6 w
f
§Bulawayo
Zimbabwe(3rd ODI)
Lost 7 w
g
⊕Bulawayo
Zimbabwe(1st T20)
Lost 6 r
h
⊕Bulawayo
Zimbabwe(2nd T20)
Won 34 r
⊕(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.
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.
Departure from Harare
was on 12 May, and on arrival at Hajrat Shahjalal
International Airport
on 14 May Mushfiqur hinted that he would reconsider his resignation from the
captaincy
Three players - Tamim Iqbal, Nasir Hossain and Shafiul Islam – were
not with the returning team. Tamim Iqbal remained in Dubai,
while Nasir and Shafiul went to South
Africa for medical treatment.
Time away from Bangladesh
34 days
(10
April to14 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