Tour of Bangladesh 2012-13                  Captain:  Darren Sammy

66th official Test tour

Test-playing tour of Bangladesh by West Indies

 (November -

         December 2012)

West Indies were optimistic after reached the final of the World Twenty20 and beating   to take the Championship.  Before the tour a practice match was arranged against the Sagicor High Performance Centre team, which had just returned from its own tour of Bangladesh.

Security was high after …

Other West Indies tours

Previous tour

England 2012

Next tour

India 2013-14

Next tour of Bangladesh

None arranged

Members of the Test tour party (15)

Opening batsmen:  Chris Gayle, Kieron Powell.

Middle-order batsmen:  Shiv Chanderpaul, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Kirk Edwards, Narsingh Deonarine, Assad Fudadin.

Wicket-keeper:   Denesh Ramdin,

Slow bowler:  Veerasammy Permaul, Sunil Narine

Fast bowlers:  Fidel Edwards, Ravi Rampaul, Darren Sammy, Tino Best.

Regional representation

B - Barbados (3)

G - Guyana (5)

Ja - Jamaica (2)

L - Leeward Islands (1)

T - Trinidad & Tobago (3)

W - Windward Islands (1)

Average age of  team at time of first Test match   

(at 13 November 2012)     

     27 yrs  10 month

Test Appearances made before the tour

Chanderpaul 144,  Gayle 93,  F H Edwards 54,  Ramdin 47,  Samuels 42,  Sammy 29,  DM Bravo 19,  Rampaul 17,  Best 16,  Deonarine 14,  Powell 11,  KA Edwards 9,  Fudadin 3,  Narine 3,  Permaul 0.  

Team Officials

Selectors

Clyde Butts (chairman),  Robert Haynes  and  Courteney Browne.

Selection

Unavailable:  none.

Tour Party Announced    13 October 2012.

Not selected    Shane Shillingford, Lendl Simmons, Kraigg Brathwaite, Adrian Barath and Davendra Bishoo.

Withdrawal:  Kemar Roach who suffered a knee injury (hamstring tendon tear)  during a club game in Barbados and was replaced by Fidel Edwards.

Time between selection and departure from West Indies

  8 days

(13 October -)

Travel

BridgetownQ  London Q   Dhaka

After a week-long, pre-tour camp in Barbados, starting on 28 October, departure  was from Bridgetown to London on 3 November.

The group of 15 players and 8 officials arrived in Hazrat Shahjalal Airport, Dhaka, at 8:30 am on Monday 5 November.

After a day's rest, they practiced for two days at the National Cricket Academy in Mirpur.

Time spent in Bangladesh

 36 days

(5 November - 11 December)

On-tour selection

Robert Haynes (selector),  Ottis Gibson (coach),  Darren Sammy (captain),

Reinforcements

Fixtures/Results

† not first-class

§  one-day international

⊕  Twenty20 international

Time spent in Bangladesh before First Test:   8 days

(5 November - 13 November)

Test appearances on tour

2  -   Best,  DM Bravo,  Chanderpaul,  Gayle,  Narine,  Permaul,  Powell,  Ramdin,  Sammy,  Samuels

1  -   F H Edwards,  Rampaul

0  -   Deonarine,  K A Edwards,  Fudaddin.

Highlights

•   Kieran Powell scored centuries in each innings : 117 and 110 at Mirpur

•   Shiv Chanderpaul scored 203 not out in the first Test

•   With Dinesh Ramdin (126*), he added 296 in an unbroken fifth wicket partnership

•   Tino Best took 5-24 to bowl Bangladesh out for 167 at Mirpur and win the match

•   At Khulna three West Indians, DM Bravo (127), Samuels (260) and Chanderpaul (150*) scored centuries

•   Fidel Edwards took 6-90 in the first innings and Tino Best 6-40 in the second innings at Khulna.

Tour Summary

Return to West Indies

Dhaka Q  London Q  ?

The tourists flew home on 11 December.

Time away from West Indies     days  

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Finances