Tour of  Bangladesh 2014-15         Captain: Brendan Taylor            

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Zimbabwe’s 23rd Test tour

(October - December 2014)

Third Test-playing tour of Bangladesh by Zimbabwe

  (previous tour  2004-05)

Zimbabwe’s first series of three Test matches since 2001-02. Bangladesh made a clean sweep both of the Test series (3-0) and the one-day internationals (5-0). The Zimbabwe batsmen were unable to handle the home side’s left-arm spinners, Shakib and Taijul.

Other Zimbabwe tours

Previous tour

West Indies 2012-13

Next tour

Members of the Test tour party (15)

Opening batsmen:  Brian Chari,

Sikandar Raza,  Vusi Sibanda

Middle-order batsmen:   Craig Ervine, Hamilton Masakadza, Brendan Taylor

All-rounders:Malcolm Waller, Elton Chigumbura

Wicket-keepers:  Regis Chakabva Richmond Mutumbami

Spin bowlers:  John Nyumbu,  Wellington Masakadaza, Tafadzwa Kamungozi, Natsai M'shangwe

Fast bowlers:Tendai Chatara,

Shingi Masakadza, Tinashe Panyangara

⋄ central contracts

Logan Cup Teams:   

Man - Manicaland (0)

Msh - Mashonaland Eagles (4)

Mat - Matabeleland Tuskers (4)

Mid W - Mid West Rhinos (3)

Mount - Mountaineers (4)

Sou  - Southern Rocks (2)

Average age of team at time of first Test match

(25 October 2014) :

 27 yrs  9 months

ODI : one-day squad

Test Appearances made before the tour

H Masakadza 26,  Taylor 20,  Sibanda 13,  Chigumbura 11,  Waller 8,  Panyangara 6,  Chakabva 5,  Chatara 5, Mutumbami 5,  Ervine 4,  SW Masakadza 4,  Nyumbu 1,  Sikander Raza 1,  Chari 0,  Kamungozi 0,  WP Masakadza 0,  M’Shangwe 0.

Tour Officials

Selectors

Givemore Makoni  (convener of selectors), 

Selection

Unavailable:  Prosper Utseya (suspended because his bowling action was found to be illegal)

Tour Party Announced :  15 October 2014.

The names in the squad were not released until the day on which the team would depart

Not selected :   Mark Vermeulen,  Cuthbert Musoko  and  Donald Tiripano.

Sean Williams was left out of the team after a disciplinary meeting.

One-day squad  reserves:  Tawanda Mupariwa and Brian Vitori

It was expected that Shingi Masakadza would go home after the ODI’s but this was changed and Malcolm Waller and Natsai M’shangwe returned instead. Wellington Masakadza and Brian Chari were only ever required for the Test series.

Time between selection and departure from Zimbabwe

  0 days

(16 - 16 October)

Travel

Harare    Q Dhaka

Departure was from Harare International Airport on the evening of 16 October 2014. The 24-person group arrived at Hajrat Shah Jalal International Airport, Dhaka landing at 5:20pm the next day, and then went to their tour headquarters, the Pan Pacific Sonargaon.

The one-day players (Neville Madziva, Timycen Maruma, Solomon Mire, Peter Moor) arrived on 18 November.

Time spent in Bangladesh       x days

(17 October  - )

On-tour selection panel

 unknown

Reinforcements

none

Fixtures/Results

Itinerary announced 27 November 2012

§  ODI

� not first-class

Å T20 international

Time spent in Bangladesh before First Test:

  8 days

(17 October - 25 October)

.

Test appearances on tour

3  -   Chakabva,  Chigumbara,  Ervine,  H Masakadza, Panyangara,  Sikander Raza,  Taylor

2  -   Chari,  Chatara,  M’shangwe

1  -   Kamungozi,  SW Masakadza, Mutumbami,  Nyumbu,  Sibanda,  Waller.

0  -   W P Masakadza.

Match appearances

T  Test match

o  one-day international 

x other match 

⊕ T/20 international

W won  L lost  D drawn  

N no result   A abandoned  

u unknown result

14 participated in the first match and 12 in the second against the BCB XI

Zimbabwe’s previous Test tour results:

Highlights

•   Panyangara took 5-59 in the first Test

•   Elton Chigumbura took 4-24 as Bangladesh collapsed to 62-6 chasing a winning target of 101

•   Hamilton Masakadza scored 158 in the second Test at Khulna. It was his fourth Test hundred.

•   Regis Chakabva (101 - his maiden Test hundred) shared in a partnership of 147 with Masakadza

•   Sikander Raza (82 and 65) and Regis Chakabva (65 and 89*) scored strongly in both innings at Chittagong.   Chakabva was the only one to resist for long, as Zimbabwe faced defeat, making 89* off 181 balls

Tour Summary

Return to Zimbabwe

Dhaka   Q  ?   Q Harare

Brian Chari,  Malcolm Waller (who was reported for a suspect action in the second Test), Natsai M’shangwe and Wellington Masakadza returned home after the three Test matches.

Time away from Zimbabwe

    x days  

(16 October to December )

Postscript

At the end of the tour Stephen Mangongo was relieved of his position as Zimbabwe coach and Dav Watmore took his place in time for the 2015 World Cup.

Other Test tours in 2014-15

Australians in UAE to play Pakistan 2014-15 - captain Michael Clarke

England in West Indies 2014-15 - captain Alastair Cook

Indians in Australia 2014-15  -  captain  Virat Kohli

New Zealanders in UAE to play Pakistan 2014-15 - captain Brendon McCullum

Sri Lankans in New Zealand 2014-15 - captain Angelo Mathews

West Indians in India 2014-15 - captain Denesh Ramdin

West Indians in South Africa 2014-15 - captain Denesh Ramdin

Acknowledgements

To general reading of The Times newspaper digital archive (Gale Group);  Jamaica Gleanor archive;  National Library of Australia Trove; Papers Past NZ.

From former British Newspaper Library, Colindale and online:  The Age, Melbourne Argus, Bangladesh Daily Star, Barbados Advocate, Canberra Times, Daily Telegraph, Dawn, Eastern Daily Press, The Hindu, The Independent (Dhaka), Indian Express, The Island (Lanka), Lahore Times, New Nation, New Zealand Auckland Herald, Sri Lanka Daily News, Stabroek News, Straits Times, Sydney Morning Herald, The Telegraph (Calcutta), Times of India , The Tribune Chandigarh, Trinidad Guardian, The West Australian.

cricketweb.net;  ESPN cricinfo;  www.cricket archive; www.cricketcountry; www.coverpoint

Magazines/periodicals including Australian Cricket, B & H West Indies Annual, The Cricketer International, Cricketer Quarterly, Indian Cricket, Indian Cricket Field Annual, Playfair Cricket Monthly, Shell Cricket Almanack of New Zealand, Wisden Cricket Monthly, Wisden Book of Test Cricket, Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanack.

Men In White, A History of Australian Cricket (Harte), A History of Indian Cricket (Bose), A History of West Indies Cricket (Manley)

Biography and tour books (own collection and at the M.C.C. Library at Lord’s Ground)                                   © ALL CONTENTS OF THE TEST-CRICKET-TOURS.CO.UK WEBSITE ARE COPYRIGHT