Ireland Wolves cricket team in Bangladesh 2017–18

Ireland Wolves cricket team in Bangladesh in 2017–18
	Bangladesh A	Ireland Wolves
Dates	11 October 2017 – 26 October 2017
Captains	Andrew Balbirnie	Nazmul Hossain Shanto
FC series
Result	Bangladesh A won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs	Shadman Islam (133)	Simi Singh (133)
Most wickets	Mahedi Hasan (6) Sunzamul Islam (6)	Andy McBrine (7)
LA series
Result	Bangladesh A won the 5-match series 4–0
Most runs	Nazmul Hossain Shanto (161)	Andrew Balbirnie (154)
Most wickets	Abu Hider (10)	Barry McCarthy (6)

'The Ireland Wolves team toured Bangladesh in October 2017 to play one first-class match and five limited overs matches against the Bangladesh A team. ^[1]

Squads

Tests		ODIs
Ireland Wolves [2]	Bangladesh A [2] [3]	Ireland Wolves [2]	Bangladesh A [2] [4]
Andrew Balbirnie (c) John Anderson Peter Chase George Dockrell Shane Getkate Andy McBrine Barry McCarthy Jacob Mulder Stuart Poynter James Shannon Simi Singh Nathan Smith Jack Tector Sean Terry Stuart Thompson Lorcan Tucker	Nazmul Hossain Shanto (c) Shadman Islam Zakir Hasan Yasir Ali Nurul Hasan Sunzamul Islam Nayeem Hasan Saif Hassan Ebadat Hossain Abu Hider Rony Kamrul Islam Rabbi Jubair Hossain Al-Amin Mehidy Hasan	Andrew Balbirnie (c) John Anderson Peter Chase George Dockrell Shane Getkate Andy McBrine Barry McCarthy Jacob Mulder Stuart Poynter James Shannon Simi Singh Nathan Smith Jack Tector Sean Terry Stuart Thompson Lorcan Tucker	Nazmul Hossain Shanto (c) Shadman Islam Zakir Hasan Yasir Ali Nurul Hasan Sunzamul Islam Mahedi Hasan Abu Hider Rony Tanbir Hayder Subashis Roy Abul Hasan Nadif Chowdhury Al-Amin Imran Ali

Mehidy Hasan replaced Saif Hassan following the former's injury during the fielding session. ^[3]

First-class match

Only Unofficial Test

11–14 October 2017 Scorecard

Ireland Wolves	v	Bangladesh A
255 (74.5 overs) Simi Singh 121 (159) Mahedi Hasan 3/47 (13.5 overs)		337 (116.4 overs) Shadman Islam 108 (219) Andy McBrine 3/64 (29.4 overs)
213 (60.2 overs) James Shannon 90 (118) Sunzamul Islam 5/90 (23.2 overs)		132/5 (39.3 overs) Yasir Ali 47* (68) Andy McBrine 4/63 (16.3 overs)

Bangladesh A won by 5 wickets Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Akteruzzaman (Ban) and Gazi Sohel (Ban) Player of the match: Shadman Islam (Bangladesh A)

• Ireland Wolves won the toss and elected to bat.

List A series

1st Unofficial ODI

17 October 09:00 Scorecard

Ireland Wolves 229 (49.1 overs)	v	Bangladesh A 75/3 (14 overs)
Sean Terry 65 (64) Abul Hasan 2/40 (7.1 overs)		Zakir Hasan 35* (33) Barry McCarthy 2/23 (4 overs)

No result Sheikh Kamal International Stadium, Cox's Bazar Umpires: Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) and Masudur Rahman (Ban)

• Ireland Wolves won the toss and elected to bat.
• The Bangladesh A innings was stopped after 14 overs due to rain.

2nd Unofficial ODI

19 October 09:00 Scorecard

Ireland Wolves 195 (48.1 overs)	v	Bangladesh A 196/7 (46.3 overs)
Simi Singh 33 (51) Sunzamul Islam 4/33 (9.1 overs)		Tanbir Hayder 61* (91) Jacob Mulder 3/42 (10 overs)

Bangladesh A won by 3 wickets Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium Academy Ground, Cox's Bazar Umpires: Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Tanbir Hayder (Bangladesh A)

• Ireland Wolves won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd Unofficial ODI

24 October [5] 09:00 Scorecard

Ireland Wolves 103 (35.4 overs)	v	Bangladesh A 106/2 (23 overs)
Andrew Balbirnie 52 (90) Abu Hider 3/29 (8 overs)		Nazmul Hossain Shanto 41* (38) George Dockrell 1/23 (6 overs)

Bangladesh A won by 8 wickets Sheikh Kamal International Stadium, Cox's Bazar Umpires: Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Abu Hider (Bangladesh A)

• Ireland Wolves won the toss and elected to bat.

4th Unofficial ODI

25 October 09:00 Scorecard

Ireland Wolves 170/7 (20 overs)	v	Bangladesh A 172/6 (19.4 overs)
Andrew Balbirnie 83 (51) Imran Ali 3/33 (4 overs)		Al-Amin 67 (40) Barry McCarthy 2/32 (3 overs)

Bangladesh A won by 4 wickets Sheikh Kamal International Stadium, Cox's Bazar Umpires: Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Andrew Balbirnie (Ireland Wolves)

• Bangladesh A won the toss and elected to field.
• Rain reduced the match to 20 overs per side.

5th Unofficial ODI

26 October 09:00 Scorecard

Bangladesh A 286/6 (50 overs)	v	Ireland Wolves 210 (43.4 overs)
Yasir Ali 102* (101) Barry McCarthy 2/45 (9 overs)		Jack Tector 66 (80) Abu Hider 3/38 (9.4 overs)

Bangladesh A won by 76 runs Sheikh Kamal International Stadium, Cox's Bazar Umpires: Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Yasir Ali (Bangladesh A)

• Ireland Wolves won the toss and elected to field.

References

1. "Ireland 'A' tour of Bangladesh". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
2. "Squads for Ireland A tour of Bangladesh, 2017". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
3. "Mahedi Hasan replaces Saif Hasan in Bangladesh A team". Cricbuzz. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
4. "BCB announces squad for One-Day, nazmul will captain the Bangladeshi side". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
5. "Match Rescheduled due to rain". Cricbuzz.