Ireland Wolves cricket team in Bangladesh in 2020–21 | |||
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Bangladesh Emerging | Ireland Wolves | ||
Dates | 26 February – 16 March 2021 | ||
Captains | Saif Hassan | Harry Tector | |
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | Bangladesh Emerging won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
Most runs | Towhid Hridoy (58) | Lorcan Tucker (38) | |
Most wickets | Sumon Khan (4) | Peter Chase (2) | |
FC series | |||
Result | Bangladesh Emerging won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
Most runs | Yasir Ali (92) | Curtis Campher (61) | |
Most wickets | Tanvir Islam (13) | Mark Adair (3) Graham Hume (3) | |
LA series | |||
Result | Bangladesh Emerging won the 5-match series 4–0 | ||
Most runs | Mahmudul Hasan Joy (285) | Ruhan Pretorius (142) | |
Most wickets | Sumon Khan (7) | Mark Adair (5) Ruhan Pretorius (5) | |
Player of the series | Mahmudul Hasan Joy (Bangladesh Emerging) |
The Ireland Wolves cricket team toured Bangladesh in February and March 2021 to play an unofficial Test match (with First-class status), five unofficial One Day International matches (with List A status) and one unofficial Twenty20 International match (with Twenty20 status) against a Bangladesh Emerging team. [1] [2] The tour was confirmed a day after Ireland's tour of Zimbabwe was cancelled. [3] The original tour schedule included two Twenty20 matches, but one was dropped from the itinerary on 13 March 2021. [4]
The first unofficial ODI match was abandoned after 30 overs, after Ruhan Pretorius tested positive for COVID-19. [5] Ahead of the second ODI, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed that the match would take place, after all players returned a negative test. [6] Pretorius' test was later found to be a false positive, with him returning to the squad for the second match. [7]
Originally, George Dockrell was set to captain the Ireland Wolves in the unofficial Test, and Harry Tector would lead the side in the limited overs matches. [10] However, the day before the squad departed for Bangladesh, it was announced that Dockrell had opted out of the tour. [9] The same day, Ruhan Pretorius was added to the squad and Tector was confirmed as captain. [11]
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