Irish cricket team in Bangladesh in 2022–23 | |||
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Bangladesh | Ireland | ||
Dates | 18 March – 8 April 2023 | ||
Captains | Shakib Al Hasan (Test & T20Is) Tamim Iqbal (ODIs) | Andrew Balbirnie (Test & ODIs) Paul Stirling (T20Is) | |
Test series | |||
Result | Bangladesh won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
Most runs | Mushfiqur Rahim (177) | Lorcan Tucker (145) | |
Most wickets | Taijul Islam (9) | Andy McBrine (7) | |
One Day International series | |||
Results | Bangladesh won the 3-match series 2–0 | ||
Most runs | Litton Das (146) | Curtis Campher (52) | |
Most wickets | Ebadot Hossain (6) | Graham Hume (7) | |
Player of the series | Mushfiqur Rahim (Ban) | ||
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | Bangladesh won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
Most runs | Litton Das (135) | Paul Stirling (94) | |
Most wickets | Taskin Ahmed (8) | Mark Adair (5) | |
Player of the series | Taskin Ahmed (Ban) |
The Ireland men's cricket team toured Bangladesh in March and April 2023 to play one Test, three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [1] [2]
This was the first-ever Test Match played between the two sides, [3] and the first multi-format series the two sides played at senior level. [4] The Test match was the fourth men's Test in Ireland's history, and their first since July 2019. [5]
The fixtures were confirmed by Cricket Ireland (CI) in January 2023. [6] Ahead of the ODI series, Ireland played a 50-over warm up match against a Bangladesh Cricket Board XI (BCB XI) side. [7]
Bangladesh won the ODI series 2–0, [8] [9] with the second ODI finished in a no result due to rain, after the Bangladesh's innings. [10]
Bangladesh won the rain-affected first T20I by 22 runs. [11] They also went on to win the second match by 77 runs and take an unassailable lead in the series. [12] Ireland won the third T20I by 7 wickets, with Bangladesh winning the T20I series 2–1. [13]
Bangladesh won the one-off Test by 7 wickets. [14] This was Bangladesh's first Test win in home soil after three years. [15]
Test | ODIs | T20Is | |||
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Bangladesh [16] | Ireland [17] | Bangladesh [18] | Ireland [19] | Bangladesh [20] | Ireland [21] |
Former Zimbabwe wicket-keeper PJ Moor was included in Ireland's Test squad for the first time. [22] On 9 March 2023, Ireland's Fionn Hand was added to the Test squad, [23] replaced Josh Little in the ODI squad [24] and replaced Conor Olphert (unavailable due to study commitments) in the T20I squad. [25] On 11 March 2023, Ireland's Barry McCarthy was ruled out of the entire tour, [26] with Thomas Mayes named as his replacement. [27] On 16 March 2023, Zakir Hasan was ruled out of the ODI series due to a finger injury, with Rony Talukdar named as his replacement. [28] On 21 March 2023, both Afif Hossain and Shoriful Islam were released from the Bangladesh's squad for the third ODI. [29]
On 26 March 2023, Ireland's regular captain Andrew Balbirnie was rested from the T20I series, [30] with Paul Stirling and Lorcan Tucker were named captain, [31] and vice-captain respectively. [32] On 3 April 2023, Bangladesh's Taskin Ahmed was ruled out of the one-off Test match due to a side strain, [33] with Rejaur Rahman Raja named as his replacement. [34] On 10 April 2023, Mrittunjoy Chowdhury replaced Taskin Ahmed in the ODI series. [35]
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