New Zealand A cricket team in Bangladesh in 2025

New Zealand A cricket team in Bangladesh in 2025
	Bangladesh A	New Zealand A
Dates	5 – 24 May 2025
Captains	Nurul Hasan	Joe Carter (First-class) Nick Kelly (List A)
FC series
Result	New Zealand A won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs	Nurul Hasan (182)	Nick Kelly (245)
Most wickets	Khaled Ahmed (10)	Jayden Lennox (7)
LA series
Result	Bangladesh A won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Mahidul Islam Ankon (147)	Dale Phillips (113)
Most wickets	Tanvir Islam (5) Mosaddek Hossain (5)	Adithya Ashok (4) Kris Clarke (4)

The New Zealand A cricket team toured Bangladesh in May 2025 to play against the Bangladesh A cricket team. ^{[1] [2]} The tour consisted of two first-class matches and three List A cricket matches. ^[3]

Bangladesh won the List A series 2–1. New Zealand won the first-class series 1–0, with one match drawn. ^[4]

Squads

Bangladesh A		New Zealand A
First-class	List A [5]	First-class [6]	List A [7]
Nurul Hasan (c, wk) Khaled Ahmed Nasum Ahmed Yasir Ali Mahidul Islam Ankon Parvez Hossain Emon Anamul Haque Amite Hasan Nayeem Hasan Saif Hassan Zakir Hasan Afif Hossain Ebadot Hossain Mosaddek Hossain Shamim Hossain Shoriful Islam Tanvir Islam Mahmudul Hasan Joy Hasan Murad Mohammad Naim Mustafizur Rahman Rejaur Rahman Raja	Nurul Hasan (c, wk) Yasir Ali Mahidul Islam Ankon Parvez Hossain Emon Nayeem Hasan Saif Hassan Anamul Haque Ebadot Hossain Mosaddek Hossain Shamim Hossain Shoriful Islam Tanvir Islam Mohammad Naim Rejaur Rahman Raja Mustafizur Rahman	Joe Carter (c) Nick Kelly Muhammad Abbas Adi Ashok Matt Boyle Kris Clarke Josh Clarkson Zak Foulkes Dean Foxcroft Mitchell Hay (wk) Curtis Heaphy Jayden Lennox Ben Lister Rhys Mariu Dale Phillips	Nick Kelly (c) Joe Carter Muhammad Abbas Adi Ashok Matt Boyle Kris Clarke Josh Clarkson Zak Foulkes Dean Foxcroft Mitchell Hay (wk) Curtis Heaphy Jayden Lennox Ben Lister Rhys Mariu Dale Phillips

List A series

1st Unofficial ODI

5 May 2025 09:30 Scorecard

New Zealand A 147 (34.3 overs)	v	Bangladesh A 149/3 (27.2 overs)
Dean Foxcroft 72 (64) Khaled Ahmed 3/27 (7 overs)		Mahidul Islam Ankon 42* (61) Kris Clarke 2/30 (5 overs)

Bangladesh A won by 7 wickets Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) and Gazi Sohel (Ban) Player of the match: Khaled Ahmed (Bangladesh A)

• New Zealand A won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd Unofficial ODI

7 May 2025 09:30 Scorecard

Bangladesh A 344/5 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand A 257 (43.1 overs)
Nurul Hasan 112 (101) Kris Clarke 2/70 (10 overs)		Dale Phillips 79 (54) Mosaddek Hossain 3/50 (10 overs)

Bangladesh A won by 87 runs Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) and Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) Player of the match: Nurul Hasan (Bangladesh A)

• New Zealand A won the toss and elected to field.

3rd Unofficial ODI

10 May 2025 09:30 Scorecard

Bangladesh A 226 (47.4 overs)	v	New Zealand A 231/6 (48.2 overs)
Nasum Ahmed 67 (97) Adithya Ashok 3/44 (10 overs)		Dean Foxcroft 36* (43) Nayeem Hasan 2/30 (10 overs)

New Zealand A won by 4 wickets Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) and Gazi Sohel (Ban) Player of the match: Dean Foxcroft (New Zealand A)

• New Zealand A won the toss and elected to field.

First-class series

1st Unofficial Test

14–17 May 2025 Scorecard

New Zealand A	v	Bangladesh A
256 (75.2 overs) Mitchell Hay 81 (134) Khaled Ahmed 6/59 (21.2 overs)		268 (69.3 overs) Nurul Hasan 107 (88) Josh Clarkson 4/44 (15 overs)
257 (80.1 overs) Nick Kelly 122 (207) Hasan Murad 5/61 (24.1 overs)		175 (65.2 overs) Mahidul Islam Ankon 57* (167) Adithya Ashok 5/54 (17 overs)

New Zealand A won by 70 runs Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Adithya Ashok (New Zealand A)

• Bangladesh A won the toss and elected to field.

2nd Unofficial Test

21–24 May 2025 Scorecard

Bangladesh A	v	New Zealand A
357 (89.5 overs) Mohammad Naim 82 (94) Ben Lister 3/43 (13 overs)		379 (125.2 overs) Nick Kelly 103 (167) Nayeem Hasan 4/102 (44.2 overs)
87/2 (24 overs) Anamul Haque 24 (23) Ben Lister 1/17 (4 overs)

Match drawn Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Gazi Sohel (Ban) Player of the match: Nick Kelly (New Zealand A)

• Bangladesh A won the toss and elected to bat.

References

1. "New Zealand A team to visit Bangladesh in May". The Business Standard. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
2. "New Zealand A Team set to tour Bangladesh in May 2025". Daily observer. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
3. "Rookie Black Caps Rhys Mariu, Mitch Hay get chance to push for test debut in NZ A squad". Stuff. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
4. "New Zealand A tour of Bangladesh 2025". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
5. "Bangladesh A Team for 1st & 2nd One Day Matches Against New Zealand A Announced". Bangladesh Cricket Board . Retrieved 28 April 2025.
6. "Kelly and Carter to lead New Zealand A in Bangladesh". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 28 April 2025.
7. "BLACKCAPS headline New Zealand A squad for Bangladesh". New Zealand Cricket . Retrieved 28 April 2025.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo