Bangladeshi cricket team in Ireland and Netherlands in 2012

The Bangladesh national cricket team toured Ireland for a 3 match Twenty20 series held in Belfast against Ireland.^[1] The Bangladesh team then travelled to the Netherlands for a T20I match each against Scotland and the Netherlands.^[2]

Squads

T20Is
Bangladesh	Ireland	Scotland	Netherlands
Mushfiqur Rahim (c) & (wk)	William Porterfield (c)	Gordon Drummond
Mahmudullah	Alex Cusack	Richie Berrington
Tamim Iqbal	George Dockrell	Calvin Burnett
Mohammad Ashraful	Trent Johnston	Kyle Coetzer
Junaid Siddique	Ed Joyce	Josh Davey
Jahurul Islam	John Mooney	Alasdair Evans
Shakib Al Hasan	Tim Murtagh	Ryan Flannigan
Nasir Hossain	Kevin O'Brien	Gordon Goudie
Ziaur Rahman	Niall O'Brien	Majid Haq
Elias Sunny	Andrew Poynter	Calum MacLeod
Abdur Razzak	Boyd Rankin	Preston Mommsen
Mashrafe Mortaza	Max Sorensen	Jan Stander
Shafiul Islam	Paul Stirling	Craig Wallace (wk)
Nazmul Hossain	Andrew White
Abul Hasan	Gary Wilson (wk)

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In Ireland

Bangladeshi cricket team in Ireland in 2012
		Bangladesh		Ireland
Dates		18 July 2012 – 21 July
Captains		Mushfiqur Rahim		William Porterfield
Twenty20 International series
Result		Bangladesh won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs		Mohammad Ashraful (77)		Gary Wilson (100)
Most wickets		Elias Sunny (8)		Paul Stirling (5)

All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+1).

1st Warm-up Match

16 July 11:30 Scorecard

Ireland XI  103/6 (20 overs)	v	Bangladeshis  107/3 (14.2 overs)
Nigel Jones 41* (26) Mashrafe Mortaza 3/14 (4 overs)		Mushfiqur Rahim 40 (25) Stuart Thompson 2/23 (3 overs)

Bangladeshis won by 7 wickets The Green, Comber Umpires: Alan Neill and Michael Ross

• Ireland XI won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd Warm-up Match

16 July 16:00 Scorecard

Bangladeshis  164/5 (20 overs)	v	NCU President's XI 61/5 (13.2 overs)
Mohammad Ashraful 52* (49) Gary Kidd 2/43 (4 overs)		Andrew White 19* (23) Elias Sunny 2/7 (3 overs)

Bangladeshis won by 48 runs (D/L method) The Green, Comber Umpires: Alan Neill and Michael Ross

• Bangladeshis won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rain shortened the play to give NCU President's XI a target of 110 from 13.2 overs.

1st T20I

18 July 17:00 Scorecard

Bangladesh 190/5 (20 overs)	v	Ireland  119/8 (20 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 57 (33) Paul Stirling 2/38 (4 overs)		Gary Wilson 41* (36) Elias Sunny 5/13 (4 overs)

Bangladesh won by 71 runs Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Belfast Umpires: Mark Hawthorne and Richard Smith Player of the match: Elias Sunny

• Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
• Two heavy showers (rain) delayed the start by 30 minutes. Match started at 17:30 with no loss of overs.
• T20I debuts: Abul Hasan, Elias Sunny and Ziaur Rahman (BAN). Elias Sunny became the first cricketer to win Man of the Match awards on debut in two formats. (Test and T20I) and became first Bangladeshi bowler to take 5 wickets haul in T20I debut.^[6]Abdur Razzak bowled a 5-ball over in 7th over and it was first time in international T20 cricket.

2nd T20I

20 July 17:00 Scorecard

Bangladesh 146/6 (20 overs)	v	Ireland  145/6 (20 overs)
Nasir Hossain 50* (33) Max Sorensen 2/34 (4 overs)		Ed Joyce 41 (44) Elias Sunny 2/18 (4 overs)

Bangladesh won by 1 run. Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Belfast Umpires: Mark Hawthorne and Richard Smith Player of the match: Nasir Hossain

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• With this match Bangladesh gets a place in the ICC T20 rankings in 6th position.

3rd T20I

21 July 16:00 Scorecard

Ireland  140/8 (20 overs)	v	Bangladesh 141/8 (20 overs)
William Porterfield 28 (22) Mashrafe Mortaza 4/19 (4 overs)		Tamim Iqbal 39 (37) Paul Stirling 3/21 (4 overs)

Bangladesh won by 2 wickets. Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Belfast Umpires: Mark Hawthorne and Richard Smith Player of the match: Mashrafe Mortaza

• Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
• T20I debuts: Tim Murtagh. Bangladesh whitewashes a cricket team first time in T20 international cricket. Bangladesh jumps to 4th position in ICC T20 rankings.

In Netherlands

Bangladeshi cricket team in Netherlands in 2012
		Bangladesh		Scotland
Dates		24 July 2012
Captains		Mushfiqur Rahim		TBD
Twenty20 International series

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Only T20I

24 July 16:00 Scorecard

Bangladesh  162/7	v	Scotland 128/10
Shakib Al Hasan 31 (29) Josh Davey 3/23 (4 overs)		Richie Berrington 100 (58) Mashrafe Mortaza 2/22 (4 overs)

Scotland won by 34 runs Sportpark Westvliet, The Hague Umpires: Ian Ramage (Sco) and Richard Smith (Ire)

Bangladeshi cricket team in Netherlands in 2012
		Bangladesh		Netherlands
Dates		25 July 2012 – 26 July 2012
Captains		Mushfiqur Rahim		TBD
Twenty20 International series

1st T20I

25 July 16:00 Scorecard

Netherlands  144/7	v	Bangladesh 145/2
Michael Swart 57 (41) Mashrafe Mortaza 2/23 (4 overs)		Tamim Iqbal 69 (53) Timm van der Gugten 1/7 (1 over)

Bangladesh won by 8 wickets Sportpark Westvliet, The Hague Umpires: Ian Ramage (Sco) and Richard Smith (Ire)

• Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat

2nd T20I

26 July 14:00 Scorecard

Netherlands  128/10	v	Bangladesh 131/9
Tamim Iqbal 50 (46) Timm van der Gugten 3/18 (4 overs)		Michael Swart 61 (49) Abdur Razzak 2/23 (4 overs)

Netherlands won by 1 wicket Sportpark Westvliet, The Hague Umpires: Ian Ramage (Sco) and Richard Smith (Ire)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat

References

1. "Bangladesh to play T20 series in Ireland". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
2. "Bangladesh to play T20s in Netherlands". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
3. "Shakib, Shafiul return for Ireland T20s". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
4. "Rankin returns for Bangladesh T20s". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
5. "Only T20I: Bangladesh v Scotland at The Hague,Jul,24,2012". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved July 2012.
6. "Sunny's five gives Bangladesh bright start". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2012.