New Zealand cricket team in Bangladesh in 2023–24

The New Zealand men's cricket team is touring Bangladesh in September 2023 to play three One Day International (ODI) matches.[1][2] The International Cricket Council (ICC) finalized the bilateral series in a press release.[3] The matches were used as preparation for both teams ahead of the 2023 Cricket World Cup.[4] Following the World Cup, the New Zealand team will return in November 2023 to play two Test matches.[5] The Test series will be a part of 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship.[6]

New Zealand men's cricket team in Bangladesh in 2023–24
 
  Bangladesh New Zealand
Dates 21 September – 10 December 2023
Captains Liton Das[n 1] (ODIs) Lockie Ferguson (ODIs)
Test series
One Day International series
Results New Zealand won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs Najmul Hossain Shanto (76) Henry Nicholls (143)
Most wickets Mustafizur Rahman (5) Ish Sodhi (6)
Player of the series Henry Nicholls (NZ)

In the ODI series, the 1st ODI was washed away due to rain, while New Zealand won the 2nd and 3rd ODi with a comprehensive margin of 86 runs and 7 wickets respectively. Thus, it was the first ODI series win for New Zealand in Bangladesh since 2008.

Squads

 Bangladesh  New Zealand
Tests ODIs[7] Tests ODIs[8]

Tour match

ODI series

1st ODI

21 September 2023
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
New Zealand 
136/5 (33.4 overs)
v
Will Young 58 (91)
Mustafizur Rahman 3/27 (7 overs)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.

2nd ODI

23 September 2023
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
New Zealand 
254 (49.2 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
168 (41.1 overs)
Tom Blundell 68 (66)
Mahedi Hasan 3/45 (10 overs)
Mahmudullah 49 (76)
Ish Sodhi 6/39 (10 overs)
New Zealand won by 86 runs
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Sharfuddoula (Ban)
Player of the match: Ish Sodhi (NZ)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Khaled Ahmed (Ban) made his ODI debut.
  • Ish Sodhi (NZ) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.
  • Ish Sodhi became the first New Zealand spinner to take 6 wickets in an ODI and his bowling figure of 6 for 39 is the best bowling figure by any New Zealand spinner.[10]
  • This was New Zealand's first win in an ODI in Bangladesh since 2008.

3rd ODI

26 September 2023
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
171 (34.3 overs)
v
 New Zealand
175/3 (34.5 overs)
Najmul Hossain Shanto 76 (84)
Adam Milne 4/34 (6.3 overs)
Will Young 70 (80)
Shariful Islam 2/32 (6 overs)
New Zealand won by 7 wickets
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Gazi Sohel (Ban) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Will Young (NZ)

Test series

1st Test

2nd Test

Notes

  1. Najmul Hossain Shanto captained Bangladesh in the third ODI.

References

  1. "Itinerary announced for New Zealand's Tour of Bangladesh 2023". Bangladesh Cricket Board. 17 August 2023.
  2. "Tigers to play 150 matches in next 5 years". New Age. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  3. "Bangladesh's bilateral series for 2023-27 FTP cycle finalized". Daily Bangladesh. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  4. "Bangladesh to play most matches in next ICC FTP". The Business Standard. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  5. "New Zealand tour of Bangladesh sandwiched around World Cup 2023". Cricbuzz. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  6. "Men's Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  7. "Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah return for New Zealand series; Shakib among those rested". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  8. "Ferguson to captain New Zealand in Bangladesh ODI series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  9. প্রতিবেদক, ক্রীড়া (24 September 2023). "তৃতীয় ওয়ানডেতে অধিনায়ক হয়ে ফিরছেন নাজমুল". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  10. "Sodhi takes 6 wickets as New Zealand beats Bangladesh by 86 runs in second ODI". Daily Exclusior. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
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