Bangladesh Cricket Board to reschedule their upcoming tours
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Bangladesh Cricket Board is working on recovering the series that was forced to postpone due to the COVID-19 pandemic, said BCB official on Tuesday. Bangladesh was forced to cancel its five-match series that were scheduled at home and away as the major part of the world has been at hold since March this year due to the pandemic.
BCB first postponed its final phase of the three-legged tour of Pakistan which involved the second and final Test of the series along with one ODI. Bangladesh then called off their scheduled tour of Ireland for a three-match ODI series and four T20Is. Australia Cricket Board has called off their tour of Bangladesh for two Tests and this was followed by BCB and Sri Lanka Cricket [SLC] reaching a point to push back Bangladesh team’s tour of the island for a three-match Test series in July. New Zealand Cricket, meanwhile, postponed their trip to Bangladesh for a two-match Test series in August.
BCB has been working to set a new schedule as all the Test matches affected are part of ICC Test Championship and effort so far has seen the board reconfirm series with Sri Lanka.
Tigers are scheduled to travel to Sri Lanka later this month for the three-match Test series set to begin on October 24.
"You all know that we were forced to postpone four series [due to the pandemic], against Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Ireland. Other than that we had a Test left to play with Pakistan. This [Test against Pakistan] can be rescheduled easily as it requires a small window. We will discuss that with Pakistan Cricket Board [PCB]," said BCB chief executive officer Nizamuddin Chowdhury to the media on Tuesday.
“With New Zealand, we have discussed rescheduling the Test series and we have agreed on confirming the series by mid next year. Series against Sri Lanka is confirmed already," the BCB high-up added.
However, there will be a challenge for BCB to reschedule the two Tests at home against Australia. Given one top-ranked team, Australia will surely have a busy schedule once they hit back to the field and BCB will have to negotiate well for a reschedule.
“We are in discussion with Australia and Ireland cricket boards. We are trying to have the series against Australia at a suitable time. The thing is it will not be enough if only we are available; a big team like Australia also needs to have a free schedule,” Nizamuddin explained.
