Australian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2015–16

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Australian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2015–16
 
  Bangladesh Australia
Dates 28 September – 21 October 2015
Captains Mushfiqur Rahim Steve Smith
Test series

The Australia cricket team were scheduled to tour Bangladesh from 28 September to 21 October 2015 to play a tour match and two Test matches.[1]

A day before the tour was scheduled to start, the Australian team did not leave their country as Cricket Australia (CA) received information about security concerns.[2] The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said that they were surprised by the delay.[3] Sean Carroll, security manager for CA, meet with the Australian High Commissioner in Bangladesh and the Bangladesh government to discuss the concerns.[4] Despite the ongoing concerns regarding the tour, Bangladesh announced their squad on 28 September.[5] The BCB chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury said that "we are expecting all the matches to be played on schedule".[6] On 30 September the Australian cricketers were sent back to their state squads in readiness for the Matador Cup.[7] The BCB said that "the Bangladesh government has committed to additional security on top of the substantial and elaborate arrangements in the BCB's standard Security Plan for international cricket".[8]

On 1 October, Cricket Australia confirmed that the tour had been postponed with a view to re-arrange the matches for a later date.[9][10] In April 2016, it indicated that it was hoping the tour would go ahead in 2017.[11] In June 2017, Cricket Australia confirmed the tour would take place in August 2017.[12]

Squads

 Bangladesh[5]  Australia[13]

Australia's Pat Cummins was ruled out of the tour because of a back injury and was replaced by James Faulkner.[14]

Scheduled matches

First class:Bangladesh Cricket Board XI vs. Australians

1st Test

2nd Test

References

  1. ^ "BCB announces dates for Australia Tests". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Australia delay departure for Bangladesh amid security concerns". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Bangladesh surprised at Australian delay". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ "CA security manager to visit Bangladesh". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Bangladesh name unchanged squad for first Australia Test". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  6. ^ "BCB optimistic tour will go as planned". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Australian players sent back to state squads". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  8. ^ "BCB makes last-ditch appeal to Cricket Australia". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Australia postpone tour of Bangladesh". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  10. ^ "Australia postpone Bangladesh tour over 'security concerns'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  11. ^ Isam, Mohammad. "Australia keen to tour Bangladesh in 2017". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  12. ^ "Australia name strong squad for Bangladesh tour". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  13. ^ "Fekete, Bancroft in Test Squad" Cricket Australia 14 September 2015
  14. ^ "Pat Cummins ruled out of Bangladesh tour". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2015.

External links

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