# 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. The Bangladesh team then travelled to the Netherlands for a T20I match each against Scotland and the Netherlands.

## Squads

T20Is :
| Bangladesh | Ireland | Scotland | Netherlands |
| Mushfiqur Rahim (c) & (wk) | William Porterfield (c) | Gordon Drummond (c) | Peter Borren (c) |
| Mahmudullah | Alex Cusack | Richie Berrington | Ahsan Malik |
| Tamim Iqbal | George Dockrell | Calvin Burnett | Wesley Barresi |
| Mohammad Ashraful | Trent Johnston | Kyle Coetzer | Tom Cooper |
| Junaid Siddique | Ed Joyce | Josh Davey | Tom de Grooth |
| Jahurul Islam | John Mooney | Alasdair Evans | Tim Gruijters |
| Shakib Al Hasan | Tim Murtagh | Ryan Flannigan | Tom Heggelman |
| Nasir Hossain | Kevin O'Brien | Gordon Goudie | Mudassar Bukhari |
| Ziaur Rahman | Niall O'Brien | Majid Haq | Pieter Seelaar |
| Elias Sunny | Andrew Poynter | Calum MacLeod | Shahbaz Bashir |
| Abdur Razzak | Boyd Rankin | Preston Mommsen | Michael Swart |
| Mashrafe Mortaza | Max Sorensen | Jan Stander | Eric Szwarczynski |
| Shafiul Islam | Paul Stirling | Craig Wallace (wk) | Timm van der Gugten |
| Nazmul Hossain | Andrew White | | |
| Abul Hasan | Gary Wilson (wk) | | |

## In Ireland

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.

## T20I Series - Bangladesh v Ireland
### 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.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

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

## T20I Series - Bangladesh v Scotland
### Only T20I

* 24 July 16:00 Scorecard
| Bangladesh 128/10 | v | Scotland 162/7 |
| 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)

## T20I Series - Bangladesh v Netherlands
### 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 131/9 | v | Bangladesh 128/10 |
| Michael Swart 61 (49) Abdur Razzak 2/23 (4 overs) | | Tamim Iqbal 50 (46) Timm van der Gugten 3/18 (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