English cricket team in Bangladesh in 2016–17
The English cricket team toured Bangladesh in October 2016 to play three One Day Internationals (ODIs), two Test matches and three tour matches.[1][2][3] A terrorist attack in Dhaka four months before the tour started raised concerns about team safety. This led to two members of the England team, regular one-day captain Eoin Morgan and opener Alex Hales, to withdraw from selection.
English cricket team in Bangladesh in 2016–17 | |||
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Bangladesh | England | ||
Dates | 3 October – 1 November 2016 | ||
Captains |
Mushfiqur Rahim (Tests) Mashrafe Mortaza (ODIs) |
Alastair Cook (Tests) Jos Buttler (ODIs) | |
Test series | |||
Result | 2-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
Most runs | Tamim Iqbal (231) | Ben Stokes (128) | |
Most wickets | Mehidy Hasan (19) |
Ben Stokes (11) Moeen Ali (11) | |
Player of the series | Mehidy Hasan (Ban) | ||
One Day International series | |||
Results | England won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
Most runs | Imrul Kayes (169) | Ben Stokes (148) | |
Most wickets | Mashrafe Mortaza (8) | Adil Rashid (10) | |
Player of the series | Ben Stokes (Eng) |
England won the ODI series 2–1. The Test series finished 1–1, with Bangladesh recording their first ever Test win against England when they won the second Test by 108 runs.[4] The Bangladesh captain, Mushfiqur Rahim, said that "it's a great moment for Bangladesh cricket".[5] In response to the defeat England captain Alastair Cook said "it's not easy for me to say, but it's a good win for Bangladesh cricket".[5]
Security concerns
editFollowing a terrorist attack in Dhaka in July 2016, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said it would follow advice from the Bangladesh government on the forthcoming tour.[6][7] In response the president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), Nazmul Hassan, said that "England are coming after three months, by which time the situation in Bangladesh will get better".[8] England's limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan said there were "big concerns" regarding the security of the England team following the attack.[9][10] The BCB later rejected any plans to the matches at a neutral venue, should England pull out of the tour to Bangladesh.[11] Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza said he was "hopeful" that the tour would go ahead.[12] Zimbabwean Richard Halsall, Bangladesh's fielding coach, said that he feels safe working in Bangladesh and is hopeful of England's arrival.[13]
In August the ECB sent a delegation to do a security inspection of venues in Mirpur, Chittagong and Fatullah.[14] Following the inspection, the ECB confirmed that the tour would go ahead as planned.[15][16] Following the confirmation that the tour would go ahead, England's director of cricket, Andrew Strauss, said that it is 100% safe to tour Bangladesh.[17] Nazmul Hassan, the BCB president, said that the BCB would provide security for player's family members, journalists and travelling England fans.[18]
Some England players talked about safety evaluations before confirming their participation[19][20][21] but Moeen Ali was the first England player to confirm he would go to Bangladesh, saying "If selected, I'll definitely go".[22] Andrew Strauss gave a deadline of 10 September 2016 for players to confirm their commitment to the tour[23] and on 11 September the ECB announced that Alex Hales and Morgan both declined to tour.[24] The England supporters' group, the Barmy Army, said there was "too much risk" for fans to travel to Bangladesh and later confirmed they would not be following the tour.[25][26]
Jos Buttler was appointed captain of the ODI side in Morgan's absence.[27][28] Buttler said that Morgan remains "very much the captain" and his choice not to tour Bangladesh "won't divide the dressing room".[29] Morgan returned to his role of ODI captain when England tour India in November.[30] Ahead of the ODI series, the Bangladesh Army ran a security drill to evacuate players.[31][32]
Squads
editTests | ODIs | ||
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Bangladesh[33] | England[34] | Bangladesh[35] | England[34][36] |
James Anderson and Mark Wood withdrew from the England squads before the tour started due to injury.[37] Jake Ball was added to the Test squad and Steven Finn to the ODI squad to replace them. Taijul Islam was added to Bangladesh's squad for the third ODI as a replacement for Mosharraf Hossain.[38] Subashis Roy and Mosaddek Hossain were added to Bangladesh's squad for the second Test. Hossain was a backup to Sabbir Rahman while Shafiul Islam was rested.[39] However, a few days later the Bangladesh team announced that Sabbir Rahman would be fit for the second Test.[40]
Tour matches
editOne-day:Bangladesh Cricket Board Select XI vs England XI
edit 4 October 2016
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Bangladesh Cricket Board Select XI
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- Bangladesh Cricket Board Select XI won the toss and elected to bat.
- 14 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).
Two-day:Bangladesh Cricket Board XI vs England XI
edit14–15 October 2016
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- England XI won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible on Day 1 due to a wet outfield.
- 12 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).
Two-day:Bangladesh Cricket Board XI vs England XI
edit16–17 October 2016
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- Bangladesh Cricket Board XI won the toss and elected to bat.
- 14 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).
ODI series
edit1st ODI
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jake Ball and Ben Duckett (Eng) both made their ODI debuts.
- Ben Stokes (Eng) scored his maiden ODI century.[41]
- Jake Ball (Eng) took his maiden ODI five-wicket haul and became the first player for England to take five wickets on debut in an ODI.[41]
2nd ODI
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
3rd ODI
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Tamim Iqbal (Ban) became the first player for Bangladesh to score 5,000 runs in ODIs.[42]
Test series
edit1st Test
edit20–24 October 2016
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- Alastair Cook became the most capped player for England in Tests (134).[43]
- Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Mehidy Hasan, Sabbir Rahman (Ban) and Ben Duckett (Eng) all made their Test debuts.
- Gareth Batty (Eng) became the player who missed the greatest number of Test matches between appearances (142).[44]
- In the first innings, Jonny Bairstow (Eng) became the first player to score 1,000 Test runs in a calendar year batting at number 6 or lower.[44] He then became the highest scoring wicketkeeper in a calendar year in the second innings.[45]
- Mehidy Hasan (Ban) became the seventh and youngest Bangladesh player to take a five-wicket haul on debut in a Test.[44]
- Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) became the first Bangladesh player to take 150 Test wickets.[46]
- This was the first time that Bangladesh took all 20 wickets against England in a Test and the first Test in Bangladesh when all 40 wickets were taken.[47][48]
- This was England's narrowest win against Bangladesh, their narrowest win in Asia and Bangladesh's narrowest defeat in terms of runs in Tests.[47]
2nd Test
edit28 October–1 November 2016
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Play on day one was reduced to 77 overs due to rain.
- Zafar Ansari (Eng) made his Test debut.
- Mushfiqur Rahim (Ban) played his 50th Test.[49]
- Alastair Cook equalled the record for most Tests as captain for England (54).[49]
- Alastair Cook (Eng) became the first player to score 10,000 runs as an opening batsman in Tests.[49]
- Chris Woakes and Adil Rashid's 99-run partnership was England's highest ninth-wicket partnership in Tests in Asia.[50]
- Mehidy Hasan's 19-wicket haul was the best for Bangladesh in a Test series.[51]
- Mehidy Hasan's match figures of 12/159 were the best by a Bangladesh bowler in a Test match.[51]
- This was Bangladesh's first Test win against England.[51]
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