The Australian cricket team were scheduled to tour Bangladesh in June 2020 to play two Test matches.[1][2][3] The Test series would have formed part of the inaugural 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship.[4][5] In September 2019, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and Cricket Australia confirmed that the series would go ahead.[6]
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| Dates | 11 June – 23 June 2020 | ||
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Originally a three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series was scheduled to take place in October 2019, with the Test series being played in February 2020.[1] However, the Test series was moved to June 2020, due to fixture congestion.[7] The T20I series is now scheduled to take place ahead of the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup, with the dates to be agreed.[8][9] The dates and venues for the two Test matches were confirmed in March 2020.[10][11]
However, on 9 April 2020, the matches were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12][13] In July 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed it was their priority to reschedule the matches, along with the five other World Test Championship series that had been postponed due to the pandemic.[14]
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References
edit- ^ a b "Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ "Australia postpone Test and T20I tours of Bangladesh". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ^ "Full schedule of Bangladesh cricket team in 2020 including Test series against Australia with Shakib Al Hasan banned". The National. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Schedule for inaugural World Test Championship announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "Men's Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ "Australia's 2020 Test tour of Bangladesh confirmed". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ "Big Bash to take over Australia Day from national team". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Australia's Test and T20I tours of Bangladesh postponed". Cricbuzz. 23 September 2019.
- ^ "Australia's Tour of Bangladesh Postponed to June-July 2020". News18.com. 23 September 2019.
- ^ "Australia to tour Bangladesh for two Tests starting June 11". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Media Release : ITINERARY – Bangladesh in Ireland & England 2020 and Australia in Bangladesh 2020". Bangladesh Cricket Board. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Bangladesh-Australia Test series postponed amid Covid-19 threat". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ "Scheduling crunch looms as Bangladesh tour postponed". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ "World Test Championship progressing as planned, says ICC". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 July 2020.