2020 ZIM fixtures

ZIMDOGGY wrote: ↑Sat Dec 14, 2019 7:10 am

jaybro wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2019 10:14 pm

Googly wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2019 1:55 pm

And in Darwin as we predicted. Could be worse.. could be at Ayer’s Rock.

What’s wrong with Darwin?

Great city

What’s great about it?

I’ve never been so I don’t know, but from what I can gather the place seems like hell.

Extreme heat, can’t swim in any of the lakes beaches because of jellyfish and crocodiles. Extreme aboriginal poverty and anti social behaviour. Isolated.

I swam up there in the fresh water holes it was great, we went up recently for a boys trip (perfect destination) it’s tour typical back packer town so there’s a few good night spots (monsoons is the hot spot) European women and also for the fellas who enjoy the rippers there’s a few good gentlemen’s clubs around.

We hired a van and drove through the Litchfield National park where we swam in numerous water holes and took in some great views.

We also went for a days fishing in the Darwin Harbour (4-5 times the size of Sydney harbour) we caught plenty of big fish and even three sharks !!! Next day we went Barramundi fishing Jabiru in the Kakadu national park, although due to them

Not having a decent wet season for a while the Barra were hard to catch we encountered a water buffalo and saw some really big crocodiles.

There’s also these markets on the beach which are really cool and the sunset on the beach was magical, although as you pointed out you can’t swim in the water.

The vibe of the town is really lad back and rules are much more relaxed than the other states of Australia, I’d highly recommend visiting

BCB have confirmed that Zimbabwe will be touring Bangladesh in February instead of March.

BCB reschedules Zimbabwe series to February

http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/11 ... o-february

Not schedule or solid talk of extending the tour though

jaybro wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 12:56 am

Not schedule or solid talk of extending the tour though

I think that will come in time. A one-off Test is kinda dumb and the BCB will be fully aware that they could find themselves down 0-1 and need a flat pitch in the 2nd game to square the series :cry: :evil:

Kriterion_BD wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 9:24 pm

jaybro wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 12:56 am

Not schedule or solid talk of extending the tour though

I think that will come in time. A one-off Test is kinda dumb and the BCB will be fully aware that they could find themselves down 0-1 and need a flat pitch in the 2nd game to square the series :cry: :evil:

Do you think match practice prior to the Australia series will encourage them to play an extra test? Honestly I’d be happy to drop all limited overs games for an extra test or two

jaybro wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 9:04 am

Do you think match practice prior to the Australia series will encourage them to play an extra test? Honestly I’d be happy to drop all limited overs games for an extra test or two

Do you mean Australia's tour of Bangladesh? That has been moved to June-July, not February.

Kriterion_BD wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 5:31 pm

jaybro wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 9:04 am

Do you think match practice prior to the Australia series will encourage them to play an extra test? Honestly I’d be happy to drop all limited overs games for an extra test or two

Do you mean Australia's tour of Bangladesh? That has been moved to June-July, not February.

Yes that series

Even with the gap between fixtures I'm sure an extra Test (or even two) would be greatly beneficial to Bangladesh

The more you play the better you get and they will have a few players they would like to see play some tests and see how they go, after the India series Bangladesh were left with more questions than answers

I agree with the Jaybro.

Bangladesh sound like they're just about starting to develop some exciting players for the next decade. The more exposure the better, and what better exposure than playing against the worlds best bowling line up (lets face it, they are bossing test cricket right now, the Ausies).

jaybro wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 12:56 am

Not schedule or solid talk of extending the tour though

Looks like they aren't adding a Test after all. Highly disappointing. 2 Tests should have been played given the historic rivalry and Bangladesh's recent struggles.

1 Test

3 ODIs

2 T20Is

Is being reported in several different sites. I wonder why they cancelled a 2nd Test.

Costs too much ;)

sloandog wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2020 1:18 pm

Costs too much ;)

In BD the sponsors would come. They are coming for 1 Test, they'd come for 2. I think timing may have played a role. They had to add 3 ODIs, but couldn't scrap the T20s completely.

Zimbabwe's tour of Bangladesh is confirmed.

1 Test, 3 ODIs and 2 T20s along with a practice game in from 22nd February to 11th March.

Bangladesh to host Zimbabwe for one-off Test in February https://es.pn/2TU7OqJ

sam_ahm wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2020 9:51 am

Zimbabwe's tour of Bangladesh is confirmed.

1 Test, 3 ODIs and 2 T20s along with a practice game in from 22nd February to 11th March.

Bangladesh to host Zimbabwe for one-off Test in February https://es.pn/2TU7OqJ

Excellent stuff. Back to back series, what the heck is going on ?!

Is Ireland expected to tour Zimbabwe in April? As per the FTP they are scheduled to play 1 Test and 5 T20s... Considering Ireland do play T20 WC this year, they should be interested in getting some game time.

I didn’t realise, but Bangladesh has now leapfrogged Zimbabwe in terms of total tests. Probably did it in 2018

That’s sad. We had a ten year head start!