Irish national cricket team in Bangladesh in 2007-08

The Irish national cricket team's tour to Bangladesh in the 2007/08 season took place from March 18-22, 2008. The international cricket tour was part of the 2007/08 international cricket season and included three ODIs . Bangladesh won the series 3–0.

prehistory

Bangladesh previously played a tour against South Africa , for Ireland it was the first tour of the season.

Stages

Dhaka

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium	Dhaka	26,000	1st - 3rd ODI

Squad lists

Ireland named their squad on February 13, 2008. Bangladesh named their squad on March 15, 2008.

ODI
Bangladesh	Ireland
Mohammad Ashraful ( K ) Abdur Razzak Aftab Ahmed Dhiman Ghosh ( wk ) Farhad Reza Junaid Siddique Mahmudullah Mashrafe Mortaza Nazimuddin Raqibul Hasan Shahadat Hossain Shahriar Nafees Shakib Al Hasan Tamim Iqbal	Trent Johnston ( K ) Andre Botha Alex Cusack Phil Eaglestone Thinus Fourie Gary Kidd Dave Langford-Smith Kyle McCallan Eoin Morgan Kevin O'Brien Niall O'Brien ( wk ) William Porterfield Paul Stirling Reinhardt Strydom Greg Thompson

One-day internationals

First ODI in Dhaka

March 18 scorecard	Dhaka	Ireland 185-7 (50)	-	Bangladesh 186-2 (39.5)
		Bangladesh wins 8 wickets

Second ODI in Dhaka

March 20 scorecard	Dhaka	Bangladesh 246-8 (50)	-	Ireland 162 (38.5)
		Bangladesh wins with 84 runs

Third ODI in Dhaka

March 22nd scorecard	Dhaka	Bangladesh 293-7 (50)	-	Ireland 214 (45.3)
		Bangladesh wins with 79 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Shahriar Nafees	Bangladesh	3	3	204	102.00	90 *	0	3
Tamim Iqbal	Bangladesh	3	3	188	62.66	129	1	0
Mohammad Ashraful	Bangladesh	3	3	124	62.00	64 *	0	1
Niall O'Brien	Ireland	3	3	103	34.33	70	0	1
Alex Cusack	Ireland	3	3	73	24.33	38	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Dave Langford-Smith	Ireland	3	24	7th	20.71	3/43	0	0
Farhad Reza	Bangladesh	3	28	6th	21.33	5/42	1	0
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	3	27	5	20.00	2/16	0	0
Abdur Razzak	Bangladesh	3	26th	5	22.60	3/27	0	0
Mashrafe Mortaza	Bangladesh	3	26th	4th	22.75	3/22	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
ODI	Shahriar Nafees

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. ODI	Mashrafe Mortaza
2. ODI	Farhad Reza
3. ODI	Tamim Iqbal

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stirling picked for Bangladesh to ( English ) Cricinfo. February 13, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
2. ↑ Mahmudullah recalled for Ireland series ( English ) Cricinfo. March 15, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
3. ↑ Records / Ireland in Bangladesh ODI Series, 2007/08 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
4. ↑ Records / Ireland in Bangladesh ODI Series, 2007/08 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 30, 2016.