2017 Ireland Tri-Nation Series
The 2017 Ireland Tri-Nation Series was a One Day International cricket tournament that took place in Ireland in May 2017.[1] It was a tri-nation series between Ireland, Bangladesh and New Zealand.[2] The matches were in preparation for the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, which took place in June 2017 in England and Wales.[3] Cricket Ireland announced the full fixtures in July 2016.[4] Ahead of the ODI fixtures, Ireland played two warm-up matches; a 50-over match against Bangladesh and a 25-over match against New Zealand.[5]
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Date | 10–24 May 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prior to the tournament, Bangladesh's captain Mashrafe Mortaza was suspended for one match for maintaining a slow over-rate in the third ODI between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in April 2017.[6] Shakib Al Hasan captained Bangladesh for the first match.[7]
New Zealand won the tournament, after they beat Ireland by 190 runs in the fifth ODI of the competition.[8]
Squads
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) announced their ODI squad in early April 2017, with ten international players being unavailable because of their commitments to the 2017 Indian Premier League (IPL).[11] Jeetan Patel joined New Zealand's squad for their fourth ODI and players involved in the IPL joined the squad on a case-by-case basis.[11] Adam Milne, Corey Anderson and Matt Henry were added to New Zealand's squad ahead of the match against Ireland on 21 May 2017.[12]
Points table
Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +1.240 | |
4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | +0.851 | |
4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | –2.589 |
Practice matches
50-overs: Ireland A v Bangladeshis
10 May 2017 Scorecard |
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- Bangladeshis won the toss and elected to bat.
- 13 players per side, 11 batting, 11 fielding.
25-overs: Ireland A v New Zealanders
11 May 2017 Scorecard |
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- New Zealanders won the toss and elected to bat.
- 12 players per side, 11 batting, 11 fielding.
ODI matches
1st ODI
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain stopped play during Bangladesh's innings with no further play possible.[13]
- Points: Ireland 2, Bangladesh 2.
2nd ODI
14 May 2017 Scorecard |
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
- Simi Singh (Ire), Scott Kuggeleijn and Seth Rance (NZ) all made their ODI debuts.
- Tom Latham played his first ODI as captain of New Zealand.[14]
- Niall O'Brien (Ire) scored his first century in an ODI.[15]
- Mitchell Santner (NZ) took his first five-wicket haul in an ODI.[15]
- Points: New Zealand 4, Ireland 0.
3rd ODI
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- This was the first match at this venue between two Full Member teams.[16]
- Points: New Zealand 4, Bangladesh 0.
4th ODI
19 May 2017 Scorecard |
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Sunzamul Islam (Ban) made his ODI debut.
- Points: Bangladesh 4, Ireland 0.
5th ODI
21 May 2017 Scorecard |
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: New Zealand 4, Ireland 0.
6th ODI
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
- This was Bangladesh's first win away from home against New Zealand in an ODI.[17]
- Mahmudullah became the fifth batsman for Bangladesh to score 3,000 runs in ODIs.[17]
- Points: Bangladesh 4, New Zealand 0.
References
- "New Zealand and Bangladesh to contest tri-series in Ireland in 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- "Fixture bonanza for Ireland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- "Ireland to face New Zealand and Bangladesh in ODI tri-series next year". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- "Ireland to Play West Indies in September 2017". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- "Ireland Wolves Squad Named". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- "Mashrafe handed over-rate suspension". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- "Bangladesh eye rankings climb ahead of Champions Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
- "Latham, Munro lead rout of Ireland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- "Singh Named in Tri Nations ODI Squad". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- "Shafiul Islam back in Bangladesh squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
- "Latham to lead NZ in Ireland, uncapped Rance in squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- "NZ's chance to boost Champions Trophy momentum". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- "Teams split points after rain allows only 31.1 overs of play". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- "Tri-Nation Series: Ireland beaten by New Zealand in Dublin". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- "Santner's five overcomes Niall O'Brien's maiden century". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- "Bangladesh seek maiden away win against New Zealand". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- "Bangladesh wrap up first away win against New Zealand". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2017.