– South Africa Women also slated to tour
By Akeem Greene
International cricket will return to Guyana this year with West Indies hosting Bangladesh for two One Day Internationals (ODIs) and South African Women at the National Stadium, Providence.
Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Secretary Anand Sanasie in an exclusive interview with Guyana Times Sport on Wednesday revealed “the South African women team and the Bangladesh senior men team will be having fixtures for Guyana. We will be having Bangladesh for two one-day matches and for the women I think it is a few T20 matches”.
The Asian team is currently ranked seventh by the ICC on the ODI charts, ahead of Sri Lanka and West Indies
Guyana Times Sport was able to confirm the ODIs will be held on August 1 and 4 while the Proteas women will tour during the month of July. The International fixture will add to the country possibly being one of the hosts for November’s 3-24 Women’s T20 World Cup.
Bangladesh’s tour of Two Tests, three ODIs and one Twenty20 International was initially scheduled for February. However, a change was necessitated by the World Cup Qualifiers, scheduled for March in Zimbabwe which current ninth ranked West Indies will feature in the tournament.
The Tigers would have last toured the Caribbean in August/September 2014 on an identical tour which the hosts sweep the Tests and ODIs before the lone T20 was abandoned due to rain.
More so, the tour comes after the Caribbean side fills a decade-long gap by hosting Sri Lanka for a three-match Test series in June.
International cricket was last played at Providence in April 2017, where Windies lost the three-match ODI series1-2 to Pakistan.
