The National Stadium at Providence, EBD will, for the first time ever, host a day/night One Day International (ODI) match on July 25, when the Windies and Bangladesh clash.
These two teams will also play another One Day International (day) match at Providence on July 22, which would comprise two of the three ODIs in their itinerary. The last ODI is scheduled for play at Warner Park in St Kitts on July 28.
The Bangladesh tour of Two Tests, three ODIs and one Twenty20 International was initially scheduled for February, but a change was necessitated by the World Cup Qualifiers scheduled for March in Zimbabwe.
Bangladesh have last toured the Caribbean in August/September 2014, on an identical tour. The hosts had swept the Tests and ODIs before the lone T20 was abandoned due to rain. Bangladesh are currently ranked seventh by the ICC on the ODI charts, ahead of Sri Lanka and the West Indies.
International cricket was last played at Providence back in April 2017, when the Windies lost the three-match ODI series 2-1 to Pakistan.
International cricket will again be held in this country when Guyana co-hosts the Women’s T20 World Cup, to be played from November 3-24. International cricket also returns to Florida, at the Central Broward Regional Park, as reigning ICC World Twenty20 champions, Windies, will face Bangladesh in two T20 Internationals under the lights.
The Bangladesh tour immediately follows a three-Test series against Sri Lanka, which includes the first ever day/night Test in the Caribbean when the final match of the Series is contested in Barbados.
Tickets for matches in the Sri Lanka and Bangladesh series will go on sale at the end of May.
| Wed, May 30 to Fri, Jun 1 | Tour Match – Brian Lara Cricket Ground, Trinidad (10 am daily) |
| Wed, Jun 6 to Sun, Jun 10 | 1st Test – Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad (10 am daily) |
| Thu, Jun 14 to Mon, Jun 18 | 2nd Test – Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, St. Lucia (10 am daily) |
| Fri, Jun 23 to Tue, Jun 27 | 3rd Test – Kensington Oval, Barbados (3 pm daily) |
BANGLADESH TO WEST INDIES 2018
(Start time in brackets)
| Thu, Jun 28 to Fri, Jun 29 | Tour Match – Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua (10 am daily) |
| Wed, Jul 4 to Sun, Jul 8 | 1st Test – Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground, Antigua (10 am daily) |
| Thu, Jul 12 to Mon, Jul 16 | 2nd Test – Sabina Park, Jamaica (10 am daily) |
| Thu, Jul 19 | Tour Match – UWI Vice Chancellor’s XI vs Bangladeshis, Sabina Park (9:30 am) |
| Sun, Jul 22 | 1st One-day International – Guyana National Stadium, Guyana (9:30 am) |
| Wed, Jul 25 | 2nd One-day International – Guyana National Stadium (2:30 pm) |
| Sat, Jul 28 | 3rd One-day International – Warner Park, St. Kitts (9:30 am) |
| Tue, Jul 31 | 1st Twenty20 International – Warner Park (8 pm) |
| Sat, Aug 4 | 2nd Twenty20 International – Central Broward Regional Park, United States (8 pm) |
| Sun, Aug 5 | 3rd Twenty20 International – Central Broward Regional Park (8 pm) |
