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CA compensates BCB with T20I series in 2019
By Sandy - May 10, 2018 7:20 pm
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Cricket Australia (CA) compensated its cancellation of hosting Bangladesh for two Tests and three One-Day Internationals (ODI) in August-September this year, by inviting the Asian team for a T20I series in late 2019 as part of the preparations for the World T20 in Australia in 2020.

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The CA on Thursday confirmed reports that the proposed two-Test, three-ODI series with Bangladesh that was included in the most recent iteration of the ICC’s Future Tours Program for August-September this year will not proceed.

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“The window allocated in the ICC FTP for Bangladesh to tour Australia in August this year has been postponed, by mutual agreement by both Cricket Australia and the Bangladesh Cricket Board,” a CA spokesman said in a statement.

“Both countries agreed to postponing that tour to be better aligned ahead of the ICC World T20 in 2020 in Australia,” he added.

The CA also refuted media reports suggesting that it called off the series later this year due to financial reasons.

Meanwhile, the Daily Star reported that BCB (Bangladesh Cricket Board) CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury claimed that he has no information of the cancellation of that tour. He further mentioned that it was disrespectful to them as CA haven’t yet responded their counter-proposal which was to scrap the Test series and only go with the ODI series.

Nizamuddin Chowdhury

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Chowdhury said on that, “Three or four months ago Australia sent us a letter expressing that they will not host us for financial reasons.

“We issued a counter-proposal immediately to shorten the tour by playing ODIs only. We are yet to receive any response.

“It [the tour] had been mutually agreed upon before being inducted into the FTP.

“It is unfortunate on the part of the member [CA] not to fulfil that commitment, especially if the reasoning is commercial or financial concerns. We also have FTP commitments that are not financially viable, but we honour those commitments.”