The 2017 Ireland Tri-Nation Series was a

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tournament that took place in Ireland in May 2017. It was a tri-nation series between

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and

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. The matches were in preparation for the

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, which took place in June 2017 in England and Wales.

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announced the full fixtures in July 2016. 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. Prior to the tournament, Bangladesh's captain

Mashrafe Mortaza Mashrafe Bin Mortaza ( bn, মাশরাফি বিন মর্তুজা ; born 5 October 1983), Popularly known as the 'Narail Express', is a Bangladeshi international cricketer and politician who is the former captain in all three form ...

was suspended for one match for maintaining a slow over-rate in the third ODI between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in April 2017.

Shakib Al Hasan Shakib Al Hasan (Bengali: সাকিব আল হাসান; born 24 March 1987) is a Bangladeshi cricketer and current captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team in Tests and T20Is. He plays for Barishal in domestic cricket as an all- ...

captained Bangladesh for the first match. New Zealand won the tournament, after they beat Ireland by 190 runs in the fifth ODI of the competition.

Squads

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announced their ODI squad in early April 2017, with ten international players being unavailable because of their commitments to the

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joined New Zealand's squad for their fourth ODI and players involved in the IPL joined the squad on a case-by-case basis.

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, Corey Anderson and Matt Henry were added to New Zealand's squad ahead of the match against Ireland on 21 May 2017.

Points table

Practice matches

50-overs: Ireland A v Bangladeshis

25-overs: Ireland A v New Zealanders

ODI matches

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

4th ODI

5th ODI

6th ODI

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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