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. The tour ended early, with the cancellation of the third and final Test match, following the

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. The tour started two day after the conclusion of the

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, with Bangladesh's coach Steve Rhodes saying that it is "far from ideal preparation". Conversely, Bangladesh's wicket-keeper batsman

Mushfiqur Rahim Mushfiqur Rahim ( bn, মুশফিকুর রহিম; born 9 May 1987) is a Bangladeshi cricketer and the former captain and vice-captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keepe ...

said it would be ideal preparation ahead of the World Cup, with New Zealand having conditions similar to those in England. New Zealand won the ODI series 3–0, their fourth-consecutive whitewash in a bilateral ODI series at home against Bangladesh.

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became New Zealand's leading run-scorer in One Day International cricket, after he surpassed

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's career total in the third ODI. Ahead of the tour to New Zealand, Bangladesh's Test captain

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- ...

suffered a hand injury.

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was named as the captain of Bangladesh's team for the first and second Tests. Shakib was eventually ruled out of the third Test. Kane Williamson was ruled out of New Zealand's squad for the third and final Test, with

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named as captain in his place. However, the third Test was called off a day before the scheduled start of the match of 15 March 2019, due to the

. The Bangladesh team were on their way to one of the mosques in Christchurch for Friday prayers, but the team were able to escape to

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. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) later confirmed that the team was safe and back at their hotel. New Zealand had won the first two Test matches to win the series 2–0.

Squads

Ahead of the tour,

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was ruled out of Bangladesh's squad due to injury.

Shafiul Islam Shafiul Islam Shuhas ( bn, শফিউল ইসলাম সুহাস; born: 6 October 1989) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Shafiul has played for Rajshahi Division since 2006. Domestic career The Bangladesh C ...

and

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replaced him in Bangladesh's ODI and Test squads respectively.

was ruled out of Bangladesh's ODI squad, after fracturing a finger in the final of the

. Kane Williamson was selected for the first two ODIs in New Zealand's squad, with

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replacing him in the team for the third ODI, and Tom Latham leading the squad. After the conclusion of the third ODI,

Soumya Sarkar Soumya Sarkar ( bn, সৌম্য সরকার; born 25 February 1993) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right arm medium-fast bowler who mainly plays as an opening batsman and the creator of the good looking " ...

was added to Bangladesh's Test squad as cover for

. Ahead of the third Test,

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was added to New Zealand's squad, as cover for

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. Kane Williamson was ruled out of New Zealand's squad for the third Test, with

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added to the squad as his replacement.

Tour matches

50 over match: New Zealand XI vs Bangladesh

Two-day match: New Zealand XI vs Bangladesh

ODI series

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

Test series

1st Test

2nd Test

3rd Test

Notes

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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