The New Zealand men's cricket team toured Bangladesh in September 2023 to play three

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(ODI) matches. The

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(ICC) finalized the bilateral series in a press release. The matches were used as preparation for both teams ahead of the

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. Following the World Cup, the New Zealand team returned in November 2023 to play two

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matches. The Test series formed part of

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. Initially, New Zealand was scheduled to play a two-day practice match in

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before the test series. However, after a prolonged World Cup campaign,

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(NZC) requested to cancel the practice match, to avoid tiredness of the players.

Squads

Bangladesh rested Liton Das,

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from the third ODI while Mustafizur Rahman, Soumya Sarkar and Khaled Ahmed were excluded from the squad. Najmul Hossain Shanto,

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, Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Shoriful Islam were included in the squad for the third ODI, while Shanto being named the captain of Bangladesh for the third ODI. On 17 November 2023, Neil Wagner replaced injured Matt Henry in the New Zealand's Test squad.

ODI series

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

Test series

1st Test

2nd Test

Notes

References

External links

Series home at ESPNcricinfo (ODIs)

Series home at ESPNcricinfo (Tests)
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