Tri-Nation Series 2019 : Ireland, Bangladesh, West Indies
Tri-Nation Series 2019 is an ongoing tournament hosted by Ireland. The whole series consists of three teams with host Ireland and two guest teams Bangladesh and West Indies. This series is potentially a preparation series for two older test cricket playing nations Bangladesh and West Indies. Both of them found the ideal opportunity to prepare themselves for the upcoming battle World Cup 2019 and sharpen their performances to produce magical moments in cricket’s largest competition.
Tri-Nation Series 2019
Bangladesh was the first team to arrive in Ireland and played a warm match with Ireland A on May 5, 2019.
West Indies reached on final at first after beating Ireland in the fourth match of the series. Bangladesh is the second team who followed Windies in final after beating them in the fifth match. Host Ireland is already out of the tournament. Among three nations, Bangladesh is the only unbeaten team of this tri-nation series.
Squads of the three teams
Ireland announced 14-man squad to play in the tri-nation series. Captained by William Porterfield, they called up 14 men to play against two other test playing nations Bangladesh and West Indies. Mark Adair eventually replaced by Stuart Thompson, who ruled out of the squad due to his injury.
Bangladesh first announced 17 players for tri-nation series. Later, Taskin Ahmed and Farhad Reza were added in the squad by BCB.
West Indies also announced 14 man squad and their decision remains unchanged as they didn’t add anyone in their squad after the squad announcement.
The full squad of three teams is below –
Ireland –
- William Porterfield (C)
- Mark Adair
- Andrew Bilbirnie
- George Dockrell
- Joshua Little
- Andrew McBrine
- Barry McCarthy
- James McCollum
- Tim Murtagh
- Kevin O’Brien
- Boyd Rankin
- Paul Stirling
- Lorcan Tucker
- Gary Wilson
Bangladesh –
- Mashrafe Mortaza(C)
- Shakib Al Hasan(VC)
- Tamim Iqbal
- Taskin Ahmed
- Liton Das
- Naeem Ali
- Mehedi Hasan
- Yasir Ali
- Mosaddek Hossein
- Rubel Hossein
- Abu Jayed
- Mahmudullah
- Mohammad Mithun
- Mushfiqur Rahim
- Mostafizur Rahman
- Sabbir Rahman
- Farhad Reza
- Mohammed Saifuddin
- Soumya Sarkar
West Indies –
- Jason Holder(C)
- Fabian Allen
- Sunil Ambris
- Darren Bravo
- John Campbell
- Jonathan Carter
- Roston Chase
- Sheldon Cottrell
- Shane Dowrich
- Shannon Gabriel
- Shai Hope
- Ashley Nurse
- Raymon Reifer
- Kemar Roach
Preparation Match
There was a preparation match between Bangladesh and Ireland A held on May 5.
Match summary – 50 overs – Ireland A Vs Bangladesh
May 5, 2019 – 307/8(50 overs), 219(42.4 overs)
Result – Ireland A won by 88 runs
Venue – The Vineyard, Dublin
Point Table
Bangladesh is leading the point table with 14 points from 4 games. They reached on the final where they will face the second-placed Windies team. West Indies collects 9 points from the same amounts of matches Bangladesh and Ireland played. Ireland is already out of the tournament as they collected only 2 points from 4 games.
Fixtures and Results
The fixture and results of each game are below –
| Date
& Place
|
Score | Result |
| Match 1
May 5, 2019 Dublin |
West Indies – 381/3
Ireland – 185(34.4/50) |
West Indies won by 196 runs |
| Match 2
May 7, 2019 Dublin |
West Indies – 261/9
Bangladesh – 264/2(45/50) |
Bangladesh won by 8 wickets |
| Match 3
May 9, 2019 Dublin |
Match Abandoned | Abandoned |
| Match 4
May 11, 2019 Dublin |
Ireland – 327/5
West Indies – 331/5 (47.5/50) |
West Indies won by 5 wickets |
| Match 5
May 13, 2019 Dublin |
West Indies – 247/9
Bangladesh – 248/5 (47.2/50) |
Bangladesh won by 5 wickets |
| Match 6
May 15, 2019 Dublin |
Ireland – 292/8
Bangladesh – 294/4 (43/50) |
Bangladesh won by 6 wickets |
Match 7, Dublin – The final match between Bangladesh and West Indies scheduled to start from 03.45 PM +06 on May 17.
Team News
As the largest competition of cricket is only two weeks away, both Bangladesh and West Indies get their final chance to show their caliber in tomorrow’s tri-nation final match.
If we count the overall series, this is undoubtedly the series for Bangladesh. They surely dominated this tri-nation series from the beginning. They have defeated the Windies team twice in a week and all of their winnings come with much comfort. Bangladeshi tigers really put a shimmering performance in every match and really did a great job before joining the upcoming world cup.
Whilst their last victory against Ireland comes with ease, but it was largely deformed by the injury of their superstar all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan. The news just scared whole nation, but the Bangladesh Cricket Board chief selector Minhajul Abedin Nannu assured Bangladesh cricket fans that the injury of Shakib Al Hasan isn’t that serious and it won’t affect his world cup chances.
As for West Indies, they began their tri-nation series with sweltering pace, securing a 196-runs win against Ireland. After beating Irish team with such a high margin, their performances didn’t light up much as they humbled by Bangladesh for two times in a span of a week and surrendered them completely without a fight. They were outpaced by Bangladeshi tigers in every department.
Weather Condition
The weather is expected to be cloudy in Dublin. According to the weather specialists, rain won’t come in the day but the weather will be full of cloud and cold.
Prediction
It’s pretty much confirmed that Shakib Al Hasan won’t be the part of the tri-nation final match. Despite his probable absence Bangladesh is expected to win the final as they still have talents like ”Cutter Master” Mustafijur Rahman, Tamim Iqbal, Taskin Ahmed, etc. It won’t be easy for Windies and if there’s not much drama, Bangladesh will be the winner of this series.
Final Word
Although Bangladesh is hot-favorite to win the final game, it is expected that the West Indies will put up a fight to save their reputation. This series is the perfect warm-up for both test status team as they will be heading for London right after this tri-nation series in the upcoming 50-over marquise event.