Ireland A to arrive on Oct 7

Ireland A will arrive in Bangladesh on October 7 to play one four-day and five one-day matches against their Bangladeshi counterparts.

The four-day match will be held at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium from October 11 while all five one-day encounters will be staged at the Shekih Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox's Bazar on October 17, 19, 21, 24 and 26.

The Bangladesh A team had last played matches against their Indian counterparts during their tour to India in September 2015.

Bangladesh were supposed to visit Zimbabwe in July and New Zealand in September this year but both Zimbabwe and New Zealand pulled out.