New Zealand cricket team in Bangladesh in 2020

New Zealand cricket team in Bangladesh in 2020
	Bangladesh	New Zealand
Dates	August – September 2020
Test series

The New Zealand cricket team were scheduled to tour Bangladesh in August and September 2020 to play two Test matches.^[1][2] The Test series would have formed part of the inaugural 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship.^[3] However, on 23 June 2020, the tour was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4][5] In July 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed it was their priority to reschedule the matches, along with the five other World Test Championship series that had been postponed due to the pandemic.^[6]

References

1. "Schedule for inaugural World Test Championship announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
2. "Full schedule of Bangladesh cricket team in 2020 including Test series against Australia with Shakib Al Hasan banned". The National. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
3. "Men's Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
4. "New Zealand's August tour of Bangladesh postponed". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
5. "New Zealand tour of Bangladesh postponed due to COVID-19". Eurosport. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
6. "World Test Championship progressing as planned, says ICC". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 July 2020.