Ireland won the toss and elected to field against Bangladesh

By CricketCountry Staff

 

Ireland captain William Porterfield won the toss and chose to field in the first T20I between Ireland and Bangladesh from Stormont, Belfast.

Ireland and Bangladesh will use the match well in order to prepare themselves well ahead of ICC World T20 © Getty Images

By CricketCountry Staff

Belfest: Jul 18, 2012

Ireland captain William Porterfield won the toss and chose to field in the first T20I between Ireland and Bangladesh from Stormont, Belfast.

Bangladesh did not have a good trip to Zimbabwe in the last T20 series that they played.

The matches against Ireland will assume even more importance as the T20 World Cup draws close.

Teams:

Ireland: William Porterfield(c), Paul Stirling, Ed Joyce, Niall O’Brien, Gary Wilson(wk), Kevin O’Brien, Alex Cusack, John Mooney, Trent Johnston, Max Sorensen, Boyd Rankin

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Ashraful, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim(c/wk), Mahmudullah, Nasir Hossain, Ziaur Rahman, Elias Sunny, Abdur Razzak, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abul Hasan

Click to view the live score & ball-by-ball commentary of the first T20 International here

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