Irish cricket team in Bangladesh in 2008
 
  Bangladesh Ireland
Dates March 18 – March 22
Captains Mohammad Ashraful Trent Johnston
One Day International series
Results Bangladesh won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Shahriar Nafees 204
Tamim Iqbal 188
Mohammad Ashraful 124		 Niall O'Brien 103
Alex Cusack 73
Reinhardt Strydom 60
Most wickets Farhad Reza 6
Shakib Al Hasan &
Abdur Razzak 5		 Dave Langford-Smith 7
Alex Cusack &
Kevin O'Brien 2
Player of the series Shahriar Nafees (BAN)

The Ireland cricket team toured Bangladesh in March 2008 and played three One Day Internationals (ODIs).

Squads

ODI Squads
 Bangladesh  Ireland
Mohammad Ashraful (c)Trent Johnston (c)
Dhiman Ghosh (wk)Niall O'Brien (wk)
Abdur RazzakWilliam Porterfield
Aftab AhmedAndre Botha
Farhad RezaAlex Cusack
Junaid SiddiquePhil Eaglestone
MahmudullahThinus Fourie
Mashrafe MortazaGary Kidd
NazimuddinDave Langford-Smith
Raqibul HasanKyle McCallan
Shahadat HossainEoin Morgan
Shahriar NafeesKevin O'Brien
Shakib Al HasanPaul Stirling
Tamim IqbalReinhardt Strydom
Greg Thompson

Matches

ODI series

1st ODI

18 March
(scorecard)
Ireland 
185/7 (50 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
186/2 (39.5 overs)
Alex Cusack 38 (61)
Mashrafe Mortaza 3/22 (10 overs)
Shahriar Nafees 90* (121)
Trent Johnston 1/17 (6 overs)
 Bangladesh win by 8 wickets
Mirpur, Bangladesh
Umpires: Enamul Haque (BAN) & Tyron Wijewardene (SRI)
Player of the match: Mashrafe Mortaza (BAN)

2nd ODI

20 March
(scorecard)
Bangladesh 
246/8 (50 overs)
v
 Ireland
162 (38.3 overs)
Aftab Ahmed 61 (57)
Dave Langford-Smith 3/43 (10 overs)
Andre Botha 34 (36)
Farhad Reza 5/42 (10 overs)
 Bangladesh win by 84 runs
Mirpur, Bangladesh
Umpires: Nadir Shah (BAN) & Tyron Wijewardene (SRI)
Player of the match: Farhad Reza (BAN)

3rd ODI

22 March
(scorecard)
Bangladesh 
293/7 (50 overs)
v
Ireland 
214 (45.3 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 129 (136)
Dave Langford-Smith 3/53 (7 overs)
Niall O'Brien 70 (74)
Shakib Al Hasan 2/46 (10 overs)
 Bangladesh won by 79 runs
Mirpur, Bangladesh
Umpires: Enamul Haque (BAN) & Tyron Wijewardene (SRI)
Player of the match: Tamim Iqbal (BAN)


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