Marylebone Cricket Club cricket team in Bangladesh in 1976-77
- Marylebone Cricket Club cricket team in Bangladesh in 1976-77
MCC tour of Bangladesh during the winter of 1976/77 marked the entrance of Bangladesh in to international cricket. Though the tour was very short, it gave the Bangladeshi players their first taste of international cricket.
Bangladesh invited MCC in May, 1976 to tour Bangladesh. In June, International Cricket Council discussed Bangladesh's membership and they decided to wait for the MCC tour before allowing Bangladesh membership.
The MCC team, led by Ted Clarke, arrived at Dhaka on December 27, 1976. on the 29 th, they left for Rajshahi for the first 2 day match against the North Zone. However, the main attraction of the tour was the three day unofficial test match at Dhaka against the Bangladesh national side. [ [http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2006/05/02/sports.htm] : Rafiqul Ameer."Looking Back: Bangladesh Cricket in the 80's. (Retrieved on 2008-08-08) ]
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Notes
Raquibul Hasan, one of the most respected cricketer of the country earned the disitnction of leading the North Zone side.
Shamim Kabir led Bangladesh in the historical match at Dhaka. The other players were, Raquibul Hasan, Mainul Haque Mainu, Syed Ashraful Haque, Omar Khaled Rumy, SM Faruk, Shafiq-ul-Haq Hira (WK), Yousuf Babu , Daulatuzzaman, Dipu Roy Chowdhury & Nazrul Kader Lintu.
The positive report of MCC about the condition of Bangladesh cricket helped Bangladesh get associate membership of International Cricket Council in July 1977. [ Hasan Babli. "Antorjartik Crickete Bangladesh". Khelar Bhuban Prakashani, Novermeber, 1994. ]
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External links
* [http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2006/05/02/sports.htm Daily Star]
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