Dates confirmed for England men's white-ball tour of Bangladesh

The BCB confirmed the dates for the games on Tuesday (December 27), with the whole trip due to fit inside a two-week window

England will travel to Bangladesh for three one-day internationals and three T20Is in March.

The BCB confirmed the dates for the games on Tuesday (December 27), with the whole trip due to fit inside a two-week window.

The tour, which is England's first to Bangladesh in seven years, will begin with the ODI series in Dhaka and Chattogram. The matches are scheduled to take place on March 1, 3 and 6. 

Two warm-up games are expected to take place prior to the start of the tour proper.

^{Bangladesh will host England for six white-ball games in March [Getty Images]}

^{England last made the trip to Bangladesh in 2016 [Getty Images]}

Chattogram's Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium will stage the first of the T20Is on March 9, before the circus relocates back to Dhaka for the final two installments on March 12 and 14.

The timings for each of the matches have yet to be confirmed. 

England have a relatively gentle start to the white-ball year, with three ODIs in South Africa in late January and early February the only other trip currently scheduled. 

Many of the key players in Jos Buttler's squad will still be playing around the world, however, with Englishmen heavily involved in the UAE's ILT20, the new SA20 competition in South Africa, and the Indian Premier League.

Fixtures

March 1: 1st ODI (SBNCS, Dhaka)

March 3: 2nd ODI (SBNCS, Dhaka)

March 6: 3rd ODI (ZACS, Chattogram)

March 9: 1st T20I (ZACS, Chattogram)

March 12: 2nd T20I (SBNCS, Dhaka)

March 14: 3rd T20I (SBNCS, Dhaka)

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