ACS International Cricket Year Book 2017

391 FIRST-CLASS MATCHES PLAYED IN 2015/16 and 2016 2015/16 AUSTRALIA (39) One match in the Sheffield Shield was played in New Zealand (see that section) as preparation for the Australian tour there. The ICC Inter-Continental Cup between Papua New Guinea and Ireland was played in Australia. South Australia v New South Wales Adelaide 1 Oct 28-30 Tasmania v Western Australia Hobart 3 Oct 28-31 Victoria v Queensland Melbourne 2 Oct 28-31 Cricket Australia XI v New Zealanders Sydney 8 Oct 29-30 AUSTRALIA v NEW ZEALAND Brisbane 2 Nov 5-9 New South Wales v Victoria Sydney 3 Nov 6-7 South Australia v Western Australia Adelaide 1 Nov 6-9 Tasmania v Queensland Hobart 3 Nov 6-9 AUSTRALIA v NEW ZEALAND Perth Nov 13-17 New South Wales v Tasmania Sydney 7 Nov 14-17 Queensland v South Australia Brisbane 2 Nov 14-17 Victoria v Western Australia Melbourne 2 Nov 14-17 AUSTRALIA v NEW ZEALAND Adelaide 1 Nov 27-29 New South Wales v Queensland Sydney 3 Nov 27-30 Tasmania v South Australia Hobart 3 Nov 27-30 Western Australia v Victoria Perth Nov 27-29 Cricket Australia XI v West Indians Brisbane 3 Dec 2-5 Queensland v New South Wales Mackay Dec 6-9 Victoria v South Australia Melbourne 2 Dec 6-8 Western Australia v Tasmania Perth Dec 6-9 AUSTRALIA v WEST INDIES Hobart 3 Dec 10-12 AUSTRALIA v WEST INDIES Melbourne 2 Dec 26-29 AUSTRALIA v WEST INDIES Sydney 3 Jan 3-7 Ireland v Papua New Guinea Townsville 2 Jan 31-Feb 3 South Australia v Queensland Adelaide 1 Feb 3-6 Victoria v Tasmania Melbourne 2 Feb 3-5 Queensland v Tasmania Brisbane 2 Feb 14-17 South Australia v Victoria Adelaide 1 Feb 14-17 Western Australia v New South Wales Perth Feb 14-17 New South Wales v South Australia Coffs Harbour Feb 25-28 Tasmania v Victoria Hobart 3 Feb 25-28 Western Australia v Queensland Perth Feb 25-28 Queensland v Victoria Brisbane 2 Mar 5-7 Tasmania v New South Wales Hobart 3 Mar 5-7 Western Australia v South Australia Perth Mar 5-8 New South Wales v Victoria Alice Springs Mar 15-18 Queensland v Western Australia Brisbane 2 Mar 15-17 South Australia v Tasmania Adelaide 3 Mar 15-16 South Australia v Victoria Adelaide 3 Mar 26-30 BANGLADESH (36) The National Cricket League was played in two tiers of four teams with the top team of Tier 2 to be promoted and the bottom team of Tier 1 to be relegated for 2016/17. Chittagong v Sylhet Fatullah 1 Sep 18-21 Dhaka Metropolis v Rangpur Bogra Sep 18-21 Khulna v Dhaka Khulna Sep 18-21 Rajshahi v Barisal Rajshahi Sep 18-21 Barisal v Sylhet Khulna Oct 3-6 Dhaka v Rangpur Bogra Oct 3-6 Dhaka Metropolis v Khulna Mirpur Oct 3-6 Rajshahi v Chittagong Rajshahi Oct 3-6 Chittagong v Barisal Chittagong 2 Oct 10-13 Dhaka v Dhaka Metropolis Fatullah 1 Oct 10-13 Khulna v Rangpur Khulna Oct 10-13 Rajshahi v Sylhet Bogra Oct 10-13 Barisal v Sylhet Bogra Oct 17-20 Chittagong v Rajshahi Chittagong 2 Oct 17-20 Dhaka v Khulna Fatullah 1 Oct 17-20 Dhaka Metropolis v Rangpur Khulna Oct 17-20 Chittagong v Sylhet Chittagong 2 Oct 24-27 Dhaka v Rangpur Bogra Oct 24-27 Dhaka Metropolis v Khulna Fatullah 1 Oct 24-27 Rajshahi v Barisal Rajshahi Oct 24-26 Barisal v Chittagong Bogra Oct 31-Nov 3 Dhaka v Dhaka Metropolis Cox's Bazar 1 Oct 31-Nov 3 Khulna v Rangpur Chittagong 2 Oct 31-Nov 3 Rajshahi v Sylhet Khulna Oct 31-Nov 3 Central Zone v East Zone Bogra Jan 12-15 North Zone v South Zone Rajshahi Jan 12-15 Central Zone v South Zone Rajshahi Jan 19-22 East Zone v North Zone Bogra Jan 19-22 Central Zone v North Zone Cox's Bazar 2 Feb 24-27 East Zone v South Zone Cox's Bazar 1 Feb 24-27 Central Zone v East Zone Cox's Bazar 1 Mar 1-4 North Zone v South Zone Cox's Bazar 2 Mar 1-4 Central Zone v South Zone Cox's Bazar 1 Mar 7-10 East Zone v North Zone Cox's Bazar 2 Mar 7-10 Central Zone v North Zone Mirpur Mar 14-17 East Zone v South Zone Fatullah 2 Mar 14-17 INDIA (123) The ICC Inter-Continental Cup game between Afghanistan and Namibia was played in India. Karnataka v Bangladesh A Mysore 4 Sep 22-24 India A v Bangladesh A Bangalore 4 Sep 27-29 Andhra v Mumbai Vizianagram 3 Oct 1-4 Assam v Karnataka Guwahati 4 Oct 1-4 Goa v Hyderabad Porvorim Oct 1-4 Jammu and Kashmir v Kerala Srinagar 2 Oct 1-4 Maharashtra v Haryana Gahunje Oct 1-4 Punjab v Railways Mohali Oct 1-4 Rajasthan v Delhi Jaipur 3 Oct 1-4 Saurashtra v Tripura Rajkot 2 Oct 1-3 Services v Jharkhand Delhi 5 Oct 1-3 Tamil Nadu v Baroda Chennai 1 Oct 1-3 Uttar Pradesh v Madhya Pradesh Moradabad 2 Oct 1-4 Vidarbha v Orissa Nagpur 3 Oct 1-4 Andhra v Gujarat Vizianagram 3 Oct 8-11 Assam v Rajasthan Guwahati 4 Oct 8-11 Baroda v Railways Vadodara 5 Oct 8-10 Delhi v Vidarbha Delhi 3 Oct 8-11 Goa v Services Porvorim Oct 8-11 Himachal Pradesh v Jammu and Kashmir Dharamsala 2 Oct 8-11 Hyderabad v Kerala Hyderabad 2 Oct 8-11 Karnataka v Bengal Bangalore 4 Oct 8-11 Madhya Pradesh v Tamil Nadu Indore 7 Oct 8-11 Mumbai v Punjab Mumbai 5 Oct 8-11 Orissa v Maharashtra Cuttack 1 Oct 8-11 Saurashtra v Jharkhand Rajkot 2 Oct 8-9 Andhra v Baroda Vizianagram 3 Oct 15-18 Bengal v Rajasthan Kolkata 1 Oct 15-18 Delhi v Haryana Delhi 3 Oct 15-18 Goa v Tripura Porvorim Oct 15-17 Himachal Pradesh v Hyderabad Dharamsala 2 Oct 15-18 Jammu and Kashmir v Services Jammu 2 Oct 15-16 Karnataka v Vidarbha Bangalore 4 Oct 15-18 Kerala v Jharkhand Perintalmanna Oct 15-18 Mumbai v Tamil Nadu Mumbai 8 Oct 15-18 Orissa v Assam Cuttack 1 Oct 15-17 Punjab v Gujarat Mohali Oct 15-18 Uttar Pradesh v Railways Ghaziabad Oct 15-18 Andhra v Uttar Pradesh Ongole Oct 22-25 Baroda v Mumbai Vadodara 7 Oct 22-25 Delhi v Bengal Delhi 3 Oct 22-25 Himachal Pradesh v Goa Dharamsala 2 Oct 22-25 Karnataka v Haryana Mysore 5 Oct 22-25 Punjab v Madhya Pradesh Patiala 1 Oct 22-25 Railways v Gujarat Delhi 6 Oct 22-24 Rajasthan v Maharashtra Jaipur 3 Oct 22-25 Saurashtra v Hyderabad Rajkot 6 Oct 22-23 Services v Kerala Delhi 5 Oct 22-25 Tripura v Jammu and Kashmir Agartala 1 Oct 22-25 Vidarbha v Assam Nagpur 3 Oct 22-25 Baroda v Madhya Pradesh Vadodara 5 Oct 30-Nov 2 Gujarat v Uttar Pradesh Valsad 3 Oct 30-Nov 1 Haryana v Bengal Rohtak 3 Oct 30-Nov 2