England Tour of Bangladesh 2027

2 Test Matches

February 2027

Bangladesh vs England

February 2027

The sub-continent is an intriguing place to tour, and Bangladesh is no different. Enjoy the wonders of one of the less travelled countries on England’s tour programme, with two Test matches that will be sure to give opportunities to up and coming talents from both teams.

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Why book with Not Out Travel for the Tour of Bangaldesh in 2027?

Hear from Bangaldesh 2023 Tour customer Paul Thompson

So, you’re going to Bangladesh. Why? asked our friends and family.

There was a logical reason for us going and it involved an earlier trip to Pakistan. The latter country had long been on our wish list since a visit to India several decades earlier but we were deterred by negative media reporting over the years. The England cricket tour in December 2019 presented, therefore, a great opportunity to see some cricket and experience the country. It was also our first cricket tour. The resulting trip surpassed all expectations so we didn’t need much persuading when Not Out Travel planned a trip to watch the England white ball tour to Bangladesh a few months later.

In our short experience of cricket touring we have developed a system which involves arriving a week or so before the cricket and staying about a week after it finishes. Bangladesh was no different so we had a week in Dhaka before the first match. As Asian cities go Dhaka hides it’s charms not least the perpetually gridlocked traffic system. We got round this by much walking to the many tourist sights such as the Pink Palace, the Armenian Church, Dhaka University and the Liberation Museum. I find that a visit to the likes of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh allows one to get to grips with their history and to fully appreciate the relationships between the three.

Walking the streets of Dhaka allowed for chance encounters with fellow western cricket followers and locals alike. A barrister we met on the street near the High Court invited us back to his chambers for afternoon tea. It was like slipping into a Dickens novel. Subsequent attempts to travel out of the city for a few days were thwarted by language difficulties making negotiating the train and bus system impossible. Still, we were able to amuse ourselves until we met out fellow cricket tourists the day before the first ODI.

As in Pakistan the locals at the stadium in the Dhaka suburbs were overjoyed to see us. The atmosphere in the ground was fantastic. England raced to a 2-0 lead in the 3 match ODI series. Unfortunately this was the high water mark of the England performance during the tour.

We then decamped to Chittagong for the next two matches. The city was a delight with plenty of tourist sights such as the fish market and the Commonwealth Cemetery. The area played a pivotal role in the Burma campaign to expel the Japanese during WW2.

We stayed in the Radisson Blu hotel which was shared by both the England and Bangladeshi teams. It was interesting watching the friendly interaction between players from both teams in the hotel gym. On the field Bangladesh came back strongly by winning both matches ie the final ODI and the first of three T20’s.

The teams then returned to Dhaka for the final two T20’s (both won by Bangladesh) but Charlie had organised a truncated tour for us so we could head off south with our rucksacks. Our destination was Cox’s Bazar, home to millions of Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in nearby Myanmar. The refugees were actually in huge camps some miles from the town. Cox’s Bazar is a seaside favourite for both Bangladeshi and Indian holidaymakers with a fantastically long white sandy beach.

Jan met a friendly lady by the hotel pool who invited us back to her home for dinner. She was the wife of the Chief of Police so we were picked up and returned by a Police car with flashing lights for a very pleasant evening with their family. I don’t think the hotel guests expected to see us return!

The local agent in country for the cricket tour put together a interesting trip on a boat exploring the Sunderbands National Park so after leaving Cox’s Bazar we headed back to Dhaka and then south down to the Bay of Bengal delta. It was a relaxing trip meandering down the waterways looking for tigers. It was then back to Dhaka and home.

Bangladesh was a wonderful experience and the welcome was fantastic made more so by the relative scarcity of Western tourists. Thank you Charlie and Not Out Travel for providing us with the chance to visit and also for putting together our personalised trip.

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