Danish XI cricket team in Bangladesh in 1989–90

A Danish cricket team visited Bangladesh in February 1990. They played a number of one day matches on the tour which helped the preparation of both countries for the ICC Trophy in 1990.

Scores in Brief

Date	Match			Result
12 Feb.	BCCB Presidents XI v Danish XI	Danish XI 190/7 (Aftab Ahmed 31, Henrikson 30, Minhajul Abedin 4/30)	BCCB Presidents XI 191/3 (Zahid Razzak 56, Minhajul Abedin 53*, Nurul Abedin 36)	BCCB wins by 7 wickets
14 Feb	Bangladesh (U25) V Danish XI	Danish XI 176( Mikelson 33, John Jensen 32, Tim Jensen 31, Enamul Haq 3/35)	Bangladesh (U25) 45/3 (18 overs)	Match Abondoend due to rain
16 Feb	BCCB (Red) V Danish XI	Danish XI 168/9 (John Jensen 32, Tim Jensen 30, Enamul Haq 3/16, Aminul Islam 3/19)	BCCB (Red) 71 (S Thomson 5/17)	Danish XI wins by 97 runs
17 Feb.	Abahani V Danish XI	Danish XI 191/8 (Tim Jensen 76, Aftab Ahemd 50, Ramchand Goala 2/46)	Abahani 192/3 (Harunur Rashid 65, Akram Khan 53, Gazi Ashraf 53*)	Abahani wins by 7 wickets
18 feb.	BCCB (White) V Danish XI	Danish XI 191/9 (John Jesnen 92, Tim Jensen 39, Gazi Ashraf 3/33)	BCCB(White) 194/4 (Zahid Razzak 55, Harunur Rashid 50, Aminul Islam 40*	BCCB(White) wins by 6 wickets
19 Feb.	Mohammedan vs Danish XI	Mohammedan 208/6 (Faruk Ahmed 57, Minhajul Abedin 53)	Danish XI 130/8 (Mikelson 37, Hansen 31, Selim Shahed 2/6, Wahidul Gani 2/16, Anisur Rahman 2/18)	Mohammedan wins by 78 runs

As reflected in the scores, the tourists struggled in almost all the matches. Their only victory came in the match played in matting wickets. The brightest point, from their point of view, was the batting of the two Jensens, John & Tim. Batting in the top 3, they scored regularly in the tour. John's best, 92, came against BCCB(White).Tim played his best knock (76)against Abahani. In the middle order, Aftab Ahmed played couple of good kncoks, but the rest of the batting was very disappointing. In the bowling department, medium pacer Styen Thomson ran riots in the match played in the matting wikcet. But, other than this, there was no venom in the Danish bowling.

As for the local side, VC minhajul Abedin was in outstanding form, and topped the averages for both batting & bowling. Opening batsmen Zahid Razzak & Harunur Rashid Liton took good advantage of the lack of firepower in the oppostition pace attack. Akram Khan played a cracking knock for Abahani, blasting 4 sixes on his way to 53. The all rounders, Aminul Islam Bulbul & Enamul Haq Moni, had little opportunity to show their mettle as batters, but they dominated the opposition batsmen with their spin bowling. The medium pacers bowled accurately, although there was little help from the wickets for them.

Top Batsmen of the Series

Name	Matches	Runs	Average	Highest Score	50
Minhajul Abedin (Ban)	3	126	63.00	53*	2
Zahid Razzak (Ban)	3	118	39.33	56	2
Harunur Rashid (Ban)	3	115	38.33	65	2
Tim Jensen (Den)	6	202	33.67	76	1
John Jensen(Den)	6	190	31.67	92	1

Top Bowlers of the Series

Name	Matches	Runs	Wickets	Average	Best
Minhajul Abedin (Ban)	3	77	6	12.83	4/30
Aminul Islam (Ban)	5	132	10	13.20	3/19
Enamul Haq (Ban)	5	138	7	19.27	3/16
Steyn Thomson (Den)	6	136	6	22.67	5/17

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References

1. ^ Hasan Babli. "Antorjartik Crickete Bangladesh". Khelar Bhuban Prakashani, November, 1994.