In cricket, due to many reasons, the match has to be stopped forcibly, sometimes due to entry of any spectator, entry of some animal and mostly due to bad weather, the match has to be stopped. But in Bangladesh vs Ireland second test, the match had to be stopped due to earthquake. Let us tell you that on Friday, an earthquake of magnitude 5.7 was felt in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The players also felt it, then everyone sat down on the ground. Although the cricket ground is open, there is less danger for the players. A video of this is also going viral on social media.

The epicenter of the earthquake was near Narsingdi in Bangladesh. The earthquake occurred at 10.8 am, when the third day’s play of Bangladesh vs Ireland second Test had just started. The earthquake occurred when Ireland’s score was 165 runs for 5 wickets after the 55th over. As soon as the tremors of the earthquake were felt, the players standing on the boundary also came near the wicket, the match had to be stopped for some time but then it started again.

Strong earthquake in Bangladesh, hope everyone is safe. pic.twitter.com/VZ4QwbS9qm

— ICC Asia Cricket (@ICCAsiaCricket) November 21, 2025

“The match has been stopped due to mild earthquake tremors here,” Cricket Ireland wrote on its Let us tell you that earthquake tremors were felt for about 30 seconds, during which the players sat down on the ground. The players present in the dressing room also came down, although there was no damage of any kind on the ground.

Goodness. Play has stopped here due to a minor tremor / earthquake.

— Cricket Ireland (@cricketireland) November 21, 2025

Similarly, in 2022 also the cricket match was stopped for the same reason. Then the match was going on between Zimbabwe and Ireland under-19 team. Let us tell you that Bangladesh is ahead 1-0 in the 2-match test series. Bangladesh scored 476 runs in the first innings of the second test. Ireland’s second innings is going on, till the time of writing the news, Ireland has scored 254 runs for 8 wickets. Bangladesh is ahead by 222 runs.

Ireland cricket team opener Peter Moore has announced his retirement from international cricket at the young age of 34 years. He played a total of 85 matches in his international career, including teams in formats. Let us know that this big player of Ireland did not make international debut for this team. He only played Test format for Ireland.

For which country did Peter Moore make international debut?

Peter Moore of Ireland played his international match against the same country, for which he made his debut. Yes, this batsman played international cricket for two countries. On 2 February 1991, Moore was born in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.

Peter Moore played his international debut against Bangladesh playing for Zimbabwe on 26 November 2014. After this, he made his Test and T20 debut for Zimbabwe in 2016.

In 2019, he was also appointed as the vice -captain of Zimbabwe, but after that he took a new twist in his career. Peter Moore made it to the Ireland cricket team after receiving the Irish passport. He made his international debut for Ireland in Dhaka at the age of 32 in 2023.

Played final international against Zimbabwe

Peter Moore played his last international Test against the same country, for which he played cricket for 8 years. On 10 February 2025, Peter played the last Test against Zimbabwe, in which he scored a total of 34 (4+30) runs. Please tell that Peter played only in Test format against Ireland, while he had played in all three formats against Zimbabwe.

Peter Moore International Career

In his international career, Peter Moore played 15 Tests, 49 ODIs and 21 T20 matches. In this, he scored 734, 827 and 364 runs respectively. He could never score a century in all three formats, although he has 11 half -centuries in his name.