Dhaka: Bangladesh's cricket chiefs on Monday defended the decision to host South Africa's Test series in the monsoon months of July and August, saying no other dates were available. The two-Test series ended in an inevitable 0-0 draw after the last two days of the first match in Chittagong were washed out and four out of five days' play in the second game in Dhaka were lost to bad weather.


A general view shows workers on the field as rain delayed the third day of the second cricket Test match between Bangladesh and South Africa at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka. Pic/AFP 

South African captain Hashim Amla said he was frustrated at being part of what he called a "bizarre" series. "This is one of the most bizarre Test series I have been involved in," the usually unflappable Amla said. "I don't think I have played a series where out of 10 days, six days have been rained off." The monsoon season, which usually starts in mid-June, accounts for 80 per cent of the country's annual rainfall.