Test Cricket Tours Bangladesh to Zimbabwe 2000-01

Test Cricket Tours - Bangladesh to Zimbabwe 2000-01

Tour of Zimbabwe 2000-01                 Captain : Naimur Rahman

বাংলাদেশজাতীয়ক্রিকেটদল
                            টিমেরক্যাপ্টেন

First Test-playing tour by Bangladesh.
    (April - May 2001)

First Test-playing tour of Zimbabwe by Bangladesh


The Test newcomer's first tour brought defeat in both Test and one-day series but had its bright moments, and the team made progress. At least Bangladesh forced the second Test match at Harare into the final day after suffering an innings defeat in the first Test at Bulawayo, but the one-day series was a humiliation.
Left-armer Monjurul Islam produced the best bowling figures in Bangladesh's brief Test history, while Javed Omar Gullu became the first Test debutant in a hundred years to carry his bat through an innings. He was named Man of the Match, despite his team's innings defeat.
Habibul Bashar was in good form, too, with two half-century scores (64 and 76) in the second Test, but commentator Ali Tehsin said of the rest: "The batsmen played in a suicidal fashion from the beginning and lost their wickets quicker then the scorers could change their names in the board". Apart from inexperience, their predicament was in adjusting to new pitch conditions like the steeper bounce of Zimbabwean wickets.

All Bangladesh tours

Previous tour
None

Next tours
To Pakistan/ Sri Lanka 2001(Asian Cricket Championship)

To New Zealand 2001-02

Next tour of Zimbabwe
2003-04

Members of the Test tour party বাংলাদেশ দলের সদস্যবৃন্দ (15)

Opening batsmen: Javed Omar Gulla, Al-Shahriar Rokon.
Middle-order batsmen Akram Khan, Aminul Islam Bulbul, Habibul Bashar Sumon, Mohammad Ashraful,
Wicket-keeper/batsmen:Khaled Mashud Pilot, Mehrab Hossain Opee.
All-rounder: none
Slow bowlers: Enamul Haque Moni, Mohammad Rafique, Naimur Rahman Durjoy
Fast bowlers: Hasibul Hossain Shanto, Monjural Islam Monju, Mohammad Shafiq, Mushfiqur Rahman Babu

Akram Khan
C
32
RHB

Al-Shahriar
D
22
RHB   opener

Aminul Islam
D
33
RHB

Bikash Ranjan Das dropped

Enamul Haque senior
C
35
SLA

Habibul Bashar
K
28
RHB

Hasibul Hossain
S
23
RFM

Javed Omar
D
24
RHB opener

Khaled Mashud
R
25
WK   vice-captain

Mehrab Hossain
D
22
RHB opener   deputy WK

Mohammad Ashruful added
D
16
RHB

Mohammad Rafique
S
30
SLA

Mohammad Sharif added
D
15
RMF

Monjurul Islam
K
21
LFM

Mushfiqur Rahman
R
21
RHB     RFM

Naimur Rahman
D
26
OB    captain

Shahriar Hossain dropped


Divisional representation
(National Cricket League)

B - Barisal (0)
C - Chittagong (2)
D – Dhaka (7)
K - Khulna (2)
Rj - Rajshahi (2)
S - Sylhet (2)


Average age of team at time of first Test match
(19 April 2001):
25 yrs 4 months.

Test Appearances made before the tour

1: Akram Khan, Al-Shahriar, Aminul Islam, Bikash Rajan Das, Habibul Bashar, Hasibul Hossain, Khaled Mashud, Mehrab Hossain, Mohammad Rafique, Naimur Rahman, Shahriar Hossain.
0: Enamul Haque, Javed Omar, Mohammad Ashraful, Mohammad Sharif, Monjural Islam, Mushfiqur Rahman.

Tour Officials
টিমকর্মকর্তারা

Mahbubul Anam was appointed manager. He later became Chairman of the Board's Cricket Committee.

Mahbubul Anam
Tour Manager
Trevor Chappell
Head Coach
John Gloster
Physiotherapist

Selectors    নির্বাচন প্যানেলের

Mainul Haq was Chief Selector, taking over from Tanvir Haider. He was assisted by Faruque Ahmed and Asaduz Zaman.

Selection
দলনির্বাচনকরে

Naimur Rahman was appointed captain of the touring squad of fifteen.
On 18 January 2001 the Bangladesh Cricket Board named 22 players to take part in a preparatory training camp.
Not picked from the training camp: Fahim Muntasir, Khaled Mahmud, Mashrafee-bin-Mortaza, Sanwar Hossain, Shafihuddin Ahmed, Tushar Imran.
Tour Party Announced : 19 March 2001.
Bikash Ranjan Das and Shahriar Hossain were then dropped from the initial 15-man squad, and Mohammad Ashraful and Mohammad Sharif picked instead.
Stand Bys : Bikash Ranjan Das, Fahim Muntasir, Ehsan-ul-Haque

Time between selection and departure from Bangladesh
   13 days
(19 March   - 1 April)

Travel প্রস্থান

Dhaka Q Harare

Trevor Chappell arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday 13 March to take up his position as coach.
The team flew from Dhaka's Zia International Airport to Harare Airport, Zimbabwe, on Sunday 1 April 2001

Time spent in Zimbabwe
30 days    (1 April - 1 May)

On-tour selection panel

Mahbubul Anam, Naimur Rahman, Trevor Chappell.

Reinforcements
অতিরিক্তখেলোয়াড়

Khaled Mashud slipped and twisted his ankle during a warm-up before the start of the third day's play in the first Test at Bulawayo. An x-ray found a fracture of the lower fibula, keeping him out of action for six weeks. Mehrab Hossain took over behind the stumps. The team did not call up a replacement. "We'll go with Mehrab Hossain as stand-in, and Al-Shariar can also keep." team manager Mahabubul Anam said on Saturday 21 April.

Fixtures/Results
ম্যাচখেলেছে

a
† Harare (1)
CFX Academy
Won 7 w
b
§ Harare (2)
Zimbabwe (1st ODI)
Lost 7 w
c
§ Harare(2)
Zimbabwe (2nd ODI)
Lost 127 r
d
§ Bulawayo
Zimbabwe (3rd ODI)
Lost 36 r
e
Bulawayo
Zimbabwe A
Drawn
f
BULAWAYO
ZIMBABWE First Test
LOST inns 32 r
g
HARARE(2)
ZIMBABWE Second Test
LOST inns 137 r

                                                (1) Alexandra Sports Club    (2) Harare Sports Club

§ one-day international
† not first-class

Time spent in Zimbabwe before First Test:
  17 days
(2 - 19 April)

Test appearances on tour

2 - Akram Khan, Aminul Islam, Habibul Bashar, Javed Omar, Mehrab Hossain, Monjural Islam, Mohammad Sharif, Mushfiqur Rahman, Naimur Rahman.
1 - Al-Shahriar, Enamul Haque, Hasibul Hossain, Khaled Mashud.

Match appearances

T Test match
o one-day international
x other match
∙ played for opposition

W won L lost D drawn
N no result   A abandoned
u unknown result

a
b
c
d
e
f
g
Akram Khan
x
o
o
o
x
T
T
Al-Shahriar
x
o
o

T
Aminul Islam
x
o

x
T
T
Enamul Haque

x

T
Habibul Bashar
x
o
o
o
x
T
T
Hasibul Hossain

x
T

Javed Omar
x
o
o
o
x
T
T
Khaled Mashud
x
o
o
o
x
T

Mehrab Hossain

o
o
x
T
T
Mohammad Ashruful

o

Mohammad Rafique
x
o
o
o

Mohammad Sharif
x
o
o
o
x
T
T
Monjurul Islam
x
o
o
o
x
T
T
Mushfiqur Rahman
x
o
o
o

T
T
Naimur Rahman
x
o
o
o
x
T
T
R E S U L T S
W
L
L
L
D
L
L

Highlights
হাইলাইট

•   Left-armer Monjural Islam took six wickets for 81 runs on his debut in the first Test at Bulawayo
•   Javed Omar carried his bat for 80, also in the first Test, becoming the first batsman to do so on Test debut for over a century, and only the third in Test history.
•   Habibul Bashar topped fifty runs five times on the tour and scored 412 runs in all matches

Tour Summary
সারাংশ

P
W
L
D
Aban
Test Matches
2
0
2
0
-
Other first-class matches
1
0
0
1
-
† Minor matches
1
1
0
0
-
§ One-day internationals
3
0
3
0
-
⊕ Twenty 20 internationals
0
-
-
-

All Matches
7
1
5
1
-

Return to Bangladesh
ফ্লাইটহোম
Harare  Q Dhaka

1 May 2001.

Total time away from Bangladesh
    32 days
(1 April - 2 May )

Finances

Postscript