Test Cricket Tours Bangladesh to Pakistan & Sri Lanka 2001

Test Cricket Tours - Bangladesh to Pakistan & Sri Lanka 2001

Tour of Pakistan & Sri Lanka 2001 Captain : Khaled Mashud

Asian Test Championship

Bangladesh’s second Test tour.

(August - September 2001)

First Test-playing tour of Pakistan and of Sri Lanka by Bangladesh

(no previous visits to play Test matches)

Bangladesh Cricket Board president Saber Hossain Chowdhury was also a deputy minister in Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government.

West Indies fast bowler Andy Roberts and Pakistani batsman Javed Miandad were engaged to improve bowling and batting skills before the tournament.

Bangladesh was under no illusions that it could compete with longstanding Test opponents for the Asian Test Championship and expected to lose.

Coach Trevor Chappell said the target for his team was to draw matches. "If my boys draw with the opponents, that will be our success." The captain Naimur Rahman would not go that far: "We want to gain as much experience from this tour as we can and hope to continue our improvement in Test cricket."

There were two innings defeats. However, on his Test debut Mohammad Ashraful scored 114 against Sri Lanka at Colombo, to become the youngest batsman to score a century in a Test match. His age was uncertain but, whether it was 16 or 17, he easily eclipsed Mushtaq Mohammad's previous youthful record.

All Bangladesh tours

Previous tour

Zimbabwe 2000-01

Next tour

New Zealand 2001-02

Next tour of Sri Lanka

2002

Members of the Test tour party

(14)

Opening batsmen: Al Shahriar, Javed Omar, Mehrab Hossain

Middle-order batsmen Akram Khan, Aminul Islam, Habibul Bashar, Mohammad Ashraful

Wicket-keeper/batsman:Khaled Mashud

Slow bowlers: Enamul Haque snr, Naimur Rahman

Fast bowlers: Ranjan Das, Hasibul Hossain, Mohammad Sharif, Monjural Islam

Akram Khan	C	32	RHB

Al-Shahriar	D	23	RHB

Aminul Islam	D	33	RHB

Bikash Ranjan Das	D	19	LFM

Enamul Haque (snr)	C	35	SLA

Habibul Bashar	K	29	RHB

Hasibul Hossain	S	24	RM

Javed Omar	D	24	RHB opener

Khaled Masud	R	25	WK vice-captain

Mehrab Hossain	D	23	RHB opener

Mohammad Ashruful	D	17	RHB

Mohammad Sharif	D	15	RFM

Monjurul Islam	K	21	LFM

Naimur Rahman	D	26	OB captain

Divisional representation

(National Cricket League)

Ba - Barisal (0)

C - Chittagong (2)

D – Dhaka (8)

K - Khulna (2)

Rj - Rajshahi (1)

S - Sylhet (1)

Average age of team at time of first Test match

(29 August 2001) :

25 yrs 3 months.

Test Appearances made before the tour

Akram Khan 3, Aminul Islam 3, Habibul Bashar 3, Mehrab Hossain 3, Naimur Rahman 3, Al-Shahriar 2, Hasibul Hossain 2, Javed Omar 2, Khaled Masud 2, Mohammad Sharif 2, Monjurul Islam 2, Bikash Ranjan Das 1, Enamul Haque (snr) 1, Mohammad Ashruful 0.

Tour Officials

S.A.Chowdhury	Tour Manager
Trevor Chappell	Cricket coach

Selectors

Mainul Haq (chief selector), Faruque Ahmed and Asaduz Zaman.

Selection

On July 7 the Bangladesh selectors named 16 players in the squad for a three week-long training camp in August. They picked all-rounder off-spinner Naimur Rehman on 29 July as captain for the tournament.

Former West Indies fast bowler Andy Roberts arrived on 7 August and Pakistani batsman Javed Miandad on 12 August to assist coach Trevor Chappell prepare for the championships, with Chappell looking after the fielding and physical fitness.

Promising young pace bowler Mohammad Sharif injured his shoulder during a practice session at the training camp but recovered sufficiently to be picked. The training sessions were badly hit by moonsoon rains.

Tour Party Announced : 4 August 2001.

Of those at the camp Anwar Hossain was not picked, and Mushfiqur Rahman was made a stand-by. Others on stand-by were Mohammad Anwar, Mohammad Rafique and Fahim Muntasir.

Time between selection and departure from Bangladesh

16 days

(4 August - 20 August)

Travel

Dhaka Q Karachi Q Colombo

To Pakistan on 20 August, flying from Dhaka to Karachi.

The team flew to Sri Lanka on 1 September.

Time spent in Pakistan/Sri Lanka

12 days/ 8 days

(20 August - 1 September)

(1 September - 9 September

Reinforcements

None

Fixtures/Results

a	Karachi	Pakistan Cricket Board	Drawn
b	MULTAN	PAKISTAN Test Match	LOST inns 264 r
c	COLOMBO (SSC)	SRI LANKA Test Match	LOST inns 137 r

Time spent in Pakistan before First Test:

9 days

(20 August - 29 August)

Test appearances on tour

(v Pakistan & Sri Lanka 2001)

2 - Aminul Islam, Habibul Bashar, Hasibul Hussain, Javed Omar, Khaled Masud, Monjural Islam, Mehrab Hossain, Mohammad Sharif, Naimur Rahman.

1 - Akram Khan, Al-Shahriar, Enamul Haque (snr), Mohammad Ashraful.

Match appearances

T Test match

o one-day international

x other match

⊕ T/20 international

∙ played for opposition

W won L lost D drawn

N no result A abandoned

u unknown result

	a	b	c
Akram Khan	x	T
Al-Shahriar			T
Aminul Islam	x	T	T
Bikash Ranjan Das
Enamul Haque (snr)	x	T
Habibul Bashar	x	T	T
Hasibul Hossain	x	T	T
Javed Omar	x	T	T
Khaled Masud	x	T	T
Mehrab Hossain	x	T	T
Mohammad Ashruful			T
Mohammad Sharif	x	T	T
Monjurul Islam	x	T	T
Naimur Rahman	x	T	T
R E S U L T S	D	L	L

Bangladesh’s previous Test tour results:

in Zimbabwe 2000-01 (2 Tests)

- lost 0-2.

Highlights

হাইলাইট

• Mohammad Ashraful became the youngest player to score a century in a Test match.

Tour Summary

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

Return to Bangladesh

ColomboQ Dhaka

9 September 2001?

Total time away from Bangladesh

20 days

(20 August - 9 September)

Finances

Postscript