Tour of New Zealand 2001-02                   Captain : Khaled Mashud
	Bangladesh’s third Test-playing tour        (December 2001)     First Test-playing tour of New Zealand by Bangladesh     (no previous tours)	The tour was Bangladesh's second to New Zealand (having previously visited in 1997), and its first to go there as a Test-playing nation. Changes in the top leadership of the Cricket Board saw government-appointed tour manager Afzalur Rahman Sinha (BCB Treasurer) and his assistant Tanjeeb Ahsan Saad, another Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director, placed in charge of the team only a couple of days before the tour.  They took the place of the former management team of Ahmed Sajjadul Alam and Mahmud Jamal. Arriving in New Zealand during an early summer spell of wet weather, the limited time for acclimatisation and practice was curtailed further by rain. The Bangladeshis were hopelessly under-prepared for the Test matches and were hammered by an innings in both games. The series had started optimistically.  New Zealand were 51 for 4 on the first morning of the First Test at Hamilton but recovered and never lost control of the series afterwards.	All Bangladesh tours   Previous tour Pakistan / Sri Lanka 2001  (Asian Cricket Championship)     Next tour Sri Lanka 2002 Next tour of New Zealand 2007-08
	Members of the Test tour party (15)        Opening batsmen: Javed Omar, Al Shahriar Middle-order batsmen Aminul Islam, Habibul Bashar, Fahim Muntasir, Mohammad Ashraful, Sanwar Hossain, Tushar Imran Wicket-keeper/batsman:Khaled Mashud Slow bowlers:  Enamul Hoque Fast bowlers: Hasibul Hossain, Khaled Mahmud, Mashrafee bin Mortaza, Mohammad Sharif, Monjural Islam.	Al Shahriar D 23 RHB opener   Aminul Islam D 33 RHB   Enamul Hoque (snr) C 35 SLA   Fahim Muntasir D 21 RHB   Habibul Bashar K 29 RHB        vice-captain   Hasibul Hussain S 24 RFM   Javed Omar Belim D 25 RHB   opener   Khaled Mahmud D 30 RHB           RM   Khaled Mashud R 25 WK            captain   Mashrafee bin Mortaza K 18 RFM   Mohammad Ashraful D 17 RHB   Mohammad Sharif D 16 RFM   Monjurul Islam K 22 LFM   Sanwar Hossain Ba 28 RHB   Tushar Imran K 18 RHB	Divisional representation (National Cricket League)   B  -  Barisal (1) C  -  Chittagong (1) D –  Dhaka (7) K  -  Khulna (4) Rj  -  Rajshahi (1) S  -  Sylhet (1)        Average age of  team at time of first Test match (18 December 2001) :  24 yrs  3 months
	Test Appearances made before the tour	Aminul Islam 7 Tests, Habibul Bashar 7, Javed Omar 6, Khaled Mashud 6,  Al-Shahriar 5, Enamul Hoque (snr) 5, Mohammad Sharif  5, Monjurul Islam  5,  Hasibul Hussain 4, Mohammad Ashraful 3, Mashrafee-bin-Mortaza 2, Khaled Mahmud 1, Fahim Muntasir 0, Sanwar Hossain 0, Tushar Imran 0.
	Tour Officials	Afzalur Rehman Sinha Tour Manager Tanjeeb Ahsan Saad Assistant manager Trevor Chappell Head coach Nasir Ahmed Analyst John Gloster Physiotherapist Simon Wilson Media liaison
	Selectors	Mainul Haq (chief selector),  Asaduz Zaman,  Faruque Ahmed
	Selection	A month before the tour Andy Roberts gave coaching to the Bangladeshi bowlers. On 19 November the selectors dropped captain Naimur Rahman for poor performances in the home series with Zimbabwe and discarded him from the New Zealand-bound squad.  Khaled Mashud was named as Bangladesh's captain for the tour on Wednesday 21 November.    Tour Party Announced : 21 November 2001.   Not selected :  Current skipper Naimur Rahman and the former captain and veteran Akram Khan. Batsman Sanwar Hossain was included in place of Naimur Rahman, while Tushar Imran replaced Akram.   Standbys: Anwar Hossain Munir, Mehrab Hossain, Anwar Hossain Piju (wicketkeeper).	Time between selection and departure from Bangladesh    9  days  (21 November - 30 November)
	Travel    Dhaka  Q  Auckland	The team left Dhaka on Friday 30 November and arrived at Auckland Airport on 1 December. The managers did not accompany the team as they had not yet completed visa formalities. They travelled to New Zealand later and joined the team in Auckland on the night of 4 December. On 6 December the tour party left for Wanganui to play the first match, having had no practice because of rain except at Eden Park's indoor complex. Nasir Ahmed, the former Bangladesh wicket-keeper, did not go to New Zealand until funds for his tour place as computer analyst were agreed ; he arrived on 12 December.	Time spent in New Zealand    29 days (1 December    - 30 December)
	Reinforcements	None required
	Fixtures/Results	a † Wanganui N Z District Association Drawn b Auckland Auckland Lost inns 193 r c HAMILTON NEW ZEALAND   First Test LOST inns 52 r d WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND   Second Test LOST inns 74 r	† not first-class   Time spent in New Zealand before First Test:     17 days (1 - 18 December)
	Test appearances on tour  (v New Zealand 2001-02)	2  -   Al-Shahriar, Aminul Islam, Habibul Bashar, Javed Omar, Khaled Mahmud, Khaled Mashud, Monjural Islam, Mashrafee-bin-Mortaza, Mohammad Ashraful, Sanwar Hossain. 1 - Hasibul Hossain, Mohammad Sharif.
	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 Al-Shahriar x x T T Aminul Islam x x T T Enamul Hoque x x     Fahim Muntasir         Habibul Bashar x x T T Hasibul Hussain       T Javed Omar x x T T Khaled Mahmud x x T T Khaled Mashud x x T T Mashrafee Mortaza x   T T Mohammad Ashraful x x T T Mohammad Sharif   x T   Monjurul Islam x x T T Sanwar Hossain x x T T Tushar Imran           R E S U L T S D L L L	Bangladesh’s two previous Test tour results:       in Pakistan & Sri Lanka 2001 (2 Tests) - lost 0-2  in Zimbabwe 2000-01  (2 Tests) - lost 0-2
	Highlights	•   Habibul Bashar and Al-Shahriar scored Test fifties   •   •
	Tour Summary	P W L D Aban Test Matches 2 0 2 0 - Other first-class matches 1 0 1 0 - † Minor matches 1 0 0 1 - § One-day internationals 0 - - - - All Matches 4 0 3 1 -
	Return to Bangladesh Auckland   Q  Dhaka	The team returned home to Dhaka on Tuesday night, 1 January 2002.   Next day a Pakistan side led by Waqar Younis arrived to play a two-Test series.	Total time away from Bangladesh    32  days   (30 November - 1 January)
	Accounts of the tour
	Postscript	Trevor Chappell’s contract as coach was brought to a close in May 2002. Mashrafee was vital to Bangladesh's bowling hopes but injuries to his back and ankle lessened his impact in the Tests and curtailed his participation in future Bangladesh tours.

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