| Tour of South Africa Captain : Khaled Mashud | |
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| Bangladesh’s fifth Test tour. (May - First Test-playing tour of South Africa by Bangladesh (no previous tour) | The selectors dropped Mohammad Ashruful who had made a century on debut in his first Test appearance against Sri Lanka only a year before. Senior players were also dropped after poor performances. On the field, however, the Bangladeshis were overwhelmed by a South African team far too strong in all departments. Occasional defiance from Al-Shahriar and Habibul Bashar could only postpone the inevitable Test defeats. | All Bangladesh tours Previous tour to Sri Lanka 2002 Next tour Australia 2003 Next tour of South Africa 2008-09 | |
| Members of the Test tour party (15) Opening batsmen: Al-Shahriar, Javed Omar Middle-order batsmen Habibul Bashar, Rafiqul Islam, Sanwar Hossain, Tushar Imran Wicket-keeper/batsman:Hannan Sarkar, Khaled Mashud Slow bowlers: Alok Kapali, Mohammad Rafique Fast bowlers: Monjurul Islam, Anwar Hossain Monir, Khaled Mahmud, Talha Zubair, Tapash Baisya
(R)experience in RSA in 2001-02 | Alok Kapali | S | 18 | LB vice-captain | ODI | | M Al-Sahariar (R) | D | 24 | RHB | ODI | | Anwar Hossain Monir | D | 20 | RFM | ODI | | Habibul Bashar (R) | Bi | 30 | RHB | ODI | | Hannan Sarkar | Ba | 19 | RHB second WK | ODI | | Javed Omar (R) | D | 25 | RHB opener | ODI | | Khaled Mahmud | D | 31 | RHB RM | ODI | | Khaled Mashud (R) | R | 26 | WK captain | ODI | | Mohammad Rafique (R) | D | 32 | SLA | ODI | | Monjurul Islam (R) | K | 22 | LFM | ODI | | Rafiqul Islam | R | 24 | RHB | ODI | | Sanwar Hossain | Ba | 29 | RHB | ODI | | Talha Zubair | B | 16 | RFM | ODI | | Tapash Baishya | S | 19 | RFM | ODI | | Tushar Imran | K | 18 | RHB | ODI | |
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Divisional representation (National Cricket League) B - Barisal ( C - Chittagong ( D – Dhaka ( DM - Dhaka Metropolis ( K - Khulna ( Rj - Rajshahi ( Rp - Rangpur ( S - Sylhet ( Average age of team at time of first Test match (18 October 2002) : 23 yrs 7 months ODI T20 member of the one-day/Twenty20 squads. | |
| Test Appearances made before the tour | Habibul Bashar 13, Khaled Mashud 12, Al-Shahriar 11, Monjurul Islam 11, Javed Omar 9, Sanwar Hossain 4, Khaled Mahmud 3, Hannan Sarkar 2, Talha Zubair 2, Alok Kapali 1, Mohammad Rafique 1, Tapash Baishya 1, Tushar Imran 1, Anwar Hossain Monir 0, Rafiqul Islam 0. | | |
| Tour Officials | Abu Sharif Mahmud Faruque | Tour manager | Mohsin Kamal | Coach | Ali Zia | Assistant Coach | John Gloster | Physiotherapist |
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| Selectors | Mianul Haq (Chief Selector), Asaduz Zaman and Faruque Ahmed. After picking the tour party the selection panel was dismissed, and a new committee headed by Aliul Islam was appointed. | | |
| Selection | A national training camp was held at the BKSP in Savar for 27 players in preparation for the Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka and tour of South Africa. The camp continued after the 14 players for the one-day tournament had flown out. Tour Party Announced: 22 September 2002. There was no change in personnel for the ODI and Test series. | Time between selection and departure from Bangladesh 2 days (22 September - 24 September) | |
| Travel Colombo Q Dubai Q Johannesburg | The team flew from Colombo on Tuesday 24 September after participating in the Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka, except for Fahim Muntasir and Mazharul Haq who returned to Dhaka. Four players not taking part in the one-day series in Sri Lanka - Anwar Hossain Monir, Hannan Sarkar, Rafiqul Islam and Sanwar Hossain - left Dhaka on the same day and joined others in the tour party at Dubai. All then flew on to Johannesburg, arriving on Thursday 26 September | Time spent in South Africa 33 days (?) (26 September - 29 October?) | |
| Reinforcements | None required. | | |
| Fixtures/Results | a | ϯ Randjesfontein | N.F. Oppenheimer's XI | Won 6 w | b | ϯ Nelspruit | South Africa Country Districts | Won 22 r | c | ϯ Soweto | South Africa A | Lost 72 r | d | § Potchefstroom | South Africa (1st ODI) | Lost 168r | e | § Benoni | South Africa (2nd ODI) | Lost 10w | f | § Kimberley | South Africa (3rd ODI) | Lost 7 w | g | ϯ Bedford | South Africa Country Districts | Won 100 r | h | EAST LONDON | SOUTH AFRICA First Test | Lost inns 107 r | i | POTCHEFSTROOM | SOUTH AFRICA Second Test | Lost inns 160 r |
| § one-day international � not first-class Time spent in South Africa before First Test: 22 days (26 September - 18 October) | |
| Test appearances on tour | 2 - Alok Kapali, Al-Shahriar, Habibul Bashar, Khaled Mashud, Monjural Islam, Sanwar Hossain, Talha Zubair, Tapash Baishya, Tushar Imran. 1 - Hannan Sarkar, Javed Omar, Mohammad Rafique, Rafiqul Islam. | | |
| 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 | d | e | f | g | h | i | Alok Kapali | x | x | x | o | o | o | | T | T | Al-Sahariar | x | x | x | o | o | | | T | T | Anwar Hossain Monir | x | | | | | o | | | | Habibul Bashar | | | x | | | o | x | T | T | Hannan Sarkar | x | x | x | o | o | | x | T | | Javed Omar | x | x | | o | o | o | | | T | Khaled Mahmud | | x | x | o | o | o | x | | | Khaled Mashud | | x | x | o | o | o | x | T | T | Mohammad Rafique | x | x | x | | | | x | | T | Monjurul Islam | | x | x | o | o | | x | T | T | Rafiqul Islam | x | | | | | o | x | T | | Sanwar Hossain | x | x | x | o | o | o | x | T | T | Talha Zubair | x | | | o | o | o | x | T | T | Tapash Baishya | x | x | x | o | o | o | x | T | T | Tushar Imran | x | x | x | o | o | o | x | T | T | R E S U L T S | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L |
| Bangladesh’s four previous Test tour results: in Sri Lanka 2002 (2 Tests) - lost 0-2 in New Zealand 2001-02 (2 Tests) - lost 0-2 in Pakistan & Sri Lanka 2001 (2 Tests) - lost 0-2 in Zimbabwe 2000-01 (2 Tests) - lost 0-2 | |
| Highlights | • Bangladesh were 124 for 1 at lunch on the first morning at Potchestroom, as Al-Shahriar hit 71. • • | | |
| Tour Summary | | P | W | L | D | Aban | Test Matches | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | Other first-class matches | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | � Minor matches | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | § One-day internationals | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | All Matches | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | - |
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| Return to Bangladesh Johannesburg Q Dhaka | ? 29 October 2002 | Total time away from Bangladesh 35days (24 September - 29? October ) | |
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| Postscript | On 31 December 2002 the selectors announced their 15-member squad for the 2003 World Cup in South Africa, which turned out disastrously. The team won no games and were beaten by non-Test nations Canada and Kenya | | |