Tour of Australia 2003                 Captain : Khaled Mahmud
	Bangladesh’s sixth Test tour.    (June - August 2003)     First Test-playing tour of Australia by Bangladesh    (no previous tour)	Among the repercussions of the dire performance in the limited-overs World Cup in South Africa were that Khaled Mashud was sacked as skipper. Chief selector Aliul Islam and his panel were retained only long enough to pick this tour party and resigned the day after the team for Australia was announced. Mohsin Kamal's contract was not renewed at the end of April 2003 either. Sarwar Imran took over as interim coach before the newly-appointed, Sri Lankan-born Dav Whatmore, took up his duties on 1 June 2003 and became part of the selection committee. New manager, Lt-Col (retired) M.A.Latif, had no experience of playing cricket but had been involved in the work of the boxing federation before. He was an administrator who had been Director-general of BKSP, and was brought in partly to exert better discipline and hard work within the team. Bangladesh played some determined cricket during the 47-day tour, and achieved beyond expectations, although they were outclassed.  Dav Whatmore singled out opener Hannan Sarkar and Mashrafee-bin-Mortaza as having developed particularly well.	All Bangladesh tours     Previous tour to South Africa 2002-03   Next tour Pakistan 2003-04     Next tour of Australia    not yet scheduled
	Members of the Test tour party (15 + 1)    Opening batsmen:  Al-Sahariar, Hannan Sarkar, Javed Omar Middle-order batsmen  Alok Kapali, Habibul Bashar, Mohammad Ashraful, Sanwar Hossain Wicket-keeper/batsman: Khaled Mashud All-rounder:  Khaled Mahmud Slow bowlers:  Mohammad Rafique. Fast bowlers:Anwar Hossain Monir, Mashrafe Mortaza,  Monjural Islam Monju, Tapash Baishya, Tarek Aziz.	Alok Kapali S 19 RHB   LB       vice-captain ODI   Al-Sahariar D 25 RHB ODI   Anwar Hosain Monir D 21 RFM ODI   Habibul Bashar K 30 RHB ODI   Hannan Sarkar Ba 20 RHB          reserve WK ODI   Javed Omar D 26 RHB opener ODI   Khaled Mahmud D 31 RHB            RM           captain ODI   Khaled Mashud R 27 WK ODI   Mashrafe Mortaza K 19 RFM ODI   Mohammad Ashraful D 18 RHB ODI   Mohammad Rafique D 32 SLA ODI   Monjurul Islam ‘Monju’ K 23 LFM     born 7 Nov 1979 Sanwar Hossain B 29 RHB ODI   Tapash Baishya S 20 RFM ODI   Tarek Aziz C 19 RFM        Chosen only for one-day            international series: Hasibul Hossain ODI   Tushar Imran ODI	Divisional representation (National Cricket League)   B  -  Barisal (2) C  -  Chittagong (1) D –  Dhaka (6) DM  -  Dhaka Metropolis (0) K  -  Khulna (3) Rj  -  Rajshahi (1) Rp  -  Rangpur (0) S  -  Sylhet (2)        Average age of  team at time of first Test match   (18 July 2003) :       24 yrs  6 months.           ODI  member of the one-day squad
	Test Appearances made before the tour	Habibul Bashar 17,  Khaled Mashud 14,   Al-Sahariar 12,  Monjurul Islam Monju 12,  Javed Omar 11,  Mohammad Ashraful 11,  Mashrafe Mortaza 8,  Alok Kapali 5,  Khaled Mahmud 5,  Sanwar Hossain 5,  Tapash Baishya 5,  Hannan Sarkar 4,  Mohammad Rafique 2,  Anwar Hosain Monir 0,  Tarek Aziz 0.
	Tour Officials	M.A. Latif Khan Tour manager Dav Whatmore Coach Dean Woodford Fitness Trainer John Gloster Physiotherapist Nasir Ahmed Analyst
	Selectors	Aliul Islam (Chief Selector),  Omar Khaled Rumi,  G.M.Nowsher Prince and  Dav Whatmore (coach).
	Selection	New coach Dav Whatmore, assisted by interim coach Sarwar Imran, ran a training camp at the Sports Institute BKSP (Bangladesh Krira Shikka Protisthan) in Savar, which began on 2 June.   Unavailable:  Akram Khan (retired). Tour Party Announced : Thursday 12 June 2003. Not selected   Monir uz Zaman, Shahriar Hossain, Tushar Imran (batsmen), Hasibul Hossain (seamer), Mohammad Salim (WK), Fahim Muntasir (spin bowler) were not chosen from the camp but all became reserves for the tour.   The selection committee was dismissed the day after the tour party was announced.	Time between selection and departure from Bangladesh    10 days  (12 June - 22 June)
	Travel    Dhaka  Q  Brisbane	The touring team took part in a preparation camp until 20 June before leaving from Zia International Airport, Dhaka, on Sunday 22 June 2003 on Thai Airlines (because Emirates decided not to sponsor the team).   Landed in Brisbane on Monday 23 June, two weeks in advance of the tour, for further preparation and played two extra matches before flying to Darwin on 6 July.	Time spent in Australia    days (23 June   - ? August)
	Reinforcements	None
	Fixtures/Results	a † Brisbane Queensland Academy Lost 29 r b † Brisbane Commonwealth Bank Won 2 w c † Darwin Northern Territory XI Won 2 w d DARWIN AUSTRALIA  First Test LOST inns 132 r e CAIRNS AUSTRALIA   Second Test LOST inns 98 r f † Innisfail Queensland Academy Won 4 w g § Cairns Australia (1st ODI) Lost 8 w h §Cairns Australia (2nd ODI) Lost 9 w i § Darwin Australia (3rd ODI) Lost 112 r	§  one-day international † not first-class   Time spent in Australia before First Test:    25 days (23 June - 18 July)
	Test appearances on tour	2 -   Alok Kapali,  Habibul Bashar,  Hannan Sarkar,  Javed Omar,  Khaled Mahmud,  Khaled Mashud,  Mashrafe Mortaza, Mohammad Ashraful,  Tapash Baishya. 1 -   Al-Sahariar,  Anwar Hossain Monir,  Monjural Islam,  Sanwar Hossain.
	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         In all 4 warm-up /practice matches the Bangladeshis featured 12 players	a b c d e f g h i Alok Kapali x x x T T x o o o Al-Sahariar x   x T   x o o   Anwar Hosain Monir x x     T x       Habibul Bashar x x x T T x o o o Hannan Sarkar x x x T T x o o o Hasibul Hossain           x o o   Javed Omar x x x T T     o o Khaled Mahmud x x x T T x o o o Khaled Mashud x x x T T x o     Mashrafe  Mortaza   x x T T   o   o Mohammad Ashraful x x x T T x     o Mohammad Rafique   x x     x o o o Monjurul Islam  Monju x   x T           Sanwar Hossain x x     T x o o o Tapash Baishya x   x T T     o o Tarek Aziz   x               Tushar Imran           x o o o   R E S U L T S L W W L L W L L L	Bangladesh’s five previous Test tour results:     in South Africa 2002-03  (2 Tests) - lost 0-2  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	•     Hannan Sarkar hit half-centuries in each innings of the 2nd Test at Cairns  •    •
	Tour Summary	P W L D Aban Test Matches 2 0 2 0 - Other first-class matches - - - - - † Minor matches 4 3 1 0 - § One-day internationals 3 0 3 0 - ⊕ Twenty 20 internationals 0 - - - - All Matches 9 3 6 0 -
	Return to Bangladesh Darwin ?   Q  Dhaka	The last match was a one-dayer in Darwin.  Arrived at Zia International Airport, Dhaka, on 9 August 2003.	Total time away from Bangladesh     48days   (22 June - 9 August)
	Finances
	Postscript	Most of the Bangladeshi players had other jobs to support their cricket income but after this tour the team turned fully professional.

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