Test Cricket Tours Bangladesh to Australia 2003

Test Cricket Tours - Bangladesh to Australia 2003

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.