Test Cricket Tours Bangladesh to Pakistan 2003

Test Cricket Tours - Bangladesh to Pakistan 2003

Tour of Pakistan 2003-04                     Captain : Khaled Mahmud

Bangladesh’s seventh Test tour.
   (August 2003)

Second Test-playing tour of Pakistan by Bangladesh
   (previous tour 2001)

This tour followed almost immediately after the return from Australia. The tour party stayed at Karachi's Sheraton Hotel, the same as the New Zealanders were staying in one year before when a bomb went off across the street, causing cancellation of that tour.
The team was uncomfortably reminded of pre-independence struggles over language when tour manager M.A.Latif obliged an interviewer by speaking Urdu who said the Pakistan public could understand him better in Urdu as most viewers would not understand him in English
Bangladesh came closer than it ever had before to winning a Test match, only to lose by one wicket at Multan, a brilliant innings from Inzamamul Haq enabling Pakistan to snatch the third Test match.
Pakistan coach Javed Miandad and captain Inzamam-ul-Haq thanked Bangladesh for leading the return of foreign cricket to Pakistan and showing that cricket could be safely played here. Latif Khan expressed his satisfaction with the security arrangements.

All Bangladesh tours

Previous tour
to Australia 2003

Next tour
Zimbabwe 2003-04

Next tour of Pakistan
   not yet scheduled

Members of the Test tour party
(15)

Opening batsmen: Javed Omar
Middle-order batsmen Alok Kapali, Habibul Bashar, Hannan Sarkar, Mohammad Ashraful, Rajin Saleh, Sanwar Hossain.
Wicket-keeper/batsman: Khaled Mashud
Medium-paced bowler: Khaled Mahmud
Slow bowlers: Mohammad Rafique
Fast bowlers:Alamgir Kabir, Anwar Hossain Monir, Mashrafe Mortaza, Monjurul Islam Monju, Tapash Baishya

Alamgir Kabir
Rj
22
RFM
ODI

Alok Kapali
S
19
RHB   LB
ODI

Anwar Hossain Monir
D
21
RFM

Habibul Bashar
Kh
31
RHB        vice-captain
ODI

Hannan Sarkar
Ba
20
RHB
ODI

Javed Omar
D
26
RHB opener

Khaled Mahmud
D
32
RHB      RM     captain
ODI

Khaled Mashud
R
27
WK
ODI

Mashrafee Mortaza
Kh
19
RFM
ODI

Mohammad Ashraful
D
18
RHB
ODI

Mohammad Rafique
D
32
SLA
ODI

Monjurul Islam ‘Monju’
Kh
23
LFM

born 7 Nov 1979
Rajin Saleh
S
19
RHB
ODI

Sanwar Hossain
Ba
30
RHB
ODI

Tapash Baishya
S
20
RFM
ODI

Chosen for one-day
Hasibul Hossain
ODI
   internationals only:
Mushfiqur Rahman
ODI

Tushar Imran
ODI


Divisional representation
(National Cricket League)

B - Barisal (2)
C - Chittagong (0)
D – Dhaka (5)
DM - Dhaka Metropolis (0)
Kh - Khulna (3)
Rj - Rajshahi (2)
S - Sylhet (3)


Average age of team at time of first Test match
(20 August 2003) :
     24 yrs 1 month

ODI member of the one-day

Test Appearances made before the tour

Habibul Bashar 23, Javed Omar 16, Monjurul Islam Monju 15, Mohammad Ashraful 13, Alok Kapali 11, Mashrafe Mortaza 10, Hannan Sarkar 9, Khaled Mahmud 9, Tapash Baishya 9, Sanwar Hossain 8, Mohammad Rafique 5, Rajin Saleh 2, Alamgir Kabir 1, Anwar Hossain Monir 1.

Tour Officials

Lt-Col M.A.Latif Khan
Tour manager
Dav Whatmore
Coach
Dean Woodford
Fitness Trainer
John Gloster
Physiotherapist
Nasir Ahmed
Computer Analyst

No local liaison officers were appointed by PCB to cater to the needs of the tourists, who had just a Rawalpindi-based official to rely upon.

Selectors

Faruque Ahmed (Chief Selector),   Athar Ali Khan, G.M.Nowsher Prince and Dav Whatmore

Selection

22 players were selected by Whatmore for a training camp beginning in Dhaka on 12 August.
Not considered : Shahriar Hossain (finger injury).
Not chosen from the camp   Al-Shahriar, Naimur Rahman, Tarek Aziz.
Tour Party Announced : 14 August 2003.
Chosen for one-day matches only : Hasibul Hossain, Musfiqur Rahman, Tushar Imran.

Time between selection and departure from Bangladesh
   2 days
(14 - 16 August)

Travel
Dhaka Q Karachi

On 16 August 2003 the team flew out of Dhaka Airport, and arrived at Karachi in the early hours of Sunday 17 August. The Bangladesh team then had nets the next day.

Time spent in Pakistan
36 days
(17 August    - 22 September)

Reinforcements

None

Fixtures/Results

a
KARACHI
PAKISTAN First Test
LOST 7 w
b
PESHAWAR
PAKISTAN Second Test
LOST 9 w
c
MULTAN
PAKISTAN Third Test
LOST 1 w
d
§ Multan
Pakistan (1st ODI)
Lost 137 r
e
§ Faisalabad
Pakistan (2nd ODI
Lost 74 r
f
§ Lahore
Pakistan (3rd ODI)
Lost 42 r
g
§ Rawalpindi
Pakistan (4th ODI)
Lost 5 w
h
§ Karachi
Pakistan (5th ODI)
Lost 58 r

§ one-day international
† not first-class

Time spent in Pakistan before First Test:
  days
(17 August - 20 August)

Test appearances on tour

3 -   Alok Kapali, Habibul Bashar, Hannan Sarkar, Javed Omar, Khaled Mahmud, Khaled Mashud, Mohammad Rafique, Rajin Saleh.
2 -   Mashrafee-bin-Mortaza, Mohammad Ashraful, Tapash Baishya.
1 - Alamgir Kabir, Monjural Islam Monju, Sanwar Hossain.

Anwar Hussain Monir did not play in a match.

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
e
f
g
h
Alamgir Kabir

T

Alok Kapali
T
T
T
o
o
o
o
o
Anwar Hossain Monir

Habibul Bashar
T
T
T
o
o
o
o
o
Hannan Sarkar
T
T
T

o
o
o
Hasibul Hossain

o

Javed Omar
T
T
T

Khaled Mahmud
T
T
T
o
o
o
o
o
Khaled Mashud
T
T
T
o
o
o
o
o
Mashrafe Mortaza
T
T

o
o
o
o
o
Mohammad Ashraful

T
T
o
o
o

Mohammad Rafique
T
T
T
o
o
o
o
o
Monjurul Islam Monju

T

Mushfiqur Rahman

o
o
o
o
o
Rajin Saleh
T
T
T
o
o
o
o
o
Sanwar Hossain
T

o

Tapash Baishya
T

T

o
o
o
Tushar Imran

o
o

o
o
R E S U L T S
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L

Bangladesh’s six previous Test tour results:

in Australia 2003 (2 Tests)
- lost 0-2
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

•    Habibul Bashar with a century and three fifties averaged 63.
•    Bangladesh took a first innings lead in the 2nd Test at Peshawar, Javed Omar scoring 119.
•    Alok Kapali did the hat trick at Peshawar
•    Khaled Mahmud took 7 wickets for 105 runs in the narrow defeat at Multan.
•

Tour Summary

P
W
L
D
Aban
Test Matches
3
0
3
0
-
Other first-class matches
0
-
-
-
-
† Minor matches
0
-
-
-
-
§ One-day internationals
5
0
5
0
-
⊕ Twenty 20 internationals
0
-
-
-
-
All Matches
8
0
8
0
-

Return to Bangladesh
Karachi Q Dhaka

Anwar Hossain Monir, Javed Omar and Monjural Islam Monju went home after the Test series.
The team completed the one-day matches and flew out of Karachi on 22 September.

Total time away from Bangladesh
    37days
(16 August - 22 September )

Finances

Postscript