| Tour of Pakistan 2003-04 Captain : Khaled Mahmud | |
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| 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 |
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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 | - |
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| 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 ) | |
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