Tour of Zimbabwe 2003-04                  Captain : Habibul Bashar
	Bangladesh’s eighth Test tour.    (January - March 2004     Second Test-playing tour of Zimbabwe by Bangladesh    (previous tour 2000-01)	In January Dav Whatmore changed the practice of naming the captain first, and then the team. Now, in the Australian practice, the team would be chosen and the skipper picked from its ranks. Khaled Mahmud was dropped and announced his retirement from international cricket, which he was later persuaded to revoke. Under a new captain, Habibul Bashar, the tour party spent a fortnight in Namibia preparing for the tour with four warm-up matches. In Zimbabwe there was defeat again in the Test series but Bangladesh won their fourth official ODI, ending a run of 47 one-day defeats Mohammad Rafique created such a commotion in reaction to his captain’s comments about the promise shown by a rival spin bowling teammate, that the team management sent him home from Harare next day	All Bangladesh tours     Previous tour to Pakistan 2003-04   Next tour West Indies 2004     Next tour of Zimbabwe 2011
	Members of the Test tour party (16)    Opening batsmen:  Al-Shahriar, Shahriar Hossain, Hannan Sarkar Middle-order batsmen  Alok Kapali, Habibul Bashar, Rajin Saleh, Mohammad Ashraful. Wicket-keeper/batsman: Khaled Mashud Slow bowlers:  Manjural Islam Rana, Mohammad Rafique Fast bowlers:Alamgir Kabir, Anwar Hossain Monir, Manjural Islam Monju, Mushfiqur Rahman ‘Babu’, Tapash Baishya, Tarek Aziz.       To distinguish him from Manjural Islam (born 1984, died 2007), Manjural Islam (born 1979) is named as Monjural Islam Monju throughout these web pages	Alamgir Kabir Rj 23 RFM     Alok Kapali S 20 RHB   LB       Al-Shahriar D 25 RHB opener     Anwar Hussain Monir D 22 RFM     Habibul Bashar Kh 31 RHB  captain     Hannan Sarkar Ba 21 RHB     Khaled Mashud Rj 28 WK     Manjural Islam  ‘Rana’ Kh 19 LHB        SLA   born 4 May 1984, died 16 March 2007 Mohammad Ashraful D 19 RHB     Mohammad Rafique D 34 SLA     Monjurul Islam ‘Monju’ Kh 24 LFM    born 7 Nov 1979 Mushfiqur Rahman Rj 24 RFM     Rajin Saleh S 20 RHB vice-capt     Shahriar Hossain D 27 RHB     Tapash Baishya S 21 RFM     Tarek Aziz C 20 RFM	Divisional representation (National Cricket League)   B  -  Barisal (1) C  -  Chittagong (1) D –  Dhaka (5) K  -  Khulna (3) Rj  -  Rajshahi (3) S  -  Sylhet (3)        Average age of  team at time of first Test match    (19 Feb 2004) : 24 yrs  1 month.
	Test Appearances made before the tour	Habibul Bashar 26,  Khaled Masud 23,  Manjurul Islam Monju 16,  Al-Shahriar 15,  Mohammad Ashraful 15,  Alok Kapali 14,  Hannan Sarkar 12,   Tapash Baishya 11,  Mohammad Rafique 8,  Rajin Saleh 5,  Mushfiqur Rahman 4,  Alamgir Kabir 2,  Anwar Hossain Monir 1,  Shahriar Hossain 1,  Manjural Islam Rana 0,  Tarek Aziz 0.
	Tour Officials	Lt-Col  M A Latif Tour Manager Dav Whatmore Head Coach Nasir Ahmed Computer Analyst John Gloster Physiotherapist Dean Woodford Strength & conditioning trainer .
	Selectors	Faruque Ahmed (chief selector),  Athar Ali Khan,  G.M.Nowsher Prince and  Dav Whatmore.
	Selection	The national team preparation camp began at Bangabandhu Stadium on 4 January with 16 players, then Alamgir Kabir, Al-Shahriar and Manjural Islam were added. There were two practice matches against the national under-19 team coached by Richard McInnes. At Dhaka on 11 January the touring team won by 117 runs, and at Savar on 17 January the team won by 6 wickets. Unavailable:  Javed Omar (shoulder), Mashrafe Mortaza  (also injured) Tour Party Announced : 25 January 2004. Omitted after camp : Ehsanul Haque,  Fahim Muntasir,  Hasibul Hossain,  Khaled Mahmud,  Mohammad Salem, Moniruzzaman,  Mosaddek Hossain,  Tushar Imran.	Time between selection and departure from Bangladesh    3 days  (25 January - 28 January)
	Travel    Dhaka  Q x   Q Windhoek	On the evening of Wednesday 28 January 2004 the 16-member touring team left Dhaka and flew to Namibia as part of its final preparations for their Zimbabwe tour, reaching Windhoek the next evening.   On 10 February  the team left Namibia arriving in Harare later that night,   This was their second trip to southern Africa since 2001.	Time spent in Zimbabwe    34 days (10 February   - 15 March)
	Reinforcements	Khaled Mahmud who had postponed a decision to retire after his sacking from the captaincy, was flown over for the one-day internationals.
	Fixtures/Results       1Wanderers Sports Ground 2 United Cricket Ground   3Harare Country Club    4 Harare Sports Club	a � Windhoek 1 Namibia  (1st 50-over match) Won 7 r b � Windhoek 2 Namibia  (2nd 50-over match) Won 11 r c � Windhoek 2 Namibia  (3rd 50-over match) Won 5 w d Windhoek1 Namibia (3-day) Drawn e Harare3 Zimbabwe A Won 29 r f HARARE 4 ZIMBABWE  First Test LOST 183 r g BULAWAYO ZIMBABWE  Second Test DRAWN h � Kwekwe Zimbabwe A  (50-overs) No result i § Bulawayo Zimbabwe (1st ODI) rained off j § Bulawayo Zimbabwe (2nd ODI) rained off k § Harare 3 Zimbabwe (3rd ODI) Won 8 w l § Harare 3 Zimbabwe (4th ODI) Lost 14 r m § Harare 3 Zimbabwe (5th ODI) Lost 3 w	§  one-day international � not first-class   Time spent in Namibia and Zimbabwe before First Test:    21 days (29 January - 19 February)
	Test appearances on tour (v Zimbabwe 2003-04)	2 -   Habibul Bashar,  Hannan Sarkar,  Khaled Masud,  Manjural Islam Rana,  Mohammad Ashraful,  Mohammad Rafique, Mushfiqur Rahman,  Rajin Saleh,  Shahriar Hossain,  Tapash Baisha. 1 -   Alamgir Kabir, Monjural Islam Monju. 0  -  Alok Kapali,  Al-Shahriar,  Anwar Hossain Monir,  Tarek Aziz.
	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             Bangladesh used 12 players in the 3-day match against Namibia	N A M I B I A Z  I  M  B  A  B  W  E   a b c d e f g h i j k l m Alamgir Kabir x       x   T             Alok Kapali x x x x       x     o o o Al-Shahriar   x     x                 Anwar Hussain Monir   x     x                 Habibul Bashar x x x x x T T x     o o o Hannan Sarkar x x x x x T T         o o Khaled Mahmood               x     o o o Khaled Mashud x x x x x T T x     o o o Manjural Islam Rana   x x x x T T x         o Mohammad Ashraful   x x x x T T x     o o o Mohammad Rafique x x   x   T T       o o   Monjurul Islam Monju   x x x   T   x           Mushfiqur Rahman x   x x   T T x     o o o Rajin Saleh x   x x x T T x     o o o Shahriar Hossain x   x x x T T x     o     Tapash Baishya x x   x   T T       o o o Tarek Aziz x   x   x     x     o o o   R E S U L T S W W W D W L D N A A W L L	Bangladesh’s six previous Test tour results:     in Pakistan 2003 (3 Tests) - lost 0-3  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
	Highlights	•   The team pulled off an exciting eight-run victory in the third ODI where Habibul returned to form to score 61. •   Khaled Mahmud took 4-19 in 10 overs in the fourth one-day international, and the Tigers were denied victories in the final two ODIs only by the batting of Heath Streak.
	Tour Summary	P W L D Aban Test Matches 2 0 1 1 - Other first-class matches 1 0 0 1 - � Minor matches 1 0 0 1 - § One-day internationals 5 1 2 2 - ⊕ Twenty 20 internationals 0 - - - - All Matches 13 1 3 5 -
	Return to Bangladesh Harare Q  Dhaka	Khaled Mahmud was called up for the ODI series in place of Anwar Hossain Monir and Alamgir Kabir who returned home. On Sunday evening 14 March Mohammad Rafique was sent home early from Harare for disciplinary reasons. The team left Harare on 15 March and arrived home at Dhaka Airport on the morning of 17 March 2004.	Total time away from Bangladesh     49 days   (28 January - 17 March )
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