| Tour of England 2005 Captain : Habibul Bashar | |
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| Bangladesh’s tenth Test tour. (May - July 2005) First Test-playing tour
of England by Bangladesh (no previous Test tour) | Before the England
tour the "Tigers" beat India
in the second of a three-match ODI series and later beat Zimbabwe in
both the Test and ODI series played at home. On the eve of the tour on 20
April the Bangladesh Cricket Board announced that Dav Whatmore had agreed to
extend his contract by a further two years. Paul Plose, born in New Zealand,
became the new physiotherapist, taking over from Robbie Hunt. Latif Khan returned as Manager
after being absent from the previous tour for health reasons. Bangladesh were
twice beaten by an innings in their two Tests against England. Cricket writers
including Richie Benaud were saying that Bangladesh was not good enough to
compete at the highest level. But amid the heavy defeats Bangladesh pulled off a huge cricket upset
with a five-wicket victory over world champions Australia
at Cardiff's Sophia Gardens.
Though they failed to qualify for the one-day Triangular Series final, this
turned the 2005 tour into a relative success. Putting aside the heavy defeats
against second-string counties, the performances of Mohammad Ashraful, with a
hundred in the shock win, and all-rounder Aftab Ahmed were signs for the
future, although at the crease both remained impetuous and inconsistent,
while the attack was over dependent on fit-again Mashrafe Mortaza. | All Bangladesh
tours Previous
tour to West Indies 2004 Next
tour Sri Lanka 2005-06 Next
tour of England 2010 | |
| Members
of the Test tour party (15) Opening batsmen: Javed Omar, Nafees Iqbal,
Shahriar Nafees Middle-order batsmen Aftab Ahmed, Habibul Bashar,
Mohammad Ashraful, Rajin Saleh Wicket-keeper/batsman: Khaled Mashud, Mushfiqur
Rahim All-rounder: Slow bowlers: Enamul Haque jnr, Mohammad
Rafique, Fast
bowlers:Anwar Hossain Monir, Mashrafe Mortaza, Shahadat Hossain, Talha
Jubair, Tapash Baishya
| Aftab
Ahmed | C
| 19
| RHB
| ODI
| | Anwar
Hossain Monir | D
| 23
| RFM
| | | Enamul
Haque jr | S
| 25
| SLA | | | Habibul
Bashar | K
| 32
| RHB captain | ODI
| | Javed
Omar | D
| 28
| RHB
opener | ODI
| | Khaled
Mashud | R
| 29
| WK
| ODI
| | Mashrafe-bin-Mortaza
| K
| 21
| RFM
| ODI
| | Mohammad
Ashraful | D
| 20
| RHB
| ODI
| | Mohammad
Rafique | D
| 34
| SLA | ODI
| | Mushfiqur
Rahim | R
| 16
| deputy
WK | | | Nafees
Iqbal | C
| 20
| RHB
opener | ODI
| | Rajin
Saleh | S
| 21
| RHB
vice-capt | ODI
| | Shahadat
Hossain | D
| 18
| RFM
| | | Shahriar
Nafees | Ba | 19
| LHB opener | ODI | | Talha
Jubair | D
| 19
| RFM
| | | Tapash
Baishya | S
| 22
| RFM
| ODI | | Joined squad for one-day | Khaled Mahmud | ODI | internationals only | Manjurul Islam Rana | ODI | | Nazmul Hossain | ODI | | Tushar Imran | ODI |
| Divisional representation (National Cricket League) B - Barisal (1) C - Chittagong (2) D – Dhaka (6) K - Khulna (2) Rj -
Rajshahi (2) S -
Sylhet (2) Average age of team at time of first Test match (26
May 2005) : 23 yrs 2
months. ODI member of theone-day squad. | |
| Test
Appearances made before the tour | Habibul Bashar 34, Khaled Mashud 33, Javed Omar 27, Mohammad Ashraful 25, Tapash Baishya 20, Mohammad Rafique 18, Mashrafe Mortaza 16, Rajin Saleh 14, Talha Zubair 7, Nafis Iqbal 6, Enamul Haq (jnr) 5, Aftab Ahmed 4, Anwar Monir 1, Mushfiqur Rahim 0, Shahadat Hossain 0, Shahriar Nafees 0. | | |
| Tour
Officials | M.A.Latif
Khan (above) | Tour
manager | Dav
Whatmore | Coach
| Dean
Woodford | Trainer
| Paul
Plose | Physiotherapist
| Nasir
Ahmed | Computer
Analyst | Stuart
Carpinen | Fitness
Trainer | Faruque
Ahmed | Selector
on tour |
On the eve of the tour on 20 April the
Bangladesh Cricket Board announced that Dav Whatmore had agreed to extend his
contract by a further two years Paul Plose, born in New Zealand, became the
new physiotherapist, taking over from Robbie Hunt. | | |
| Selectors | Faruque Ahmed (Chief
Selector), Dav Whatmore (coach), Athar Ali Khan, G.M.Nowsher
Prince. | | |
| Selection | A preliminary 20-man training squad,
named on 29 March 2005, was assembled for a preparation camp at the Army
Stadium in Banani beginning on 4 April. The camp then moved to Chittagong for a
fortnight and ended on 29 April with two days recreation at Cox's Bazar. The selectors were expected to call Khulna's Sahagir
Hossain from outside the camp to back up Khaled Mashud keeping wicket in side
matches but opted for Mushfiqur Rahim. Not selected from the camp : Abdur
Razzak Raj, Khaled Mahmud Tour
Party Announced at Chittagong
: 21 April 2005. Khaled Mahmud, Manjural Islam Rana,
Nazmul Hossain and Tushar Imran were included in the ODI team. | Time between selection and
departure from Bangladesh 15 days (21 April - 6 May) | |
| Travel Dhaka Q London | After a final gym training session on 1 May and four
full days of rest, the team left Dhaka
at 1:45 by Biman Bangladesh
on Friday 6 May 2005, arriving at Heathrow
London Airport
after a ten hour non-stop flight. The team was given a warm reception at the airport by
the Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK, with members of the Bangla
community and a large number of enthusiastic supporters. | Time spent in England 57 days (6 May - 2 July) | |
| On-tour
selection panel | Dav
Whatmore, Faruque Ahmed. | | |
| Reinforcements | None
required. Mushfiqur Rahim sprained his
ankle on a flight of stairs and returned home early Khaled
Mahmud, Manjural Islam Rana, Nazmul Hossain and Tushar Imran joined the squad
for the one-day international matches | | |
| Fixtures/Results | a | Cambridge | British Universities | Drawn | b | Hove
| Sussex | Lost
inns 226 r | c | Northampton | Northamptonshire
| Drawn
| d | LORD'S | ENGLAND
First Test | LOST inns 261 r | e | CHESTER- le-STREET | ENGLAND
Second Test | LOST inns 27 r | f | †
Derby | Derbyshire
| Lost
6 w | g | †
Worcester | Worcestershire
| Won
4 w | h | § The Oval | England (1st ODI) | Lost
10 w | i | § Cardiff | Australia (2nd ODI) | Won
5 w | j | § Nottingham
| England (3rd ODI) | Lost
168 r | k | § Manchester | Australia (4th ODI) | Lost
10 w | l | § Headingley | England (5th ODI) | Lost
5 w | m | § Canterbury | Australia (6th ODI) | Lost
6 w |
| ⊕ (T20 I)Twenty 20 international § one-day international † not first-class Time spent in England
before First Test: 20 days (6
May - 26 May) | |
| Test
appearances on tour | 2 -
Aftab Ahmed, Anwar Hossain
Monir, Habibul Bashar, Javed Omar, Khaled Mashud, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mohammad Ashraful, Mohammad Rafique, Nafis Iqbal. 1 - Mushfiqur Rahim, Rajin Saleh,
Shahadat Hossain, Tapash
Baishya. 0
- Enamul Haque jr, Shahriar Nafees, Talha Zubair. | | |
| 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 | | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | Aftab Ahmed | | x | x | T | T | x | x | o | o | o | o | o | o | Anwar Hossain Monir | | | x | T | T | | | | | | | | | Enamul Haque jr | | x | x | | | | | | | | | | | Habibul Bashar | x | x | | T | T | x | x | o | o | o | o | o | o | Javed Omar | x | | x | T | T | x | x | o | o | o | o | o | o | Khaled Mahmud | | | | | | x | x | o | | | | | o | Khaled Mashud | x | | x | T | T | x | | o | o | o | o | o | o | Mashrafe Mortaza | x | x | | T | T | x | | o | o | o | o | o | o | Mohammad Ashraful | x | x | x | T | T | | x | o | o | o | o | o | o | Mohammad Rafique | x | | x | T | T | x | | o | o | o | o | o | o | Manjural Islam Rana | | | | | | | x | | | | o | o | | Mushfiqur Rahim | | x | x | T | | | | | | | | | | Nafees Iqbal | x | x | x | T | T | x | | o | o | | | | | Nazmul Hossain | | | | | | x | x | o | o | o | o | o | | Rajin Saleh | x | x | x | | T | x | x | | | | | | | Shahadat Hossain | x | x | | T | | | | | | | | | | Shahriar Nafees | x | x | | | | | x | | | o | o | o | o | Talha Zubair | | x | | | | | | | | | | | | Tapash Baishya | x | | x | | T | | x | | o | o | | | o | Tushar Imran | | | | | | x | x | o | o | o | o | o | o | R E S U L T S | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bangladesh’s six previous Test tour results: in West Indies 2004 (2
Tests) - lost 0-1 in Zimbabwe 2003-04 (2 Tests) - lost 0-1 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 | |
| Highlights | • Bangladesh
caused a major upset by defeating Australia
in the one-day international at Cardiff
• • | | |
| Tour
Summary | | P | W | L | D | Aban | Test Matches | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | Other first-class matches | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | † Minor matches | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | § One-day internationals | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | ⊕ Twenty 20 internationals | 0 | - | - | - | - | All Matches | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | - |
| | |
| Return
to Bangladesh Heathrow, London Q Dhaka | The players not in the ODI series -
Enamul Haque, Anwar Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahim (who was injured), Shahadat
Hossain and Talha Zubair - flew back to Bangladesh on 3 June. Dav Whatmore had to fly to Australia in
the middle of the NatWest series to be with his ailing father who later
passed away. He returned to Dhaka on 15 July. The
team departed from England
at 2 pm on Saturday 2 July, on a Biman Bangladesh flight from Heathrow Airport
arriving at Zia International Airport,
Dhaka, the next afternoon. The
team took a 21-day break on return from England before the next training
camp. Bashar
did not return home until 25 July, after enjoying a three-week holiday in the
United States
with his family. Vice-captain Khaled Mashud and Javed Omar also remained to
take a holiday in Europe before returning to Bangladesh on 14 July. | Total time away from Bangladesh 58
days (6 May - 3 July) | |
| Finances | | | |
| Postscript | | | |