| Tour of Sri Lanka 2005-06 Captain : Habibul Bashar | |
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| Bangladesh’s eleventh Test tour. (August - September 2005) Third Test-playing tour
of Sri Lanka by Bangladesh (previous Test tour 2002) | Despite
some senior Board figures endorsing Habibul's request that the captain should
no longer be appointed on a tour by tour basis he was named captain solely
for this tour. Preparation for the tour took place at the Sher-e-Bangla
National Stadium in Mirpur, the new home of Bangladesh cricket with 8 outdoor
turf pitches and 3 indoor pitches to beat the weather. However, the Tigers
went ill-prepared so soon after playing a long tour of England,
where they had encountered very different conditions. On
its third tour of Sri
Lanka, the touring party was soon
disrupted by injuries to the fast bowlers and internal rifts. Rafique was fined for arguing at the
practice ground about lack of treatment on his injured knee. Bangladesh lost all the international matches heavily. None of the batsmen were able to resist for
long, although Bangladesh
held the upper hand on the first day of both Tests. Blaming mental attitude
for the heavy defeats, Habibul Bashar said the series against Sri Lanka was
the worst tour he had undertaken since assuming the captaincy. Having
had time to regroup before the visit was returned in February 2006, Bangladesh gained its first-ever win against Sri Lanka in an
ODI at Bogra. In any case, as coach
Dav Whatmore said, Bangladesh
would improve only slowly. “With the population base we have, we are a
sleeping giant. It is going to take some time." | All Bangladesh
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| Members
of the Test tour party (15 +
1) Opening batsmen: Javed Omar, Nafees Iqbal, Shahriar
Nafees Middle-order batsmen Habibul Bashar, Mohammad
Ashraful, Aftab Ahmed, Rajin Saleh, Tushar Imran Wicket-keeper/batsman: Khaled Mashud Slow bowlers: Manjural Islam Rana,
Mohammad Rafique, Enamul Haque Fast
bowlers:Mashrafe Mortaza, Shahadat Hossain, Syed Rasel, Tapash Baishya
| Aftab
Ahmed | C
| 19
| RHB
| ODI
| | Enamul
Haque jr | S
| 25
| SLA | | | Habibul
Bashar | Kh
| 32
| RHB captain | ODI
| | Javed
Omar | D
| 28
| RHB
opener | ODI
| | Khaled
Mashud | R
| 29
| WK deputy
vice-captain | ODI
| | Manjural
Islam ‘Rana’ | Kh
| 21
| SLA | ODI
| born
4th May 1984 | Mashrafe-bin-Mortaza
| Kh
| 21
| RFM
| ODI
| | Mohammad
Ashraful | D
| 20
| RHB
| ODI
| | Mohammad
Rafique | D | 34
| SLA | ODI
| | Nafees
Iqbal | C
| 20
| RHB
opener | | | Rajin
Saleh | S
| 21
| RHB
vice-captain | ODI
| | Shahadat
Hossain | D | 18
| RFM
| | | Shahriar
Nafees Abir | Ba | 19
| LHB opener | ODI | | Syed
Rasel | Kh
| 21
| LFM | ODI | | Tapash
Baishya | S
| 22
| RFM
| | | Tushar
Imran | Kh
| 21
| RHB
| ODI
| | | Chosen for one-day internationals only: | Abdur Razzak Raj | ODI
| | Khaled Mahmud | ODI
| | Nazmul Hossain | ODI
|
| Divisional representation (National Cricket League) B - Barisal (1) C - Chittagong (2) D – Dhaka (4) Kh - Khulna (5) Rj -
Rajshahi (1) S -
Sylhet (3) Average age of team at time of first Test match (12 September 2002): 23
yrs 3 months. ODI T20 member of the
one-day/Twenty20 squads. | |
| Test
Appearances made before the tour | Habibul Bashar 36, Khaled Mashud 35, Javed Omar 29, Mohammad Ashraful 27, Tapash Baishya 21, Mohammad Rafique 20, Mashrafe Mortaza 18, Rajin Saleh 15, Nafees Iqbal 8, Aftab Ahmed 6, Manjural Islam Rana 6, Enamul Haq 5,
Tushar Imran 3, Shahadat Hossain
1, Shahriar Nafees 0, Syed Rasel 0 | | |
| Tour
Officials | . M.A.Latif Khan | Tour
manager | Dav
Whatmore | Coach
| Stuart
Carpinnen | Trainer
| Paul
Plose | Physiotherapist
| Nasir
Ahmed | Computer
Analyst |
| | |
| Selectors | Faruque Ahmed (chief
selector), Dav Whatmore (coach), Athar Ali Khan,
G.M.Nowsher Prince. Habibul
Bashar was invited to help national coach Dav Whatmore and selector Athar Ali
Khan to finalise the squad as the other two selectors were out of the
country: Faruque Ahmed on vacation in the USA
while Golam Nowsher was managing the A Team's UK tour. It was the first time
that Habibul Bashar was involved in selection discussions. | | |
| Selection | The selectors announced a 23-member
preliminary squad of players on 19 July. Habibul Bashar, Khaled Mashud, Javed
Omar, Nafees Iqbal, Shahriar Nafees, Mohammad Ashraful, Aftab Ahmed, Rajin Saleh,
Mohammad Rafique, Manjural Islam Rana, Enamul Haque Jr, Abdur Razzak Raj,
Khaled Mahmud, Mashrafe Mortuza, Tapash Baisya, Nazmul Hossain, Shahadat
Hossain Rajib, Syed Russel, Anwar Hossain Munir, Talha Jubair, Mushfiqur
Rahim, Tushar Imran and Alok Kapali. Pre-tour practice began at the Mirpur
indoor facilities on 25 July because
the preparatory camp was taking place during the monsoon. Ten players
were at that time in England, with
the Bangladesh
A tour. Tour Party Announced at Chittagong : 10 August 2005. Tapash Baisya's selection was subject to a
fitness test on his ankle. | Time between selection and
departure from Bangladesh 14 days (10 August - 24 August) | |
| Travel Dhaka Q Colombo | Departed from Zia International Airport
at 1 pm on the afternoon of Wednesday 24 August by a Thai Airways flight, and
arrived Colombo
at 9 pm that evening. They had their initial practice session at the
Nondescripts CC ground. The entire tour would take place in Colombo to reduce travelling. The Test specialists (Enamul, Nafees, Shahadat) flew in on 5
September. Chief selector Faruque Ahmed flew in on 12 September, with Saha
Nurul Kabir Shakeen, Vice President of the Bangladesh Cricket Board. | Time spent in Sri Lanka 33 days (24 August - 26 September) | |
| On-tour
selection panel | Faruque
Ahmed, Dav Whatmore, Habibul Bashar. | | |
| Reinforcements | Rajin Saleh
returned home early because of a back strain, and Khaled Mashud became
vice-captain. Paceman
Tapash Baisya, not due to arrive until
after the one-day series, flew in to in Sri Lanka on Tuesday 30 August
because strike bowler Mashrafe Mortaza
suffered a stress fracture in his lower back in the first match. Tapash Baisya then
injured his ankle, so Talha Jubair
was called up. Talha arrived on 11 September but he did not play. Tushar Imran was retained, although
expected to return after the ODI series. | | |
| Fixtures/Results | a | †
Moratuwa | Sri Lanka Cricket XI | Lost
10 w | b | §
Colombo (SSC) | Sri Lanka (1st ODI) | Lost
88 r | c | § Colombo (RPS) | Sri Lanka (2nd ODI) | Lost
75 r | d | § Colombo (RPS) | Sri Lanka (3rd ODI) | Lost
6 w | e | Colombo (CCC) | SL
Development XI | Drawn
| f | COLOMBO (RPS) | SRI LANKA First Test | LOST inns 96 r | g | COLOMBO (PSS) | SRI LANKA Second Test | LOST inns 69 r | | | | |
| § one-day international † not first-class Time spent in Sri Lanka before
First Test: 19 days (24
August - 12 September) | |
| Test
appearances on tour | 2 - Aftab
Ahmed, Enamul Haque jr, Habibul Bashar, Javed Omar,
Khaled Mashud, Mohammad
Ashraful, Mohammad Rafique, Shahadat Hossain, Shahriar Nafees, Syed Rasel. 1 - Nafees
Iqbal, Tushar Imran. 0 - Abdur
Razzak, Khaled Mahmud, Manjural Islam Rana, Mashrafe Mortaza, Nazmul Hossain, Rajin Saleh, Talha Jubair, Tapash Baishya. | | |
| 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 | Abdur Razzak | x | | | | | | | Aftab Ahmed | x | o | o | o | x | T | T | Enamul Haque jr | | | | | x | T | T | Habibul Bashar | x | o | o | o | | T | T | Javed Omar | x | o | o | o | x | T | T | Khaled Mahmud | x | | | | | | | Khaled Mashud | x | o | o | o | x | T | T | Manjural Islam Rana | x | o | o | o | x | | | Mashrafe Mortaza | x | | | | | | | Mohammad Ashraful | x | o | o | o | x | T | T | Mohammad Rafique | x | o | o | o | | T | T | Nafees Iqbal | | | | | x | | T | Nazmul Hossain | x | | | | x | | | Rajin Saleh | x | | | | | | | Shahadat Hossain | | | | | | T | T | Shahriar Nafees | | o | o | o | x | T | T | Syed Rasel | | o | o | o | x | T | T | Talha Jubair | | | | | | | | Tapash Baishya | | o | o | o | x | | | Tushar Imran | | o | o | o | x | T | | R E S U L T S | L | L | L | L | D | L | L |
| Bangladesh’s six previous Test tour results: in England 2005 (2
Tests) - lost 0-2 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 | |
| Highlights | • Mohammad Rafique took 5 wickets for
114 in the first Test, a match in which he was fined 75% of his fee for
having an argument in public. • There were only two individual fifties
scored by Bangladesh
: 84 for Bashar in the first Test and 51 for Shahriar in the second Test. • | | |
| Tour
Summary | | P | W | L | D | Aban | Test Matches | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | Other first-class matches | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | † Minor matches | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | § One-day internationals | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | ⊕ Twenty 20 internationals | 0 | - | - | - | - | All Matches | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | - |
| | |
| Return
to Bangladesh Colombo Q Dhaka | Rajin
Saleh (back injury) returned first. Mashrafe
Mortaza and Tapash Baishya were sent home early on 10 September. Habibul
Bashar had to fly home briefly immediately after the 3rd ODI to visit his
ailing mother. The
one-day players, Khaled Mahmud, Nazmul Hossain and Abdur Razzak, returned to Bangladesh
before the first Test match but Tushar Imran remained with the team.
The
team flew back to Dhaka’s Zia
International Airport
on a Thai Airways flight on Monday 26 September. Coach
Dav Whatmore stayed for a week with his family in Sri
Lanka and Javed Omar was given leave to take a holiday
in Bangkok. | Total time away from Bangladesh 33days (24 August - 26 September) | |
| Finances | | | |
| Postscript | | | |