Tour of New Zealand 2007-08               Captain : Mohammad Ashraful
	Bangladesh’s thirteenth Test tour. (December 2007 -                January 2008)     Second Test-playing tour of New Zealand by Bangladesh    (previous tour 2001-02)	Bangladesh's unsuccessful tour of New Zealand saw them lose three one-day internationals before being beaten by heavy margins in the two Tests. New coach Jamie Siddons was optimistic because the team were creating winning situations but ill-disciplined batting and poor catching ensured that Bangladesh never took advantage of them.     Though Nazmul was a member of the Bangladesh one-day squad in New Zealand, he did not play any match.	All Bangladesh tours     Previous tour Sri Lanka 2007   Next tour South Africa 2008-09     Next tour of New Zealand 2009-10
	Members of the Test tour party (14 + 2)    Opening batsmen:  Shahriar Nafees, Tamim Iqbal; Middle-order batsmen  Junaid Siddique, Mohammad Ashraful,  Habibul Bashar, Aftab Ahmed, Fahrad Reza Wicket-keeper/batsman: Mushfiqur Rahim All-rounder:  Shakib Al Hasan Slow bowlers:  Abdur Razzak, Enamul Haque Fast bowlers:Shahadat Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza, Syed Rasel	Abdur Razzak Raj Kh 25 SLA ODI   Aftab Ahmed C 22 RHB ODI   Enamul Haque S 21 SLA     Fahrad Reza  Rj 21 RHB      RFM ODI   Habibul Bashar  Kh 36 RHB     Junaid Siddique  Rj 20 LHB         (OB) ODI   Mashrafe-bin-Mortaza  Kh 24 RFM   vice-captain ODI   Mohammad Ashraful  D 23 RHB   captain ODI   Mushfiqur Rahim  S 19 RHB      WK ODI   Shahadat Hossain  D 21 RFM ODI   Shahriar Nafees Ba 21 LHB     Shakib Al Hasan  Kh 20 LHB  SLA ODI   Syed Rasel  Kh 23 LFM ODI   Tamim Iqbal  C 18 LHB ODI       Javed Omar ODI   Mehrab Hossain ODI   Nazmul Hossain ODI   Tushar Imran ODI	Divisional representation (National Cricket League)   B  -  Barisal (1) C  -  Chittagong (2) D –  Dhaka (2) K  -  Khulna (5) Rj  -  Rajshahi (2) S  -  Sylhet (2)        Average age of  team at time of first Test match (4  January 2008) :  yrs  6 months        ODI  member of the one-day squad.
	Test Appearances made before the tour	Habibul Bashar 47,  Mohammad Ashraful 38,  Mashrafe Mortaza 25,  Enamul Haque 11,  Shahadat Hossain 11,  Shahriar Nafees 11,  Aftab Ahmed 10,  Mushfiqur Rahim 4,  Shakib Al Hasan 3,  Junaid Siddique 0,  Sajidul Islam 0,  Tamim Iqbal 0
	Tour Officials	Ahmed Sajjadul Alam ('Bobby') * Tour manager Jamie Siddons Coach Shane Williams Assistant coach Darryn Lifson Physiotherapist Shane McDermott Fitness Trainer Naimur Rehman Visiting selector   *BCB's media committee chairman
	Selectors	Rafiqul Alam (chief selector),  Akram Khan,  Naimur Rehman.   The Ad-hoc committee had extended the period of office for the previous selectors which ended on 31 July for one month before appointing Rafiqul Amin as Chairman which brought to an end Faruque Ahmed's four year reign.
	Selection	A 15-man squad was first named to play the ODI series in New Zealand Dropped : Off-spinner Mahmudullah Riyad. ODI tour party announced  26 November 2007   A standby list of nine Test players was issued. They trained under Sarwar Imran and from them the selectors chose the three who would join the team in New Zealand, while four of the one-day squad would return after the one-day series.    Test players announced:   26 December 2007 Not included :  Khaled Mashud,  Mohammad Rafique.	Time between selection of ODI squad and departure from Bangladesh    16 days  (26 November - 12 December)
	Travel    Dhaka  Q  Bangkok  Q  Auckland	Jamie Siddons arrived to lead his first training sessions on 2 December. The one-day players left Dhaka on 12 December 2007. After a 5-hour wait in transit at Bangkok and a 12-hour flight from there on 13 December they landed at Auckland International Airport. They then had a two hour coach ride to Hamilton Rajin Saleh did not arrive until Tuesday 25 December. The Test players, Habibul Bashar, Shahriar Nafees and Enamul Haque jnr, left for New Zealand on 28 December and flew into Auckland on 30 December.	Time spent in New Zealand    35 days (13 December - 17 January)
	On-tour selection panel	Naimur Rahman,  Jamie Siddons,  Mohammad Ashraful.
	Reinforcements	Sajidul Islam Ba 19 LFM ODI   Syed Rasel fell while fielding in the first tour match and dislocated his collar bone.  Sajidul Islam ( Barisal) flew out on 18 December to reinforce the one-day side and remained for the Test matches. Dolar Mahmud (Khulna) was the other fast bowler on the reserve list. Rajin Saleh S 24 RHB ODI   The selectors also sent Rajin Saleh to New Zealand on 24 December as cover for Tushar Imran who had also suffered a shoulder injury.  However, Rajin did not play a match.
	Fixtures/Results	a † Hamilton Northern Districts (50 overs) Lost 7 w b † Hamilton Northern Districts  (50 overs) No result c † Auckland Auckland  (50 overs) Lost 7 w d † Hamilton New Zealand XI  (T20 charity match) Won 4 w e § Auckland New Zealand (1st ODI) Lost 6 w f § Napier New Zealand (2nd ODI) Lost 102 r g § Queenstown New Zealand (3rdODI) Lost 10 w h DUNEDIN NEW ZEALAND  First Test LOST  9 w i WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND  Second Test LOST inns 137 r	§  one-day international † not first-class   Time spent in New Zealand before First Test:    22 days (13 December  4 January)
	Test appearances on tour	2 -  Aftab Ahmed,  Habibul Bashar,  Junaid Siddique,  Mashrafe Mortaza,  Mohammad Ashraful,  Mushfiqur Rahim, Sajidul Islam,  Shahadat Hossain,  Shahriar Nafees,  Tamim Iqbal. 1 -  Enamul Haque,  Shakib-al-Hasan.
	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 Abdur Razzak x x x   o o o     Aftab Ahmed x x x x o o o T T Enamul Haque               T   Fahrad Reza x x x x o o o     Habibul Bashar               T T Javed Omar   x   x           Junaid Siddique x x x x o o o T T Mashrafe Mortaza x   x   o o o T T Mehrab Hossain   x x x o         Mohammad Ashraful x x x x o o o T T Mushfiqur Rahim x x x x o o o T T Nazmul Hossain   x x             Rajin Saleh                   Sajidul Islam     x x       T T Shahadat Hossain x x   x o o o T T Shahriar Nafees               T T Shakib Al Hasan x x x x o o o   T Syed Rasel x                 Tamim Iqbal x x x x o o o T T Tushar Imran x         o o       R E S U L T S L N L W L L L L L	Bangladesh’s six previous Test tour results:     in Sri Lanka 2007  (3 Tests) - lost 0-3  in Sri Lanka 2005-06  (2 Tests) - lost 0-2  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
	Highlights	•   Tamim Iqbal struck 53 and 84 on Test debut at Dunedin •   An opening partnership of 161 between Tamim Iqbal and Junaid Siddique in the first Test match. •   Mashrafe Mortaza had the best bowling figures of 4-70 at Dunedin and 7 in the series, average 27. •   Shakib Al Hasan struck a defiant 41 not out as Bangladesh lost the second Test heavily.
	Tour Summary	P W L D Aban Test Matches 2 0 2 0 - Other first-class matches 0 - - - - † Minor matches 4 1 2 1 - § One-day internationals 3 0 3 0 - ⊕ Twenty 20 internationals 0 - - - - All Matches 9 1 7 1 -
	Return to Bangladesh Auckland Q  Bangkok  Q Dhaka	Syed Rasel returned home on 26 December to undergo a rehabilitation programme designed by the team physiotherapist. Javed Omar's international career was brought to a close as he was not chosen to remain for the Test matches and, accompanied by Tushar Imran, Mehrab Hossain and Nazmul Hossain, he flew home on 1 January 2008. The team left Wellington for Auckland on Thursday 17 January to catch their flight to Bangkok where there was an overnight stopover on the way back to Dhaka.  Australians coach Jamie Siddons, his assistant Shaun Williams and physio Darryl Lifson did not return with the players.	Total time away from Bangladesh     37 days   (12 December - 18 January)
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