Tour of Bangladesh 2002-03      Captain: Ridley Jacobs

Fifty-first official Test tour

 (second part of the tour of India

   & Bangladesh 2002-03)

First Test-playing tour of Bangladesh by West Indies.

 (November -

            December 2002)

This was the second leg of the tour of India & Bangladesh. 

West Indies depended on a four-man pace attack. In the short two-match series, Collins, Drakes and Lawson each took eleven wickets at low cost.

Jermaine Lawson recorded figures of 6 for 3 as Bangladesh succumbed to its worst Test defeat at Dhaka. 

The post of manager Ricky Skerritt, as well as coach Roger Harper, came to an end when their contracts ended after the World Cup in March 2003.  WICB COO Michael Hall was expected to take over as manager but the Board retained Skerritt, while replacing Harper with Bennett King (who subsequently turned down the post for the time being, so Gus Logie took over).

Other West Indies tours

Previous tour

India 2002-03

 (officially part of same tour)

Next tour

Zimbabwe & South Africa 2003-04

Next Bangladesh tour

2011-12

Members of the Test tour party  (15)

Opening batsmen:  Daren Ganga, Chris Gayle, Wavell Hinds.

Middle-order batsmen : Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ricardo Powell, Marlon Samuels, Ramnaresh Sarwan.

Wicket-keeper:  Ridley Jacobs.

Spin bowlers : Mahendra Nagamootoo.

Fast bowlers: Pedro Collins, Corey Collymore, Cameron Cuffy, Vasbert Drakes, Jermaine Lawson, Daren Powell

Regional representation

B - Barbados (3)

G  - Guyana (3)

Ja  - Jamaica (6)

L - Leeward Islands (1)

T - Trinidad & Tobago (1)

W  - Windward Islands (1)

Average age of  team at time of first Test match

(8 December 2002) : 26 yrs  3 months

ODI  Appeared in the one-day series v Bangladesh.

Test Appearances made before the tour

Chanderpaul 61,  Jacobs 45,  WW Hinds 27,  Sarwan 27,  Gayle 26,  Collins 15, Cuffy 15,  Ganga 15,  Samuels 13,  Nagamootoo 5,  Lawson 2,  D B Powell 2,  R L Powell 1,  Collymore 1, Drakes 0

Team Officials

Selectors

Viv Richards (chairman),  Michael 'Joey' Carew,  Gordon Greenidge.

Selection

Unavailable: Carl Hooper (in need of surgery on his right knee); Ryan Hinds (torn ligaments in his right knee).

Tour Party Announced : Tuesday 19 November 2002.

Not selected : Cameron Cuffy.

Withdrawal :  Mervyn Dillon (muscle tear at top of his leg). Cuffy was then brought back into the team on 25 November.

Time between selection and departure from India

  7 days

(19 November to 26 November)

Travel

Kolkata Q  Dhaka

Daren Ganga left Port of Spain to fly to Bangladesh on 23 November.

The West Indian team in India arrived in Dhaka from Kolkata on 26 November.

Time spent in Bangladesh

   24 days

(26 November - 20 December)

On-tour selection panel

Jacobs,  Harper,  Skerritt.

Reinforcements

None.  Shiv Chanderpaul was ruled out of the one-day series after needing stitches in the webbing of his right hand. Pedro Collins’ back injury sustained in the one-day series in India, was more serious than first thought and he was rested for the limited-overs matches.

Fixtures/Results

§  one-day international

Time spent in  before First Test:  12 days

(26 November - 8 December)

Test appearances on tour

2  -  Chanderpaul,  Collins,  Drakes,  Ganga,  Gayle,  Hinds,  Jacobs,  Lawson,  DB Powell,  Samuels,  Sarwan

0  -  Collymore,  Cuffy,  Nagamootoo,  R Powell.

Highlights

•    Pedro Collins took 5-26 in the first innings of the first Test match at Dhaka.

•    Ramnaresh Sarwan scored 119 and skipper Ridley Jacobs an undefeated 91 at Dhaka

•    Jermaine Lawson then took 6 for 3, the second-most economical five-wicket haul in Tests. His six wickets came in a 15-ball spell, in which he did not concede a single run.

•    West Indies gained victory by an innings and 310 runs, the 7th largest margin in all Test history.

Tour Summary

Return to West Indies

Dhaka Q  London Q   Bridgetown

Vivian Richards left for home on 8 December after the first day of the opening Test against Bangladesh.

The team returned from Dhaka on 20 December 2002, flying to Barbados.

Time away from West Indies    x days  

(depart W Ind to  December)

The team of fifteen for the 2003 ICC World Cup in South Africa was named on 28 December, including Dillon, Lara, McLean and Hooper who were not on the Bangladesh tour.  The West Indies squad left the Caribbean for the World Cup on January 28 after a two-week training camp in Antigua.