Bangladeshi national cricket team in Australia in the 2003 season

The tour of the Bangladeshi national cricket team to Australia in the 2003 season took place from July 18 to August 6, 2003. The international cricket tour was part of the 2003 international cricket season and included two tests and three ODIs . Australia won the Test Series 2-0 and the ODI Series 3-0.

prehistory

Australia previously played a tour in the West Indies , Bangladesh against South Africa . It was the first tour of the two teams against each other. The two stadiums in Darwin and Cairns were the first stadiums outside of the state capitals to host test cricket. With the tour, which was unusually held in the Australian winter, the Australian Association wanted to relax the busy calendar.

Stages

Cairns Darwin

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Bundaburg Rum Stadium	Cairns	13,500	2. test; 1st & 2nd ODI
Marrara oval	Darwin	14,000	1st test; 3. ODI

Squad lists

Bangladesh named its test squad on June 12, 2003. Australia named its squad on June 20, 2013.

test		ODI
Australia	Bangladesh	Australia	Bangladesh
Steve Waugh ( K ) Adam Gilchrist ( wk ) + Jason Gillespie Matthew Hayden Justin Langer Brett Lee Darren Lehmann Martin Love Stuart MacGill Glenn McGrath Ricky Ponting	Khaled Mahmud ( K ) Al Sahariar Alok Kapali Anwar Hossain Habibul Bashar Hennan Sarkar Javed Omar Khaled Mashud ( wk ) Manjural Islam Mashrafe Mortaza Mohammad Ashraful Sanwar Hossain Tapash Baisya	Ricky Ponting ( K ) Michael Bevan Andy Bichel Adam Gilchrist ( wk ) Jason Gillespie Matthew Hayden Brad Hogg Damien Martyn Brett Lee Darren Lehmann Andrew Symonds Brad Williams	Khaled Mahmud ( K ) Al Sahariar Alok Kapali Habibul Bashar Hasibul Hossain Hennan Sarkar ( wk ) Javed Omar Khaled Mashud ( wk ) Mashrafe Mortaza Mohammad Ashraful Mohammad Rafique Sanwar Hossain Tapash Baisya Tushar Imran

Tour matches

June 27-29 Scorecard	Brisbane	Queensland Academy of Sport Invitation 201 (60.4) & 176 (49)	-	Bangladeshis 203-9d (71.4) & 145 (68.5)
		Queensland Academy of Sport Invitation wins with 29 runs

July 3-5 scorecard	Brisbane	Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy 258-3d (76) & 203-4d (49)	-	Bangladeshis 232-7d (79) & 232-8 (72)
		Bangladeshis wins with 2 wickets

July 10-13 Scorecard	Darwin	Northern Territory Chief Minister's XI 189 (90.5) & 136 (59.4)	-	Bangladeshis 139 (79.2) & 187-8
		Bangladeshis wins with 2 wickets

July 31 scorecard	Innisfail	Queensland Academy of Sport 175-7 (50)	-	Bangladeshis 176-6 (46.2)
		Bangladeshis wins with 4 wickets

Testing

First test in Darwin

July 18-20 scorecard	Darwin	Bangladesh 97 (42.2) & 178 (51.1)	-	Australia 407-7d (117.5)
		Australia wins with one innings and 132 runs

Second test in Cairns

July 25-28 Scorecard	Cairns	Bangladesh 295 (92.1) & 163 (58.4)	-	Australia 556-4d (139.2)
		Australia wins with one innings and 98 runs

The Bangladeshi bowler Sanwar Hossain was reported by the umpires to the World Association for a Wrong Bowling Technique.

One-day internationals

First ODI in Cairns

August 2nd scorecard	Cairns	Bangladesh 105 (34)	-	Australia 107-2 (22.3)
		Australia wins with 8 wickets

Second ODI in Cairns

August 3rd scorecard	Cairns	Bangladesh 147 (45.1)	-	Australia 148-1 (20.2)
		Australia wins with 9 wickets

Third ODI in Darwin

August 6th scorecard	Darwin	Australia 254-7 (50)	-	Bangladesh 142 (47.3)
		Australia wins with 112 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Darren Lehmann	Australia	2	2	287	143.50	177	2	0
Steve Waugh	Australia	2	2	256		156 *	2	0
Hannan Sarkar	Bangladesh	2	4th	166	41.50	76	0	2
Habibul Bashar	Bangladesh	2	4th	141	35.25	54	0	1
Martin Love	Australia	2	2	100	100.00	100 *	1	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Stuart MacGill	Australia	2	70.1	17th	12.88	5/56	3	1
Jason Gillespie	Australia	2	61.4	11	15.45	4/38	0	0
Brett Lee	Australia	2	49.2	6th	31.66	3/23	0	0
Glenn McGrath	Australia	2	55.1	5	24.80	3/20	0	0
Mashrafe Mortaza	Bangladesh	2	48	4th	33.50	3/74	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Ricky Ponting	Australia	3	2	130	65.00	101	1	0
Michael Bevan	Australia	3	2	97	97.00	57	0	1
Damien Martyn	Australia	3	3	93	93.00	92 *	0	1
Matthew Hayden	Australia	3	2	88	88.00	46 *	0	0
Alok Kapali	Bangladesh	3	3	83	27.66	49	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Ian Harvey	Australia	2	13.3	5	7.40	4/16	0	0
Brad Hogg	Australia	3	30th	5	18.00	3/31	0	0
Jason Gillespie	Australia	2	20th	4th	9.75	3/23	0	0
Brett Lee	Australia	2	17th	4th	12.25	4/25	0	0
Andy Bichel	Australia	3	25th	4th	22.00	2/24	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Stuart MacGill
ODI	Ricky Ponting

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Steve Waugh
2nd test	Stuart MacGill
1. ODI	Brett Lee
2. ODI	Damien Martyn
3. ODI	Ricky Ponting

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cairns, Darwin to become first cities outside capitals to host Test cricket ( English ) Cricinfo. May 2, 2002. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
2. ↑ Bangladesh select their lambs for the slaughter ( English ) Cricinfo. June 12, 2003. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
3. ^ No surprises in Australian squad ( English ) Cricinfo. June 20, 2003. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
4. ↑ Hossain can play despite being report reported ( English ) Cricinfo. July 28, 2003. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
5. ↑ Records / Bangladesh in Australia Test Series, 2003 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
6. ↑ Records / Bangladesh in Australia Test Series, 2003 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
7. ↑ Records / Bangladesh in Australia ODI Series, 2003 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
8. ↑ Records / Bangladesh in Australia ODI Series, 2003 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 2, 2017.