Bangladeshi national cricket team in Australia in the 2008 season

The tour of the Bangladeshi national cricket team to Australia in the 2008 season took place from August 31 to September 6, 2008. The international cricket tour was part of the 2008 international cricket season and featured a three-game ODI series that Australia won 3-0.

prehistory

Bangladesh previously played the Asia Cup in 2008 , Australia a tour in the West Indies . Originally, two tests were also planned for this tour, but these were canceled due to overlapping dates with the 2008 Summer Olympics . The games took place in the Australian winter, so they were only played in Darwin in the north of the country.

Stages

Darwin

Venue of the tour

The stadium was announced on February 12, 2008.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Marrara oval	Darwin	14,000	1st - 3rd ODI

Squad

Bangladesh named its roster on August 10, 2008. Australia named its roster on August 15, 2008.

Australia	Bangladesh
Michael Clarke ( K ) Michael Hussey ( vK ) Nathan Bracken Stuart Clark Brett Geeves Brad Haddin ( wk ) Moises Henriques James Hopes David Hussey Mitchell Johnson Shaun Marsh Shane Watson Cameron White	Mohammad Ashraful ( K ) Mashrafe Mortaza ( UK ) Abdur Razzak Alok Kapali Dhiman Ghosh ( wk ) Dolar Mahmud Farhad Reza Junaid Siddique Mohammad Mahmudullah Mehrab Hossain Nazmul Hossain Raqibul Hossain Shahadat Hossain Shakib Al Hasan Tamim Iqbal

Tour matches

August 18 scorecard	Darwin	Australian Institute of Sport 330-4 (50)	-	Bangladeshis 316 (49.3)
		AIS wins with 14 runs

August 20 scorecard	Darwin	Australian Institute of Sport 284-8 (50)	-	Bangladeshis 288-7 (44.5)
		Bangladeshis wins with 3 wickets

August 23 scorecard	Darwin	Bangladeshis 270-9 (50)	-	Australian Institute of Sport 271-5 (48.1)
		AIS wins with 5 wickets

August 25 scorecard	Darwin	Bangladeshis 229-9 (50)	-	Australian Institute of Sport 230-1 (36.2)
		AIS wins with 9 wickets

August 27th scorecard	Darwin	Bangladeshis 305-4 (50)	-	Northern Territory Chief Minister's XI 185 (38.2)
		Bangladeshis wins with 120 runs

One-Day Internationals in Darwin

First ODI

August 31 scorecard	Darwin	Australia 254-8 (50)	-	Bangladesh 74 (27.4)
		Australia wins with 180 runs

Second ODI

September 3 scorecard	Darwin	Bangladesh 117 (36.1)	-	Australia 118-2 (22.4)
		Australia wins with 8 wickets

Third ODI

September 6th scorecard	Darwin	Australia 198-5 (50)	-	Bangladesh 125 (29.5)
		Australia wins with 73 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Shaun Marsh	Australia	3	3	175	87.50	76	0	2
Michael Hussey	Australia	3	3	150	150.00	85	0	2
Tamim Iqbal	Bangladesh	3	3	84	28.00	63	0	1
Shane Watson	Australia	2	2	56	28.00	29	0	0
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	3	3	53	17.66	27	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Mitchell Johnson	Australia	3	16.1	6th	10.50	3/17	0	0
Cameron White	Australia	3	8.4	5	8.80	3/5	0	0
Stuart Clark	Australia	3	19th	5	9.20	2/12	0	0
James Hopes	Australia	3	12	4th	11.50	3/30	0	0
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	3	26.4	4th	27.25	2/38	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
ODI	Michael Hussey

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. ODI	Michael Hussey
2. ODI	Shaun Marsh
3. ODI	Tamim Iqbal

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} No Tests for Bangladesh in Australia ( English ) Cricinfo. February 12, 2008. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
2. ^ Nazmul Hossain recalled for Australia ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. August 10, 2008. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
3. ↑ Ponting out of Bangladesh series ( English ) Cricinfo. August 15, 2008. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
4. ↑ Records / Bangladesh in Australia ODI Series, 2008 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
5. ↑ Records / Bangladesh in Australia ODI Series, 2008 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 21, 2016.