English national cricket team in Bangladesh in the 2003/04 season

The tour of the English national cricket team to Bangladesh in the 2003/04 season took place from October 21 to November 12, 2003. The international cricket tour was part of the 2003/04 international cricket season and included two tests and three ODIs . England won the Test Series 2-0 and the ODI Series 3-0.

prehistory

For both teams it was the first tour of the season and it was the first meeting of the two teams on a tour.

Stages

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on March 25, 2003.

Chittagong (MAS) Dhaka (BNS)

Tour venues

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Ma Aziz Stadium	Chittagong	30,000	2. test; 1. ODI
Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka	36,000	1st test; 2nd & 3rd ODI

Squad lists

England named their squad on September 10, 2003. Bangladesh named their test squad on October 18 and their ODI squad on November 4, 2003.

test		ODI
Bangladesh	England	Bangladesh	England
Khaled Mahmud ( K ) Alok Kapali Enamul Haque Habibul Bashar Hennan Sarkar Javed Omar Khaled Mashud ( wk ) Mashrafe Mortaza Mohammad Rafique Mushfiqur Rahmann Rajin Saleh	Michael Vaughan ( K ) Marcus Trescothick Gareth Batty Mark Butcher Rikki Clarke Ashley Giles Stephen Harmison Matthew Hoggard Wet Hussain Richard Johnson Chris Read ( wk ) Martin Saggers Graham Thorpe	Khaled Mahmud ( K ) Alok Kapali Habibul Bashar Hennan Sarkar Jamaluddin Ahmed Khaled Mashud ( wk ) Manjural Islam Mohammad Rafique Moniruzzaman Mushfiqur Rahmann Nafees Iqbal Rajin Saleh Tapash Baisya	Michael Vaughan ( K ) James Anderson Gareth Batty Ian Blackwell Rikki Clarke Paul Collingwood Andrew Flintoff Ashley Giles Richard Johnson James Kirtley Chris Read ( wk ) Vikram Solanki Marcus Trescothick

Tour matches

October 12-14 scorecard	Dhaka	England XI 253 (100.1) & 69-1d (14.3)	-	Bangladesh Cricket Board President's XI 57 (30.3) & 143-9 (66)
		draw

October 21-25 scorecard	Dhaka	Bangladesh A 242 (88.5) & 81-4 (53)	-	England XI 333 (84.4)
		draw

Testing

First test in Dhaka

October 21-25 scorecard	Dhaka	Bangladesh 203 (83.5) & 255 (107)	-	England 295 (120.3) & 164-3 (39.2)
		England wins with 7 wickets

The Englishman Rikki Clarke was fined after a verbal derailment.

Second test in Chittagong

October 29th - November 1st scorecard	Chittagong	Bangladesh 326 (125.3) & 293-5d (67)	-	England 152 (62.1) & 138 (37.1)
		England wins with 329 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Chittagong

November 7th scorecard	Chittagong	Bangladesh 143 (44.4)	-	England 144-3 (25.3)
		England wins with 7 wickets

Second ODI in Dhaka

November 10th scorecard	Dhaka	Bangladesh 134-9 (50)	-	England 137-3 (27.4)
		England wins with 7 wickets

Third ODI in Dhaka

November 12th scorecard	Dhaka	Bangladesh 134-9 (50)	-	England 137-3 (27.4)
		England wins with 7 wickets

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Michael Vaughan	England	2	4th	208	69.33	81 *	0	2
Marcus Trescothick	England	2	4th	206	68.66	113	1	1
Wet Hussain	England	2	4th	188	47.00	95	0	2
Graham Thorpe	England	2	4th	136	45.33	64	0	2
Mushfiqur Rahman	Bangladesh	2	4th	114	38.00	46 *	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Mohammad Rafique	Bangladesh	2	114.5	10	31.00	3/84	0	0
Steve Harmison	England	1	46.5	9	8.77	5/35	1	0
Richard Johnson	England	1	33.1	9	10.33	5/49	1	0
Matthew Hoggard	England	2	82	9	22.66	4/48	0	0
Mashrafe Mortaza	Bangladesh	2	66	8th	21.25	4/60	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Andrew Flintoff	England	3	3	177		70 *	0	3
Paul Collingwood	England	3	3	91	91.00	46 *	0	0
Marcus Trescothick	England	3	3	87	29.00	50	0	1
Michael Vaughan	England	3	3	75	37.50	37 *	0	0
Mushfiqur Rahman	Bangladesh	3	3	58	19.33	36	0	0
Rajin Saleh	Bangladesh	3	3	58	19.33	37	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Andrew Flintoff	England	3	29.4	7th	9.00	4/14	0	0
Mushfiqur Rahman	Bangladesh	3	26th	5	18.20	2/29	0	0
Ashley Giles	England	2	19th	4th	15.25	3/29	0	0
James Anderson	England	3	30th	4th	21.50	2/17	0	0
Rikki Clarke	England	3	22nd	4th	21.75	2/28	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Matthew Hoggard
ODI	Andrew Flintoff

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Steve Harmison
2nd test	Richard Johnson
1. ODI	Andrew Flintoff
2. ODI	Andrew Flintoff
3. ODI	Andrew Flintoff

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ England to play two Tests and three ODIs in Bangladesh ( English ) Cricinfo. March 25, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
2. ↑ Steven Lynch: Clarke and Collingwood in - Bicknell, Kirtley and Smith out ( English ) Cricinfo. September 10, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
3. ↑ Two new faces in Bangladesh squad ( English ) Cricinfo. October 18, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
4. ↑ Bangladesh include three new faces for ODI squad ( English ) Cricinfo. November 4, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
5. ↑ Clarke fined half his match fee after verbal outburst ( English ) Cricinfo. October 25, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
6. ↑ Records / England in Bangladesh Test Series, 2003/04 / Most runs . Retrieved March 1, 2017.
7. ↑ Records / England in Bangladesh Test Series, 2003/04 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
8. ↑ Records / England in Bangladesh ODI Series, 2003/04 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
9. ↑ Records / England in Bangladesh ODI Series, 2003/04 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved March 1, 2017.