South African national cricket team in Bangladesh in the 2003 season

The tour of the South African national cricket team to Bangladesh in the 2003 season took place from April 24 to May 4, 2003. The international cricket tour was part of the 2003 international cricket season and included two tests . South Africa won the series 2-0.

prehistory

Both teams previously played a three-nation tournament with India . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2002/03 season in South Africa .

Stages

Chittagong (MAS) Dhaka (BNS)

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
MA Aziz Stadium	Chittagong	30,000	1st test
Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka	36,000	2nd test

Squad lists

South Africa named its squad on March 16, 2003.

test
Sri Lanka	Bangladesh
Graeme Smith ( K ) Paul Adams Mark Boucher ( wk ) Alan Dawson Boeta Dippenaar Herschelle Gibbs Neil McKenzie Makhaya Ntini Robin Peterson Shaun Pollock Jacques Rudolph Charl Willoughby	Khaled Mahmud ( K ) Akram Khan Alok Kapali Enamul Haque Habibul Bashar Javed Omar Mashrafe Mortaza Mehrab Hossain Mohammad Ashraful Mohammad Rafique Mohammad Salim ( wk ) Tapash Baisya

Testing

First test in Chittagong

April 24-27 Scorecard	Chittagong (MAS)	Bangladesh 173 (65.3) & 237 (82.4)	-	South Africa 470-2 (130.5)
		South Africa wins with one innings and 60 runs

Second test in Dhaka

May 1st - 4th scorecard	Dhaka (BNS)	South Africa 330 (113.2)	-	Bangladesh 102 (35.5) & 210 (83) (f / o)
		South Africa wins with 18 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Jacques Rudolph	South Africa	2	2	293	293.00	222 *	1	1
Habibul Bashar	Bangladesh	2	4th	182	45.50	75	0	2
Boeta Dippenaar	South Africa	2	2	178	178.00	177 *	1	0
Javed Omar	Bangladesh	2	4th	137	34.25	71	0	1
Mohammad Ashraful	Bangladesh	2	4th	78	19.50	28	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Paul Adams	South Africa	2	51.1	12	14.91	5/37	2	1
Shaun Pollock	South Africa	2	40	7th	10.85	2/12	0	0
Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	2	56	7th	21.57	3/32	0	0
Mohammad Rafique	Bangladesh	1	37.2	6th	12.83	6/77	1	0
Robin Peterson	South Africa	1	35.5	5	13.60	3/46	0	0
Alan Dawson	South Africa	2	42	5	23.40	2/20	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Jacques Rudolph

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Jacques Rudolph
2nd test	Mohammad Rafique

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Graeme Smith to lead South Africa in Sharjah and Bangladesh ( English ) Cricinfo. March 16, 2003. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
2. ↑ Records / South Africa in Bangladesh Test Series, 2003 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
3. ↑ Records / South Africa in Bangladesh Test Series, 2003 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 30, 2017.