Bangladeshi cricket team in Pakistan in 2003

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Bangladeshi cricket team in Pakistan in 2003
 
  Bangladesh Pakistan
Dates 20 August – 21 September 2003
Captains Khaled Mahmud Rashid Latif (Test series)
Inzamam ul Haq (ODI series)
Test series
Result Pakistan won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Habibul Bashar (379) Yasir Hameed (373)
Most wickets Mohammad Rafique (17) Shabbir Ahmed (17)
Player of the series Yasir Hameed (Pak)
One Day International series
Results Pakistan won the 5-match series 5–0
Most runs Rajin Saleh (211) Yousuf Youhana (366)
Most wickets Tapash Baisya (6)
Mohammad Rafique (6)
Umar Gul (11)
Player of the series Yousuf Youhana (Pak)

The Bangladesh national cricket team toured Pakistan in 2003 to play three Test and five One Day International (ODI) matches. This was Bangladesh's second tour to Pakistan, with the first occurring in 2001–02, when the teams played one Test match. This series was the first international Test cricket series to be held in Pakistan after a 15-month absence due to security concerns. Pakistan announced their squad and included 7 new players without any previous Test cricket experience, after many senior players, such as Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Saeed Anwar) retired after 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Both series ended in whitewash, with Pakistan winning the test series 3 – 0 and the ODI series 5 – 0. During the Second Test, Bangladesh's Alok Kapali became the first Bangladeshi and the 32nd cricketer overall to take a Test hat-trick. Pakistan captain, Rashid Latif, was banned for 5 One Day Internationals after the test series for falsely claiming a dropped catch. Therefore, Inzamam-ul-Haq captained the team in the ODI series.

Squads

 Bangladesh  Pakistan

Tests and ODIs

Tests

ODIs

Test series

1st Test

20–24 August 2003
Scorecard
v
288 (86.3 overs)
Habibul Bashar 71 (72)
Danish Kaneria 3/58 (21 overs)
346 (117 overs)
Yasir Hameed 170 (253)
Mashrafe Mortaza 3/68 (19 overs)
274 (114.1 overs)
Habibul Bashar 108 (218)
Shabbir Ahmed 5/48 (18.1 overs)
217/3 (70 overs)
Yasir Hameed 105 (161)
Mohammad Rafique 2/61 (26 overs)
Pakistan won by 7 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Tyron Wijewardene (SRI)
Player of the match: Yasir Hameed (Pak)

2nd Test

27–31 August 2003[n 1]
Scorecard
v
361 (137.5 overs)
Javed Omar 119 (357)
Shoaib Akhtar 6/50 (22.5 overs)
295 (108.1 overs)
Taufeeq Umar 75 (151)
Mohammad Rafique 5/118 (45 overs)
96 (33.5 overs)
Habibul Bashar 28 (32)
Shoaib Akhtar 4/30 (12 overs)
165/1 (47.3 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 102 (144)
Khaled Mahmud 1/28 (14 overs)
Pakistan won by 9 wickets
Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Shoaib Akhtar (Pak)

3rd Test

3–7 September 2003[n 1]
Scorecard
v
281 (99.2 overs)
Habibul Bashar 72 (153)
Umar Gul 4/86 (32 overs)
175 (54.4 overs)
Yasir Hameed 39 (90)
Mohammad Rafique 5/36 (17.4 overs)
154 (46.3 overs)
Rajin Saleh 42 (73)
Umar Gul 4/58 (15 overs)
262/9 (91 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 138* (232)
Khaled Mahmud 3/68 (28 overs)
Pakistan won by 1 wicket
Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)

ODI series

1st ODI

9 September 2003
Scorecard
Pakistan 
323/3 (50 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
186 (43.2 overs)
Yasir Hameed 116 (132)
Alok Kapali 1/44 (7 overs)
Mushfiqur Rahman 36* (65)
Mohammad Hafeez 3/17 (6.2 overs)
Pakistan won by 137 runs
Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Yasir Hameed (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Junaid Zia (Pak) and Rajin Saleh (Ban) both made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

12 September 2003
Scorecard
Pakistan 
243/8 (50 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
169 (42.1 overs)
Yousuf Youhana 102 (127)
Rajin Saleh 3/48 (9 overs)
Rajin Saleh 64 (93)
Junaid Zia 3/21 (4.1 overs)
Pakistan won by 74 runs
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Yousuf Youhana (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

15 September 2003 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
257/9 (50 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
201/9 (44 overs)
Yousuf Youhana 65 (74)
Tapash Baisya 4/56 (9 overs)
Alok Kapali 61 (70)
Umar Gul 5/17 (9 overs)
Pakistan won by 42 runs (D/L method)
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Nadeem Ghauri (Pak) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Umar Gul (Pak)

4th ODI

18 September 2003 (D/N)
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
222/8 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
226/5 (49.5 overs)
Rajin Saleh 47 (92)
Umar Gul 2/29 (9 overs)
Yousuf Youhana 94* (131)
Tapash Baisya 2/42 (8.5 overs)
Pakistan won by 5 wickets
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Yousuf Youhana (Pak)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODI

21 September 2003 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
302/5 (50 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
244/7 (50 overs)
Yasir Hameed 82 (107)
Mashrafe Mortaza 2/63 (9 overs)
Alok Kapali 69 (86)
Mohammad Sami 2/50 (9 overs)
Pakistan won by 58 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Nadeem Ghauri (Pak) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Yasir Hameed (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

Notes

  1. ^ a b While five days of play were scheduled for each test, second and third Test reached a result in four days.

References

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  5. ^ "Latif banned for five matches over disputed catch". Wisden CricInfo staff. Retrieved 10 September 2003.
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