English cricket team in Bangladesh in 2003–04

The English cricket team toured Bangladesh from 12 October to 12 November 2003, playing a two-match Test series and a three-match One Day International series; England won all five matches to take whitewashes in both series. In preparation for the Test series, they also played two three-day tour matches against a Bangladesh Cricket Board President's XI and the Bangladesh A team.

English cricket team in Bangladesh in 2003–04
	England	Bangladesh
Dates	12 October – 12 November 2003
Captains	Michael Vaughan	Khaled Mahmud
Test series
Result	England won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	Michael Vaughan (208)	Mushfiqur Rahman (114)
Most wickets	Steve Harmison (9) Richard Johnson (9) Matthew Hoggard (9)	Mohammad Rafique (10)
Player of the series	Matthew Hoggard (Eng)
One Day International series
Results	England won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Andrew Flintoff (177)	Mushfiqur Rahman (58)
Most wickets	Andrew Flintoff (7)	Mushfiqur Rahman (5)
Player of the series	Andrew Flintoff (Eng)

Tour matches

Three-day: Bangladesh Cricket Board President's XI vs England XI

12–14 October 2003 Scorecard

England XI	v	BCB President's XI
253 (100.1 overs) Marcus Trescothick 90 (175) Enamul Haque Jr 4/59 (27.1 overs)		57 (30.3 overs) Aftab Ahmed 10 (22) Matthew Hoggard 6/13 (9.3 overs)
69/1d (14.3 overs) Graham Thorpe 47* (42) Enamul Haque Jr 1/3 (1.3 overs)		143/9 (66 overs) Aftab Ahmed 45 (69) Gareth Batty 3/22 (15 overs)

Match drawn Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Nadir Shah (Ban) and Ziaul Islam (Ban) Player of the match: Marcus Trescothick (England XI)

• BCB President's XI won the toss and elected to field.
• Play on Day 1 started at 14:30, resulting in only 37 overs being bowled in the day.

Three-day: Bangladesh A vs England XI

16–18 October 2003 Scorecard

Bangladesh A	v	England XI
242 (88.5 overs) Nafees Iqbal 118 (168) Steve Harmison 3/35 (10 overs)		333 (84.4 overs) Marcus Trescothick 96 (117) Alamgir Kabir 3/58 (14.3 overs)
81/4 (33 overs) Nafees Iqbal 31 (53) Gareth Batty 3/19 (7 overs)

Match drawn Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan Ground, Savar Umpires: AFM Akhtaruddin (Ban) and Syed Mahabubullah (Ban)

• Bangladesh A won the toss and elected to bat.

Test series

1st Test

21–25 October 2003 Scorecard

Bangladesh	v	England
203 (83.5 overs) Khaled Mashud 51 (129) Steve Harmison 5/35 (21.5 overs)		295 (120.3 overs) Marcus Trescothick 113 (194) Mashrafe Mortaza 3/41 (23 overs)
255 (107 overs) Hannan Sarkar 59 (149) Steve Harmison 4/44 (25 overs)		164/3 (39.2 overs) Michael Vaughan 81* (115) Mohammad Rafique 2/57 (13.2 overs)

England won by 7 wickets Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asoka de Silva (SL) Player of the match: Steve Harmison (Eng)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Enamul Haque Jr (Ban), Gareth Batty and Rikki Clarke (both Eng) made their Test debuts.

2nd Test

29 October–1 November 2003 Scorecard

England	v	Bangladesh
326 (135.3 overs) Nasser Hussain 76 (266) Mashrafe Mortaza 4/60 (28 overs)		152 (62.1 overs) Rajin Saleh 32 (102) Richard Johnson 5/49 (21 overs)
293/5d (67 overs) Nasser Hussain 95 (144) Mohammad Rafique 3/106 (29 overs)		138 (37.1 overs) Khaled Mahmud 33 (40) Richard Johnson 4/44 (12.1 overs)

England won by 329 runs MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asoka de Silva (SL) Player of the match: Richard Johnson (Eng)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
• Martin Saggers (Eng) made his Test debut.

ODI series

1st ODI

7 November 2003 Scorecard

Bangladesh  143 (44.4 overs)	v	England 144/3 (25.3 overs)
Hannan Sarkar 30 (55) Andrew Flintoff 4/14 (9.4 overs)		Andrew Flintoff 55* (52) Mushfiqur Rahman 2/34 (6 overs)

England won by 7 wickets MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Mahbubur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Andrew Flintoff (Eng)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Jamaluddin Ahmed, Manjural Islam Rana and Nafees Iqbal (all Ban) made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

10 November 2003 (D/N) Scorecard

Bangladesh  134/9 (50 overs)	v	England 137/3 (27.4 overs)
Rajin Saleh 37 (77) Richard Johnson 3/22 (10 overs)		Andrew Flintoff 70* (47) Tapash Baisya 2/35 (7 overs)

England won by 7 wickets Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: AFM Akhtaruddin (Ban) and Aleem Dar (Pak) Player of the match: Andrew Flintoff (Eng)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Moniruzzaman (Ban) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

12 November 2003 (D/N) Scorecard

Bangladesh  182 (49.1 overs)	v	England 185/3 (39.3 overs)
Mushfiqur Rahman 36 (37) Rikki Clarke 2/28 (6 overs)		Andrew Flintoff 52* (39) Mushfiqur Rahman 2/29 (10 overs)

England won by 7 wickets Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Mahbubur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Andrew Flintoff (Eng)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

External links

• Tour page at ESPNcricinfo