South African cricket team in Bangladesh in 2003

The South African national cricket team toured Bangladesh in April and May 2003 and played a two-match Test series against the Bangladeshi national cricket team. South Africa won the Test series 2–0. South Africa were captained by Graeme Smith and Bangladesh by Khaled Mashud.^[1]

South African cricket team in Bangladesh in 2003
	Bangladesh	South Africa
Dates	24 April – 5 May
Captains	Khaled Mahmud	Graeme Smith
Test series
Result	South Africa won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	Habibul Bashar (182)	Jacques Rudolph (293)
Most wickets	Mohammad Rafique (6)	Paul Adams (12)

Test series

1st Test

24–28 April 2003[n 1] Scorecard

Bangladesh	v	South Africa
173 (65.3 overs) Habibul Bashar 60 (87) Paul Adams 5/37 (12.3 overs)		470/2d (130.5 overs) Jacques Rudolph 222 (383) Tapash Baisya 1/70 (23 overs)
237 (82.4 overs) Habibul Bashar 75 (108) Paul Adams 5/69 (18.4 overs)

South Africa won by an innings and 60 runs M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Steve Bucknor (WI) Player of the match: Jacques Rudolph (RSA)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd Test

1–5 May 2003[n 2] Scorecard

South Africa	v	Bangladesh
330 (113.2 overs) Mark Boucher 71 (134) Mohammad Rafique 6/77 (37.2 overs)		102 (35.5 overs) Khaled Mahmud 20* (39) Makhaya Ntini 3/32 (11 overs)
		210 (83 overs)(f/o) Habibul Bashar 33 (90) Robin Peterson 3/46 (27 overs)

South Africa won by an innings and 18 runs Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Steve Bucknor (WI) Player of the match: Mohammad Rafique (Ban)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

Notes

1. While five days of play was scheduled for each test, first Test reached a result in four days.
2. While five days of play was scheduled for each test, second Test reached a result in four days.

References

1. "South Africa in Bangladesh 2003". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2024.