Bangladeshi cricket team in Pakistan in 2003

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Both series ended in whitewash, with Pakistan winning the test series 3 – 0 and the ODI series 5 – 0.^[3] During the Second Test, Bangladesh's Alok Kapali became the first Bangladeshi and the 32nd cricketer overall to take a Test hat-trick.^[4] Pakistan captain, Rashid Latif, was banned for 5 One Day Internationals after the test series for falsely claiming a dropped catch.^[5] Therefore, Inzamam-ul-Haq captained the team in the ODI series.^[6]

Squads

Test series

1st Test

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Yasir Hameed, Mohammed Hafeez, Umar Gul, Shabbir Ahmed (Pak) and Rajin Saleh (Ban) all made their Test debuts.
• Yasir Hameed became the second batsman in Test cricket (after Lawrence Rowe) to score centuries in both innings on Test debut, and the fourth Pakistani to score centuries in both innings of a Test match.^[9]

2nd Test

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Alok Kapali became the first Bangladeshi cricketer and the 32nd overall to take a Test hat-trick.^[4]

3rd Test

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Salman Butt, Farhan Adil and Yasir Ali (Pak) all made their Test debuts.

ODI series

1st ODI

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Junaid Zia (Pak) and Rajin Saleh (Ban) both made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Floodlights failure during Bangladesh's innings, reduced the target to 244 runs from 44 overs.
• Umar Gul (Pak) took his maiden 5-wicket haul in ODIs.^[10]

4th ODI

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODI

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

Notes

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

References

1. "Heavy security as Test cricket returns to Pakistan". Wisden Cricinfo staff. Retrieved 18 August 2003.
2. "New-look Pakistan all set to take on tired Bangladesh". Wisden CricInfo staff, 19 August 2003.
3. "CricInfo Scorecards and Match reports". ESPN.
4. "Kapali joins an eclectic club". Retrieved 29 August 2003.
5. "Latif banned for five matches over disputed catch". Wisden CricInfo staff. Retrieved 10 September 2003.
6. "Inzamam handed captain's armband". Wisden Cricinfo staff. Retrieved 8 September 2003.
7. "Bangladesh One day and Test squads for Pakistan tour". Cric Info Archive. Retrieved 13 August 2003.
8. "Pakistan One day and Test squads for Bangladesh series". Cric Info Archive. Retrieved 13 August 2003.
9. "Yasir's hundred takes Pakistan to seven-wicket win". Wisden Cricinfo staff. Retrieved 24 August 2003.
10. "Pakistan clinch series 3–0 with big win at Lahore". The Wisden Bulletin by Wisden CricInfo staff. Retrieved 15 September 2003.

External links

• CricketArchive
• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo