Series Name: | Bangladeshi cricket team in Pakistan in 2003 |
Team1 Image: | Flag of Bangladesh.svg |
Team1 Name: | Bangladesh |
Team2 Image: | Flag of Pakistan.svg |
Team2 Name: | Pakistan |
From Date: | 20 August |
To Date: | 21 September 2003 |
Team1 Captain: | Khaled Mahmud |
Team2 Captain: | Rashid Latif (Test series) Inzamam ul Haq (ODI series) |
No Of Tests: | 3 |
Team1 Tests Won: | 0 |
Team2 Tests Won: | 3 |
Team1 Tests Most Runs: | Habibul Bashar (379) |
Team2 Tests Most Runs: | Yasir Hameed (373) |
Team1 Tests Most Wickets: | Mohammad Rafique (17) |
Team2 Tests Most Wickets: | Shabbir Ahmed (17) |
Player Of Test Series: | Yasir Hameed (Pak) |
No Of Odis: | 5 |
Team1 Odis Won: | 0 |
Team2 Odis Won: | 5 |
Team1 Odis Most Runs: | Rajin Saleh (211) |
Team2 Odis Most Runs: | Mohammad Yousuf (366) |
Team1 Odis Most Wickets: | Tapash Baisya (6) Mohammad Rafique (6) |
Team2 Odis Most Wickets: | Umar Gul (11) |
Player Of Odi Series: | Mohammad Yousuf (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.[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]