English cricket team in Bangladesh in 2003–04

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|  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)

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.

## Tour matches

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

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12–14 October 2003
Scorecard

England XI

BCB President's XI

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253 (100.1 overs)
Marcus Trescothick 90 (175)
Enamul Haque Jr 4/59 (27.1 overs)

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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)

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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

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16–18 October 2003
Scorecard

Bangladesh A

England XI

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242 (88.5 overs)
Nafees Iqbal 118 (168)
Steve Harmison 3/35 (10 overs)

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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)

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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

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### 1st Test

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21–25 October 2003
Scorecard

Bangladesh

England

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203 (83.5 overs)
Khaled Mashud 51 (129)
Steve Harmison 5/35 (21.5 overs)

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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)

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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

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29 October–1 November 2003
Scorecard

England

Bangladesh

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326 (135.3 overs)
Nasser Hussain 76 (266)
Mashrafe Mortaza 4/60 (28 overs)

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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)

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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

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### 1st ODI

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7 November 2003
Scorecard

Bangladesh
143 (44.4 overs)

England
144/3 (25.3 overs)

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Hannan Sarkar 30 (55)
Andrew Flintoff 4/14 (9.4 overs)

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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

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10 November 2003 (D/N)
Scorecard

Bangladesh
134/9 (50 overs)

England
137/3 (27.4 overs)

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Rajin Saleh 37 (77)
Richard Johnson 3/22 (10 overs)

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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

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12 November 2003 (D/N)
Scorecard

Bangladesh
182 (49.1 overs)

England
185/3 (39.3 overs)

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Mushfiqur Rahman 36 (37)
Rikki Clarke 2/28 (6 overs)

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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

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* Tour page at ESPNcricinfo

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International cricket in 2003–04

Preceding season: International cricket in 2003

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* New Zealand in India
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* England in Bangladesh
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