Bangladeshi cricket team in Australia in 2003

Bangladeshi cricket team in Australia in 2003
 
  Australia Bangladesh
Dates 27 June 2003 – 6 August 2003
Captains Steve Waugh Khaled Mahmud
Test series
Result Australia won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Darren Lehmann (287) Hannan Sarkar (166)
Most wickets Stuart MacGill (17) Mashrafe Mortaza (4)
Player of the series Stuart MacGill (Australia)
One Day International series
Results Australia won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Ricky Ponting (130) Alok Kapali (83)
Most wickets Ian Harvey (5)
Brad Hogg (5)
Mohammad Rafique (3)
Mashrafe Mortaza (3)
Player of the series Ricky Ponting (Australia)

The Bangladesh national cricket team played two Test matches and three One Day International (ODI) matches on a mid-year tour of Australia in 2003. They were captained by all-rounder Khaled Mahmud. The Australians were under a split captaincy—Steve Waugh in the Tests and Ricky Ponting in the following ODIs. The series marked the first time a Test match had been played outside an Australian state capital city; with matches played at Bundaberg Rum Stadium in Cairns, and the newly upgraded Marrara Oval in Darwin.

Australia easily won the two-match Test series. Bangladesh's performances' did not get any better during the ODI series—failing to score more than 147 in any innings—as Australia completed a clean-sweep.


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