Bangladeshi cricket team in Australia in 2003 | |||
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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.