Except for Hannan Sarkar, Mushfiquer Rahman and Alok Kapali, everybody from 2003 test are in the party. I think the team that will play the first test will include these eight. Who will be the other three? Can they improve on the result? Where will the improvements come from.
But then it was by no means a bad showing (at least in the bowling side). We need our batting side to score atleast 100 more runs per inning. The new look English batting side is a much improved bunch from their 2003 counterpart. Consequently, the bowlers may find repeating their success of bowling out the side under 300 runs a lot harder! Go ask the South Africans and they will tell you.
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England in Bangladesh, 2003-04, 1st Test
Bangladesh v England
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
21,22,23,24,25 October 2003 (5-day match)
Result: England won by 7 wickets
Series: England leads the 2-Test series 1-0
Toss: Bangladesh
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and EAR de Silva (SL)
TV Umpire: AFM Akhtaruddin
Match Referee: Wasim Raja (Pak)
Test Debuts: Enamul Haque jnr (Bdesh); GJ Batty, R Clarke (Eng).
Man of the Match: SJ Harmison
Close of Play:
Day 1: Bangladesh 24/2 (Hannan Sarkar 18*, Rajin Saleh 0*; 15 overs)
Day 2: Bangladesh 203, England 111/0
(Trescothick 77*, Vaughan 30*; 31 overs)
Day 3: England 295, Bangladesh 12/1
(Hannan Sarkar 4*, Habibul Bashar 0*; 3.4 overs)
Day 4: Bangladesh 245/6 (Mushfiqur Rahman 43*, Khaled Mahmud 17*; 98 overs)
Bangladesh 1st innings R M B 4 6
Hannan Sarkar b Hoggard 20 99 76 1 0
Javed Omar c Clarke b Harmison 3 38 27 0 0
Habibul Bashar c Trescothick b Harmison 2 16 10 0 0
Rajin Saleh c Read b Harmison 11 47 30 1 0
Alok Kapali b Batty 28 36 32 4 0
Mushfiqur Rahman lbw b Hoggard 34 174 125 2 0
+Khaled Mashud lbw b Clarke 51 188 129 4 0
*Khaled Mahmud lbw b Hoggard 4 7 3 1 0
Mohammad Rafique b Harmison 32 60 47 1 3
Mashrafe Mortaza b Harmison 11 28 22 0 1
Enamul Haque jnr not out 0 6 4 0 0
Extras (b 2, lb 3, nb 2) 7
Total (all out, 83.5 overs, 355 mins) 203
FoW: 1-12 (Javed Omar, 9.2 ov), 2-24 (Habibul Bashar, 13.3 ov),
3-38 (Hannan Sarkar, 22.6 ov), 4-40 (Rajin Saleh, 23.5 ov),
5-72 (Alok Kapali, 30.3 ov), 6-132 (Mushfiqur Rahman, 65.6 ov),
7-148 (Khaled Mahmud, 67.3 ov), 8-182 (Khaled Mashud, 76.4 ov),
9-198 (Mohammad Rafique, 81.6 ov), 10-203 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 83.5 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Hoggard 23 6 55 3 (1nb)
Harmison 21.5 9 35 5 (1nb)
Clarke 6 1 18 1
Batty 21 6 43 1
Giles 12 1 47 0
England 1st innings R M B 4 6
ME Trescothick c Khaled Mahmud b Enamul Haque jnr 113 249 194 16 3
*MP Vaughan b Mohammad Rafique 48 177 125 7 0
MA Butcher lbw b Mushfiqur Rahman 0 5 3 0 0
N Hussain c Khaled Mashud b Mushfiqur Rahman 0 7 7 0 0
GP Thorpe c Rajin Saleh b Mashrafe Mortaza 64 232 171 7 1
R Clarke b Mohammad Rafique 14 98 93 0 0
+CMW Read c Khaled Mashud b Enamul Haque jnr 1 6 9 0 0
GJ Batty c Khaled Mashud b Mashrafe Mortaza 19 62 52 2 0
AF Giles c sub (Aftab Ahmed) b Mohammad Rafique 19 55 35 2 0
SJ Harmison lbw b Mashrafe Mortaza 0 2 3 0 0
MJ Hoggard not out 6 42 36 1 0
Extras (lb 4, w 2, nb 5) 11
Total (all out, 120.3 overs, 473 mins) 295
FoW: 1-137 (Vaughan, 43.6 ov), 2-140 (Butcher, 44.5 ov),
3-140 (Hussain, 46.6 ov), 4-175 (Trescothick, 59.6 ov),
5-224 (Clarke, 90.1 ov), 6-225 (Read, 91.5 ov),
7-266 (Batty, 107.3 ov), 8-267 (Thorpe, 109.3 ov),
9-267 (Harmison, 109.6 ov), 10-295 (Giles, 120.3 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Mashrafe Mortaza 23 6 41 3 (4nb, 1w)
Mushfiqur Rahman 17 6 55 2
Khaled Mahmud 17 7 45 0 (1w)
Mohammad Rafique 35.3 9 84 3
Enamul Haque jnr 23 8 53 2
Rajin Saleh 2 0 9 0 (1nb)
Alok Kapali 3 1 4 0
Bangladesh 2nd innings R M B 4 6
Hannan Sarkar c Trescothick b Hoggard 59 205 149 7 0
Rajin Saleh c Read b Harmison 8 13 6 1 0
Habibul Bashar c Trescothick b Batty 58 153 120 9 0
Alok Kapali c Butcher b Harmison 12 20 15 1 0
Mushfiqur Rahman not out 46 256 170 6 0
+Khaled Mashud c Hussain b Giles 7 50 41 1 0
Javed Omar lbw b Hoggard 27 92 76 2 0
*Khaled Mahmud lbw b Harmison 18 74 52 2 0
Mohammad Rafique c Read b Harmison 1 16 9 0 0
Mashrafe Mortaza c Trescothick b Hoggard 1 5 4 0 0
Enamul Haque jnr lbw b Hoggard 0 2 3 0 0
Extras (lb 10, nb 3, pen 5) 18
Total (all out, 107 overs, 445 mins) 255
FoW: 1-12 (Rajin Saleh, 3.2 ov), 2-120 (Habibul Bashar, 40.3 ov),
3-140 (Alok Kapali, 45.4 ov), 4-148 (Hannan Sarkar, 49.2 ov),
5-176 (Khaled Mashud, 61.5 ov), 6-219 (Javed Omar, 86.3 ov),
7-248 (Khaled Mahmud, 101.6 ov), 8-254 (Mohammad Rafique, 105.4 ov),
9-255 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 106.3 ov), 10-255 (Enamul Haque jnr, 106.6 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Hoggard 27 11 48 4
Harmison 25 8 44 4 (3nb)
Batty 20 2 65 1
Giles 20 4 52 1
Clarke 15 6 31 0
England 2nd innings (target: 164 runs) R M B 4 6
ME Trescothick st Khaled Mashud b Mohammad Rafique 32 61 34 4 0
*MP Vaughan not out 81 166 115 12 0
MA Butcher lbw b Mohammad Rafique 8 25 20 1 0
N Hussain lbw b Mashrafe Mortaza 17 41 37 2 0
GP Thorpe not out 18 36 34 3 0
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 1, nb 5) 8
Total (3 wickets, 39.2 overs, 166 mins) 164
DNB: R Clarke, +CMW Read, GJ Batty, AF Giles, SJ Harmison,
MJ Hoggard.
FoW: 1-64 (Trescothick, 12.3 ov), 2-86 (Butcher, 18.4 ov),
3-128 (Hussain, 30.2 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Mashrafe Mortaza 11 2 46 1 (4nb, 1w)
Mushfiqur Rahman 3 1 16 0 (1nb)
Khaled Mahmud 3 1 14 0
Mohammad Rafique 13.2 0 57 2
Enamul Haque jnr 7 0 27 0
Rajin Saleh 2 0 2 0