NatWest Series, 2005

Summary

Following the disappointing 2005 Test series tour of England, Bangladesh had a successful outing in the subsequent 2005 edition of the NatWest Series with England and Australia. The highlight of the tour was Bangladesh beating the World Champion Aussies by 5 wickets in their 2nd ODI, with Mohammad Ashraful scoring the 2nd ODI century for Bangladesh.

While they were soundly beaten in some of the games, espcially against a rampaging England, Bangladesh showed definite signs of coming of age in the ODI arena - Australia had to fight hard to win in the last ODI against Bangladesh.

Australia and England moves on to the Bangladesh. Bangladesh returns home with heads held high.

Points Table

NatWest Series 2005 Points Table