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ENG win 2 - 0 ENG gains 5 points; BAN loses 5 points
Draw 1 - 1 BAN gains 10 points; ENG loses 10 points
BAN win 2 - 0 BAN gains 25 points; ENG loses 25 points
Dhaka
21 - 25 October 2003
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first.� After four overs and one run without loss, the rain came down as only it can in Bangladesh.� Play eventually resumed well after the scheduled tea interval.� England was able to dismiss Javed Omar (3) and Habibul Bashar (2) in the 15 overs available before bad light stopped play at 2 for 24.�
On the second morning, England dismissed Hannan Sarkar (20) and Rajin Saleh (11) within six balls to have Bangladesh 4 for 40.� Bangladesh then consolidated to go to lunch at 5 for 102 after losing Alok Kapali (28) later in the session.� During the afternoon session, England consolidated their advantage and dismissed Mushfiqur Rahman (34), Khaled Mahmud (4), Khaled Mashud (51), Mohammad Rafique (32) and Mashrafe Mortaza (11) to have Bangladesh all out at tea for 203.� Harmison was the best of the bowlers with 5 for 35 off 21.5 overs.� England began their reply after tea and batted through the final session to be 111 without loss at stumps.
Bangladesh fought back on the third morning and demolished England's middle order as the tourists lost three wickets for three runs.� Vaughan (48) was the first to fall at 1 for 137, followed by Butcher (0) and Hussain (0) and suddenly England was 3 for 140.� Trescothick (113), who received three lives before posting his fifth Test century, was out at 4 for 175 before England limped to tea at 4 for 186, still 17 runs in arrears.� Bangladesh continued to pressure the tourists and had two double-breakthroughs by dismissing Clarke (14) and Read (1) within the space of one run at 6 for 225, and then immediately before tea Batty (19) and Thorpe (64) again in the space of one run at 8 for 267 immediately before tea.� Straight after tea, England lost Harmison (0) with the scoreboard still showing 267 runs.� England took their total to 295 before Giles (19) was out.� Mashrafe Mortaza (3 for 41 of 23 overs) and Mohammad Rafique (3 for 84 off 35.3 overs) shared the bowling honours.� Bangladesh then began the task of erasing England's first innings lead of 92 runs.� England dismissed Rajin Saleh (8) before a major power outage disrupted play when the score was 1 for 12.
Any hope of a quick run through the batsmen by England were soon dispelled as the Bangladeshi batsmen could suddenly see a draw as a worst-case scenario.� England struggled all through the fourth morning and only managed to dismiss Habibul Bashar (58) in the over before lunch when the score was 2 for 120.� Bangladesh continued to add to their lead during the afternoon session, but lost Alok Kapali (12), Hannan Sarkar (59) and Khaled Mashud (7) in the space of 36 runs.� Bangladesh then consolidated again and batted through to be 5 for 201 at tea.� England was only able to dismiss Javed Omar (27) in the final session as Bangladesh took the score to 6 for 245 at stumps and a lead of 138 runs.
On the final morning, Bangladesh needed to bat through to lunch and then let the spinners loose on the tourists to either draw or win the Test.� Unfortunately, within nine overs England had dismissed Khaled Mahmud (18), Mohammad Rafique (1), Mashrafe Mortaza (1) and Enamul Haque jnr (0) as Bangladesh were bundled out for 255 runs.� Hoggard (4 for 28 off 27 overs) and Harmison (4 for 44 off 25 overs) shared the bowling honours.� England was left with a final innings victory target of only 164 runs and made good progress until Trescothick (27) was out at 1 for 64.� Butcher (8) followed back to the pavilion at 2 for 86 and Hussain (17) at 3 for 128.� However, throughout the run chase, Vaughan (81*) maintained his focus and with Thorpe (18*), he managed to steer England to a seven-wicket victory.
Second Test
Chittagong
29 October - 01 November 2003
Bangladesh won the toss and asked England to bat first.� Bangladesh failed to take a wicket during the morning session and England took control, eventually going to lunch at 88 without loss.� England took the total to 126 runs before Bangladesh dismissed Trescothick (60), Butcher (6), Vaughan (54) and Thorpe (0) in the space of four overs and eight runs.� England was suddenly 4 for 134 and Bangladesh had grasped the advantage.� Hussain and Clarke then stabilised the innings and brought England back from the brink of disaster.� Bangladesh was unable to take any further wickets and at stumps, England was 4 for 237 and back in control of the match.
England continued to bat slowly through the second morning session and establish a solid position.� Bangladesh dismissed Clarke (55) early in the session at 5 for 250 before England batted through to be 5 for 331 at lunch.� Bangladesh again exploded back into the game during the afternoon session and bundled out Read (37), Hussain (76), Johnson (6), Saggers (1) and Giles (6) to have England all out for 326, with the final five wickets adding only 13 runs.� Mashrafe Mortaza was the best of the bowlers with 4 for 60 off 28 overs.� Bangladesh began their reply and when tea was taken seven overs later, Bangladesh had lost Javed Omar (2) to be 1 for 25.� England continued to work through the Bangladeshi batsmen during the evening session and dismissed Habibul Bashar (18), Hannan Sarkar (28) and Alok Kapali (0).� At stumps, England clearly held the upper hand with Bangladesh 4 for 93, still 233 runs in arrears.
England tore through the Bangladeshi batsmen on the third morning to take a stranglehold on the match.� Bangladesh lost their last six wickets for only 45 runs with Mushfiqur Rahman (28), Khaled Mahmud (15) and Mohammad Rafique (12) being the only batsmen to reach double figures.� Bangladesh was all out for 152 and runs while Johnson was the best of the bowlers with 5 for 49 off 21 overs.� England began the task of adding to their 174 run lead and batting Bangladesh out of the context.� After facing two overs, England went to lunch at 0 for 17.� Bangladesh dismissed Butcher (42) and Vaughan (25) during the afternoon session, but the lead had already stretched well beyond their ability.� Thorpe (54), Hussain (95) and Clarke (27) were dismissed during the evening session.� However, with England ending the day at 5 for 293 and a lead of 467 runs, only a miracle performance well beyond the ability Bangladesh has shown so far will save Bangladesh from an enormous defeat.
England dismissed Hannan Sarkar (4) in the second over of the fourth morning at 1 for 5.� Unfortunately for the home team, the dismissal was just the start of a needless period of self-destructing carnage.� Habibul Bashar (19) was stupidly run out at 2 for 33, Javed Omar (18) was caught and then Mushfiqur Rahman (6) was again run out and Bangladesh was 4 for 58.� After Rajin Saleh (9) and Alok Kapali (19) were both caught, Bangladesh limped to lunch at 6 for 91.� Eleven overs into the fourth afternoon and Bangladesh was all out for 138 runs after Khaled Mashud (15), Mohammad Rafique (0) and Khaled Mahmud (33) were out.� England claimed victory by 329 runs with Johnson the best of the bowlers with 4 for 44 off 12.1 overs.
