The English cricket team toured Bangladesh from 12 October to 12 November 2003, playing a two-match Test series and a three-match One Day International series; England won all five matches to take whitewashes in both series. In preparation for the Test series, they also played two three-day tour matches against a Bangladesh Cricket Board President's XI and the Bangladesh A team.

Tour matches

Three-day: Bangladesh Cricket Board President's XI vs England XI

12–14 October 2003
Scorecard
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253 (100.1 overs)
Marcus Trescothick 90 (175)
Enamul Haque Jr 4/59 (27.1 overs)
57 (30.3 overs)
Aftab Ahmed 10 (22)
Matthew Hoggard 6/13 (9.3 overs)
69/1d (14.3 overs)
Graham Thorpe 47* (42)
Enamul Haque Jr 1/3 (1.3 overs)
143/9 (66 overs)
Aftab Ahmed 45 (69)
Gareth Batty 3/22 (15 overs)
Match drawn
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Nadir Shah (Ban) and Ziaul Islam (Ban)
Player of the match: Marcus Trescothick (England XI)
  • BCB President's XI won the toss and elected to field.
  • Play on Day 1 started at 14:30, resulting in only 37 overs being bowled in the day.

Three-day: Bangladesh A vs England XI

16–18 October 2003
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242 (88.5 overs)
Nafees Iqbal 118 (168)
Steve Harmison 3/35 (10 overs)
333 (84.4 overs)
Marcus Trescothick 96 (117)
Alamgir Kabir 3/58 (14.3 overs)
81/4 (33 overs)
Nafees Iqbal 31 (53)
Gareth Batty 3/19 (7 overs)
  • Bangladesh A won the toss and elected to bat.

Test series

1st Test

21–25 October 2003
Scorecard
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203 (83.5 overs)
Khaled Mashud 51 (129)
Steve Harmison 5/35 (21.5 overs)
295 (120.3 overs)
Marcus Trescothick 113 (194)
Mashrafe Mortaza 3/41 (23 overs)
255 (107 overs)
Hannan Sarkar 59 (149)
Steve Harmison 4/44 (25 overs)
164/3 (39.2 overs)
Michael Vaughan 81* (115)
Mohammad Rafique 2/57 (13.2 overs)
England won by 7 wickets
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asoka de Silva (SL)
Player of the match: Steve Harmison (Eng)

2nd Test

29 October–1 November 2003
Scorecard
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326 (135.3 overs)
Nasser Hussain 76 (266)
Mashrafe Mortaza 4/60 (28 overs)
152 (62.1 overs)
Rajin Saleh 32 (102)
Richard Johnson 5/49 (21 overs)
293/5d (67 overs)
Nasser Hussain 95 (144)
Mohammad Rafique 3/106 (29 overs)
138 (37.1 overs)
Khaled Mahmud 33 (40)
Richard Johnson 4/44 (12.1 overs)
England won by 329 runs
MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asoka de Silva (SL)
Player of the match: Richard Johnson (Eng)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
  • Martin Saggers (Eng) made his Test debut.

ODI series

1st ODI

7 November 2003
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
143 (44.4 overs)
v
 England
144/3 (25.3 overs)
Hannan Sarkar 30 (55)
Andrew Flintoff 4/14 (9.4 overs)
Andrew Flintoff 55* (52)
Mushfiqur Rahman 2/34 (6 overs)
England won by 7 wickets
MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Mahbubur Rahman (Ban)
Player of the match: Andrew Flintoff (Eng)

2nd ODI

10 November 2003 (D/N)
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
134/9 (50 overs)
v
 England
137/3 (27.4 overs)
Rajin Saleh 37 (77)
Richard Johnson 3/22 (10 overs)
Andrew Flintoff 70* (47)
Tapash Baisya 2/35 (7 overs)
England won by 7 wickets
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: AFM Akhtaruddin (Ban) and Aleem Dar (Pak)
Player of the match: Andrew Flintoff (Eng)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Moniruzzaman (Ban) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

12 November 2003 (D/N)
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
182 (49.1 overs)
v
 England
185/3 (39.3 overs)
Mushfiqur Rahman 36 (37)
Rikki Clarke 2/28 (6 overs)
Andrew Flintoff 52* (39)
Mushfiqur Rahman 2/29 (10 overs)
England won by 7 wickets
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Mahbubur Rahman (Ban)
Player of the match: Andrew Flintoff (Eng)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.


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