2002–03 Bangladeshi cricket season

The 2002–03 Bangladeshi cricket season featured the inaugural Test series in Bangladesh between Bangladesh and West Indies. It was followed by Bangladesh's first home series against South Africa.

International tours

West Indian cricket team in Bangladesh

Main article: West Indian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2002–03

The West Indies played two Test matches and three limited overs internationals. They won both the Test matches and two of the One Day Internationals, while the remaining ODI was a no result.

South African cricket team in Bangladesh

Main article: South African cricket team in Bangladesh in 2003

South Africa played 2 Test matches against Bangladesh and took part in a limited overs tri-series with Bangladesh and India. South Africa won the Test series against Bangladesh, winning both matches convincingly by an innings. The final of the tri-series resulted with the abandonment of the match after the first innings.

Domestic competitions

Honours

	First-class	Limited Overs
National Cricket League Champions	Khulna Division	Khulna Division
Most Runs	447 - Sajjadul Hasan (Khulna)[1]	257 - Mohammad Salim (Khulna)[2]
Most Wickets	35 - Ahsanullah Hasan (Chittagong)[3]	18 - Manjural Islam (Khulna)[4]

National Cricket League

Team	Pld	W	L	LWF	DWF	DLF	Pts
Khulna Division	5	3	0	0	1	1	14
Chittagong Division	5	3	0	0	1	1	14
Dhaka Division	5	3	0	0	1	1	14
Rajshahi Division	5	2	3	0	0	0	8
Barisal Division	5	0	4	0	1	0	2
Sylhet Division	5	0	4	0	0	1	0

	Barisal Division	Chittagong Division	Dhaka Division	Khulna Division	Rajshahi Division	Sylhet Division
Barisal Division		Chittagong 10 wickets		Khulna 4 wickets	Rajshahi 3 wickets	Match drawn
Chittagong Division				Match drawn	Chittagong Innings and 8 runs	Chittagong 46 runs
Dhaka Division	Dhaka 3 wickets	Match drawn		Match drawn	Dhaka 8 wickets	Dhaka 4 wickets
Khulna Division					Khulna 9 wickets	Khulna 1 wickets
Rajshahi Division						Rajshahi 10 wickets
Sylhet Division
Scorecards

Play-off

20–23 January 2003 Scorecard

Dhaka Division	v	Chittagong Division
295 (96.1 overs)		197 (67.5 overs)
215 (91.5 overs)		200 (61.4 overs)

Dhaka Division won by 113 runs Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium, Dhaka

Final

26–29 January 2003 Scorecard

Dhaka Division	v	Khulna Division
362(96.4 overs)		338 (99.1 overs)
196 (67.1 overs)		223/7 (76.4 overs)

Khulna Division won by 3 wickets Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

National Cricket One Day League

Team	Pld	W	L	NRR	Pts
Khulna Division	5	4	1	+0.944	8
Dhaka Division	5	4	1	+0.215	8
Sylhet Division	5	3	2	+0.641	6
Rajshahi Division	5	3	2	+0.512	6
Chittagong Division	5	1	4	-1.053	2
Barisal Division	5	0	5	-1.348	0

	Barisal Division	Chittagong Division	Dhaka Division	Khulna Division	Rajshahi Division	Sylhet Division
Barisal Division		Chittagong 7 wickets		Khulna 68 runs	Rajshahi 7 wickets	Sylhet 40 runs
Chittagong Division				Khulna 4 wickets	Rajshahi 6 wickets	Sylhet 8 wickets
Dhaka Division	Dhaka 5 wickets	Dhaka 1 wicket		Dhaka 7 wickets	Rajshahi 7 wickets	Dhaka 2 wickets
Khulna Division					Khulna 24 runs	Khulna 71 runs
Rajshahi Division						Sylhet 20 runs
Sylhet Division
Scorecards

Final

30 January 2003 Scorecard

Dhaka Division 236 (49.1 overs)	v	Khulna Division 55 (23.3 overs)

Dhaka Division won by 181 runs Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Player of the match: Anwar Hossain (Dhaka)

• Dhaka Division won the toss and elected to bat

Other matches

Date	Type	Match	Result	Report
25–28 October 2002	4-Day Match	Bangladesh A v BCB Development Squad	Bangladesh A won by 7 wickets	Scorecard
4–7 November 2002	4-Day Match	Bangladesh v Bangladesh A	Draw	Scorecard
9–12 November 2002	4-Day Match	Bangladesh v BCB Development Squad	Bangladesh won by 10 wickets	Scorecard
15–18 November 2002	4-Day Match	Bangladesh v Bangladesh A	Draw	Scorecard

See also

• History of cricket in Bangladesh