Bangladesh Cricket Team in England in 2005 - One-dayers

One-dayers

After a poor first-class section of the tour, Bangladesh were hoping things would improve on the one-day leg, particularly after their spirited second innings in the Second Test. However, their first warm-up match for the NatWest Series saw them heavily defeated by Derbyshire, but they recovered well to take a six-wicket win over Worcestershire. It was back to normal at The Oval, though, as their bowlers went astray and England cruised to a ten-wicket win.

However, on June 18, Bangladesh scored a surprise victory over Australia, defeating them by 5 wickets. Australia scored 249 in 50 overs and in reply, Bangladesh, powered by a century by Mohammad Ashraful, won with 4 balls to spare. Three losses followed, however, as Bangladesh were knocked out of the NatWest Series final with two games still to play in the tri-series.