Bangladeshis in England
See also: Bangladeshis in England in 2005The Bangladeshi cricket team toured England for the first time in 2005. Bangladesh had just come off their first ever Test series win, which was against Zimbabwe, but were still rooted to the bottom of the ICC Test Championship table. England, under Michael Vaughan's leadership, had moved to second in the Test table.
The Bangladeshis started their tour with first-class warm-up games against the British Universities, Sussex and Northamptonshire. They then played two Tests, and were humiliated by an innings in both of them, with neither game reaching lunch on the third day. In four Test innings, they only reached 200 in one of them - the last, where a rearguard effort yielded 326 runs, their eighth-highest innings in Test cricket so far. They also played six matches in the NatWest Series - see below for a fuller treatment of that competition.
Bangladeshis in England 2005. Test match length: 5 days. Test series result: England won 2–0.
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test Match Series | |||||
| Test 1751 | 26,27,28 May 2005 | Michael Vaughan | Habibul Bashar | Lord's | England by inns&261 runs |
| Test 1753 | 3,4,5 June 2005 | Michael Vaughan | Habibul Bashar | Riverside | England by inns&27 runs |
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