Australian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2005–06
The Australian cricket team ended the 2005-06 season by touring Bangladesh in April 2006. The series was seen as an uneventful way to end the season as Australia, who were twenty points clear of second place in the ICC Test Championship, played a Bangladeshi team who had won one Test match in their cricketing history and were ranked at the bottom, over 100 points behind Australia. Bangladesh, however, wanted to refute comments made by the tourists' captain, Ricky Ponting who told London's Daily Telegraph in February ""What I would not have is the minnow nations in the World Cup and the Champions Trophy, and I would not have Bangladesh and Zimbabwe playing Tests at present." On arrival, Ponting pointed out, in support of the home side, that "maybe Bangladesh having Test status will take the
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Australian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2005–06
The Australian cricket team ended the 2005-06 season by touring Bangladesh in April 2006. The series was seen as an uneventful way to end the season as Australia, who were twenty points clear of second place in the ICC Test Championship, played a Bangladeshi team who had won one Test match in their cricketing history and were ranked at the bottom, over 100 points behind Australia. Bangladesh, however, wanted to refute comments made by the tourists' captain, Ricky Ponting who told London's Daily Telegraph in February ""What I would not have is the minnow nations in the World Cup and the Champions Trophy, and I would not have Bangladesh and Zimbabwe playing Tests at present." On arrival, Ponting pointed out, in support of the home side, that "maybe Bangladesh having Test status will take the
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The Australian cricket team en ...... on to win the ODI series 3–0.
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2006-04-23
2006-04-26
2006-04-28
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no of ODIs
no of tests
player of ODI series
player of test series
result
Australia won by 4 wickets
Australia won by 67 runs
Australia won by 9 wickets
runs
Adam Gilchrist 76
Andrew Symonds 103*
Habibul Bashar 33
Habibul Bashar 52
Habibul Bashar 70*
Mark Cosgrove 74
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Australian Cricket Team in Bangladesh in 2005-06
team1 captain
team1 name
team1 ODIs most runs
team1 ODIs most wickets
team1 ODIs won
team1 tests most runs
team1 tests most wickets
team1 tests won
team2 captain
team2 name
team2 ODIs most runs
team2 ODIs most wickets
team2 ODIs won
team2 tests most runs
team2 tests most wickets
team2 tests won
to-date
2006-04-28
toss
Australia won the toss and elected to bat
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat
umpires
AFM Akhtaruddin and Ian Howell
Ian Howell and Mahbubur Rahman
Ian Howell and Nadir Shah
wickets
Abdur Razzak 1/35
Abdur Razzaq 3/36
Brad Hogg 3/17
Brad Hogg 3/34
Brad Hogg 3/37
Mashrafe Mortaza 3/54
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The Australian cricket team en ...... ving Test status will take the
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Australian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2005–06
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