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Bangladeshi cricket team in South Africa in 2002–03
	South Africa	Bangladesh
Dates	27 September 2002 – 27 October 2002
Captains	SM Pollock (ODIs and 2nd Test) MV Boucher (1st Test)	Khaled Mashud
Test series
Result	South Africa won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	G Kirsten (310)	Al Sahariar (146)
Most wickets	M Ntini (12)	Talha Jubair (4)
Player of the series	JH Kallis (SA)
One Day International series
Results	South Africa won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	HH Gibbs (265)	Khaled Mashud (72)
Most wickets	M Ntini (7)	Talha Jubair (6)
Player of the series	HH Gibbs (SA)

The Bangladesh national cricket team toured South Africa during the 2002–03 season. They played a two-match Test series and a three-match One Day International series against the South Africa national cricket team. South Africa won the Test series 2–0 and the ODI series 3–0.

Bangladesh[1]	South Africa[2]
Khaled Mashud (c) Al Sahariar Alok Kapali Habibul Bashar Javed Omar Khaled Mahmud Manjural Islam Mohammad Rafique Talha Jubair Tapash Baisya Tushar Imran Hannan Sarkar Sanwar Hossain Rafiqul Islam Anwar Hossain	Mark Boucher Gary Kirsten Herschelle Gibbs Graeme Smith Jacques Kallis Ashwell Prince Martin van Jaarsveld Paul Adams David Terbrugge Claude Henderson Makhaya Ntini Nantie Hayward Alfonso Thomas

18–21 October 2002 [1]

South Africa	v	Bangladesh
529/4d (129 overs) GC Smith 200 (287) Talha Jubair 2/108 (26 overs)		170 (58.4 overs) Habibul Bashar 38 (66) M Ntini 5/19 (15 overs)
		252 (f/o) (87.5 overs) Al Sahariar 71 (93) DJ Terbrugge 5/46 (15 overs)

South Africa won by an innings and 107 runs Buffalo Park, East London Umpires: DJ Harper (AUS) and RB Tiffin (ZIM) Player of the match: GC Smith (SA)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
• M van Jaarsveld (SA) made his Test debut.

25–27 October 2002 Scorecard

Bangladesh	v	South Africa
215 (69.5 overs) Hannan Sarkar 65 (86) JH Kallis 2/26 (13 overs)		482/5d (121 overs) G Kirsten 160 (227) Talha Jubair 2/109 (26 overs)
107 (30.3 overs) Al Sahariar 27 (42) JH Kallis 5/21 (4.3 overs)

South Africa won by an innings and 160 runs North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom Umpires: DJ Harper (AUS) and RB Tiffin (ZIM) Player of the match: JH Kallis (SA)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
• Rafiqul Islam (BAN) made his Test debut.

3 October 2002 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa  301/8 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 133 (41.5 overs)
HH Gibbs 153 (131) Talha Jubair 4/65 (10 overs)		Khaled Mashud 34* (85) JH Kallis 4/33 (8.5 overs)

South Africa won by 168 runs North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom Umpires: BF Bowden (NZ) and BG Jerling (SA) Player of the match: HH Gibbs (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

6 October 2002 Scorecard

Bangladesh  154/9 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 155/0 (20.2 overs)
Tapash Baisya 35* (46) M Ntini 3/28 (10 overs)		HH Gibbs 97* (66)

South Africa won by 10 wickets Willowmoore Park, Benoni Umpires: BF Bowden (NZ) and IL Howell (SA) Player of the match: HH Gibbs (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• M van Jaarsveld (SA) made his ODI debut.

9 October 2002 (D/N) Scorecard

Bangladesh  151 (43.1 overs)	v	South Africa 152/3 (25.4 overs)
Habibul Bashar 51 (67) SM Pollock 4/24 (9 overs)		M van Jaarsveld 42 (33) Talha Jubair 2/41 (6 overs)

South Africa won by 7 wickets De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley Umpires: BF Bowden (NZ) and BG Jerling (SA) Player of the match: SM Pollock (SA)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Anwar Hossain Monir and Rafiqul Islam (both BAN) and AG Prince (SA) made their ODI debuts.

• Tour home at ESPNcricinfo
• Bangladesh in South Africa, Sep - Oct 2002-03 at ESPNcricinfo archive
• Bangladesh in South Africa 2002/03 at CricketArchive (subscription required)
• Prior, Marcus (2004). "The Bangladeshis in South Africa, 2002-03". In Engel, Matthew (ed.). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004. London: Macmillan. ISBN 9780947766849.