Australian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2005-06
| Australian Cricket Team in Bangladesh in 2005-06 | |||
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| Australia | Bangladesh | ||
| Dates | 9 April – 28 April 2006 | ||
| Captains | Ricky Ponting | Habibul Bashar | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | Australia won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Michael Hussey (242) | Shahriar Nafees (250) | |
| Most wickets | Stuart MacGill (16) | Mohammad Rafique (11) | |
| Player of the series | Jason Gillespie | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Australia won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Adam Gilchrist (108) | Habibul Bashar (155) | |
| Most wickets | Brad Hogg (9) | Abdur Razzak (5) | |
| Player of the series | Brad Hogg | ||
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 game forward". On the back of a three-Test whitewash tour of South Africa, but a 3-2 loss in ODI matches (including the famous fifth ODI, in which Australia scored a world record of 4/434, only for South Africa to chase it down with a world record 9/438), Australia came to Bangladesh to play two Tests and three One-day International matches, without any warm-up touring matches.
Australia won the two-Test series 2–0. Australia won a close first Test by three wickets after Bangladesh nearly caused a massive upset; then, Australia comfortably won the second Test by an innings in a match well remembered after Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie, normally a number ten batsman, scored a double century after being sent in as nightwatchman. Australia went on to win the ODI series 3–0.
Shahriar Nafees 138 (189)
SCG MacGill 8–108
Shahriar Nafees 33 (38)
JN Gillespie 3-18
Fatullah Osmani Stadium, Fatullah, Bangladesh
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak)
Man of the Match: AC Gilchrist (Aus)
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