The 2005–06 Bangladeshi cricket season featured the inaugural
Test series in Bangladesh between
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
and
Australia.
Honours
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National Cricket League –
Rajshahi Division
Rajshahi Division ( bn, রাজশাহী বিভাগ) is one of the eight first-level administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of and a population at the 2011 Census of 18,484,858. Rajshahi Division consists of 8 district ...
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One-Day League –
Rajshahi Division
Rajshahi Division ( bn, রাজশাহী বিভাগ) is one of the eight first-level administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of and a population at the 2011 Census of 18,484,858. Rajshahi Division consists of 8 district ...
* Most runs –
Ehsanul Haque 955 @ 59.68 (HS 138)
* Most wickets –
Hasibul Hossain
Mohammad Hasibul Hossain ( bn, মোহাম্মদ হাসিবুল হোসেন) (born 3 June 1977), known as Hasibul Hossain, played five Tests (2000–01) and 32 One-Day Internationals (1995–2004) for Bangladesh.
Hasibul made h ...
57 @ 16.00 (BB 6–62)
Test series
Australia played 2 Test matches and 3 limited overs internationals, winning all five games comfortably. For information about this tour, see:
Australian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2005-06.
See also
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History of cricket in Bangladesh
The history of cricket in Bangladesh predates the foundation of the Bangladeshi state in 1971 by nearly two centuries. Cricket was introduced to Bengal by the British in the eighteenth century but its growth in East Bengal was slow. Following Pa ...
Further reading
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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', or simply ''Wisden'', colloquially the Bible of Cricket, is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom. The description "bible of cricket" was first used in the 1930s by Alec Waugh in a ...
2007
External sources
Miscellaneous articles re Bangladesh cricket
2005 in Bangladeshi cricket
2006 in Bangladeshi cricket
Bangladeshi cricket seasons from 2000–01
Domestic cricket competitions in 2005–06
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