New Zealand cricket team in Bangladesh in 2004–05

New Zealand cricket team in Bangladesh in 2004–05
	Bangladesh	New Zealand
Dates	14 October – 7 November 2004
Captains	Khaled Mashud Tests	Stephen Fleming
Test series
Result	New Zealand won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	Khaled Mashud (94)	Stephen Fleming (231)
Most wickets	Mohammad Rafique (9)	Daniel Vettori (20)
Player of the series	Daniel Vettori (NZ)
One Day International series
Results	New Zealand won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Khaled Mashud (83)	Mathew Sinclair (128)
Most wickets	Aftab Ahmed (6)	Daniel Vettori (7)
Player of the series	Scott Styris (NZ)

New Zealand cricket team toured Bangladesh from 14 October to 7 November 2004. They played two Test matches and three One Day Internationals against Bangladesh. ^[1] New Zealand won all five matches. ^[2]

Tour match

Bangladesh Cricket Board XI vs New Zealanders

14 October – 16 October Scorecard

New Zealanders	v	Bangladesh Cricket Board XI
344/6d (81 overs) Stephen Fleming 129 Shahadat Hossain 2/59 (11 overs)		208 (87.1 overs) Hannan Sarkar 44 Mohammad Ashraful 44 Jacob Oram 2/16 (11 overs)
351/4d (75.5 overs) Nathan Astle 113 Mohammad Ashraful 2/62 (12.5 overs)

Match drawn Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan Ground, Savar Umpires: Showkatur Rahman & Ziaul Islam

Test series

1st Test

17–21 October Scorecard

Bangladesh	v	New Zealand
177 (98.5 overs) Mohammad Ashraful 67 (225) James Franklin 5/28 (17 overs)		402 (145.1 overs) Brendon McCullum 143 (339) Mohammad Rafique 6/122 (59.1 overs)
126 (54.5 overs) Nafees Iqbal 49 (146) Daniel Vettori 6/28 (22 overs)

New Zealand won by an innings and 99 runs Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Brendon McCullum (NZ)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Nafees Iqbal (Ban) made his Test debut.

2nd Test

26–30 October Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Bangladesh
545/6d (152 overs) Stephen Fleming 202 (446) Mohammad Rafique 3/130 (55 overs)		182 (71.2 overs) Javed Omar 58 (198) Daniel Vettori 6/70 (32.2 overs)
		262 (70.2 overs) (f/o) Tapash Baisya 66 (44) Daniel Vettori 6/100 (28.2 overs)

New Zealand won by an innings and 101 runs MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Stephen Fleming (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• Aftab Ahmed (Ban) made his Test debut.

ODI series

1st ODI

2 November Scorecard

New Zealand   224 (49.2 overs)	v	Bangladesh 86 (31.5 overs)
Chris Cairns 74 (102) Nazmul Hossain 4/40 (8.2 overs)		Habibul Bashar 22 (59) Kyle Mills 4/14 (7 overs)

New Zealand won by 138 runs MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: A. F. M. Akhtaruddin (Ban) and Mark Benson (Eng) Player of the match: Chris Cairns (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• Peter Fulton (NZ) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI

5 November (D/N) Scorecard

Bangladesh   146 (43.4 overs)	v	New Zealand 148/7 (44.4 overs)
Khaled Mashud 41 (65) Scott Styris 3/16 (7.4 overs)		Mathew Sinclair 62 (107) Aftab Ahmed 5/31 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 3 wickets Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Mahbubur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Aftab Ahmed (Ban)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

7 November (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand   250/7 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 167/7 (50 overs)
Mathew Sinclair 66 (110) Mohammad Rafique 4/63 (10 overs)		Nafees Iqbal 40 (98) Khaled Mashud 40* (76) Daniel Vettori 3/25 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 83 runs Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: A. F. M. Akhtaruddin (Ban) and Mark Benson (Eng) Player of the match: Scott Styris (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

References

1. New Zealand cricket team in Bangladesh in 2004–05 fixtures
2. "New Zealand tour of Bangladesh 2004/05". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 8 August 2025.

External links

• New Zealand tour of Bangladesh 2004/05