• This match was 2059th ODI in cricket history.
• Moniruzzaman was making his ODI debut. He became 71st player to represent Bangladesh in ODIs.He also became ninth Bangladeshi batsman to be dismissed without scoring in his debut innings.
• Bangladesh lost their first four wickets with only seven runs on the board. There has been only one performance by a side worse than this in entire ODI history. In the 2003 World Cup match against Sri Lanka, Bangladesh (who else !) had lost their first four wickets with only five runs.
• Bangladesh’s total (134-9) is the joint second lowest total achieved by a side after batting its full quota of 50 overs. The details :

  118-9     SL  v NZ     Dunedin       02-03-1983
  134-8     BD  v Aus    Sharjah       30-04-1990
  134-9     BD  v Eng    Dhaka         10-11-2003
  136-5     Can v SA     East London   27-02-2003
  137-9     NZ  v Aus    Auckland      26-02-1995
  138-9     NZ  v WI     Sydney        09-03-1985
  138-9     Pak v NZ     Hamilton      14-03-1989
  140-9     Pak v WI     Perth         01-01-1989
  140-9     SA v WI      Cape Town     17-02-1993
  

• Andrew Flintoff won his second award in successive matches and eighth of his career.

(Article: Copyright © 2003 Rajneesh Gupta)