The 2000–01 Bangladeshi cricket season marked the beginning of first-class domestic competition in Bangladesh, although the country had already staged first-class matches against touring teams in the previous year. The National Cricket League was constituted as the first-class championship.
International tours
Indian cricket team in Bangladesh India's national team visited Bangladesh in 2000–01 to take part in the inaugural Test match played by the Bangladesh national cricket team. The tour consisted of a one-off test match.
Bangladeshi cricket team in Zimbabwe
The Bangladesh national team also toured Zimbabwe and played 2 Test matches and 3 One Day Internationals in April 2001. Bangladesh lost all 5 matches.
Domestic competitions
Honours The National Cricket League champions were Biman Bangladesh Airlines. The most first-class runs were scored by Imran Farhat (Biman) with 735, and the most wickets taken were 57 by Enamul Haque (Chittagong).
National Cricket League Although separate first-class and limited overs matches were contested by domestic teams in the 2000–01 season, results from both formats were combined to form a common points table. In the first round, teams were placed in two groups of four. Each team played a 3-day first-class match and a 50 overs limited overs match against the other teams in its group, home and away. The top two teams from each group progressed to the final round, where teams played a 4-day first-class and a 50 overs limited match against the qualifiers from the other group, home and away.
Group A Team First-class matches Limited overs Biman Bangladesh Airlines 12 2 0 3 1 0 4 2 32Chittagong Division 12 3 0 2 1 0 2 4 30 Rajshahi Division 12 2 2 0 2 0 3 3 18 Dhaka Division 12 0 5 0 1 0 3 3 6
Group B Team First-class matches Limited overs Dhaka Metropolis 12 2 0 2 2 0 3 3 26Khulna Division 12 3 1 1 1 0 2 4 26 Barisal Division 12 0 2 2 1 1 3 3 15 Sylhet Division 12 0 2 1 2 1 4 2 13
Final stage Team First-class matches Limited overs Biman Bangladesh Airlines 20 4 1 4 1 0 6 4 52Chittagong Division 20 5 1 2 2 0 3 7 44 Dhaka Metropolis 20 3 1 3 3 0 6 4 42 Khulna Division 20 4 4 1 1 0 4 6 36
Other matches Date Type Match Result Report 7–9 January 2000 3-Day Match BCB Under-21 v Australian Cricket Academy Draw Scorecard 12–14 January 2000 3-Day Match BCB Presidents XI v Australian Cricket AcademyDraw Scorecard 15 January 2000 50 Over Match BCB Presidents XI v Australian Cricket Academy Australian Cricket Academy won by 4 wickets Scorecard 17–20 January 2000 4-Day Match BCB XI v Australian Cricket Academy Australian Cricket Academy won by 155 runs Scorecard 23 January 2000 50 Over Match BCB XI v Australian Cricket Academy Australian Cricket Academy won by 154 runs Scorecard 24 January 2000 50 Over Match BCB XI v Australian Cricket Academy Australian Cricket Academy won by 5 wickets Scorecard 25 January 2000 50 Over Match BCB XI v Australian Cricket Academy Australian Cricket Academy won by 6 wickets Scorecard 27 March 2000 50 Over Match BCB XI v Asia XI Asia XI won by 5 wickets Scorecard
See also History of cricket in Bangladesh
References
Further reading Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2002