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Bangladesh

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Test status granted 2000
First Test match v India at Dhaka,(10-13)November 2000
Captain Mohammad Ashraful
Coach Shaun Williams (temporary)
Official ICC Test and ODI ranking 9th (Test)
9th (ODI) ,
Test matches
- this year 49
5
Last Test match v Sri Lanka at Kandy, 3rd Test, 11-14 July 2007
Wins/losses
- this year 1/43
0/4
As of 24 July 2007

The Bangladeshi cricket team, also known as the The Tigers, is a national cricket team representing Bangladesh Bangladeshi Rapidshare. . It is administered by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Bangladeshi Rapidshare.
Bangladesh is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One-Day International status Bangladeshi Rapidshare. It played its first Test match in 2000 (against India at Dhaka), becoming the tenth Test cricket playing nation Bangladeshi Rapidshare.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (known then as the Bangladesh Cricket Control Board) was established in 1972 Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Soon after, a cricket league commenced in Dhaka and Chittagong Bangladeshi Rapidshare. A national level cricket tournament begun in the country in 1974-75 Bangladeshi Rapidshare. During this time the cricket league started at the district (regional) level Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Other tournaments that were organised were aimed school, college, youth and university level Bangladeshi Rapidshare.
Bangladesh”s first official foray into international cricket came in the 1979 ICC Trophy in England, leaving the tournament with 2 wins and 2 defeats Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Seven years later, on March 31 1986, Bangladesh played in its first One-day international match against Pakistan in the 1986 Asia Cup Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Cricket has gradually become very popular in urban areas of the country Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Although football was the most popular game for a long time, cricket gained a momentum and soon surpassed football, especially after Bangladesh won the ICC Trophy in Malaysia in 1997 Bangladeshi Rapidshare. By winning the ICC trophy, the Tigers had qualified for the 1999 Cricket World Cup for the first time Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Bangladesh performed admirably in the 7th World Cup and caused an upset by defeating Pakistan in a group phase match Bangladeshi Rapidshare. In 1997, Bangladesh became a regular ICC member with the right to play one-day internationals Bangladeshi Rapidshare. It attained the status of a test playing country on 26 June 2000 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.
The Bangladesh cricket team starred in the 2007 World Cup as the youngest cricket team to have ever been in the world cup Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Having only three players above the age of 24, the Bangladesh cricket team has been repeatedly described as a team with great potential Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Among the younger players were three teenagers: the 17 year old Tamim Iqbal, 19 year old Shakib Al Hasan and 18 year old Mushfiqur Rahim who was also chosen to be wicket keeper in place of the experienced Khaled Mashud Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Bangladesh was the first team to arrive at the West Indies for the 2007 World Cup as their coach Dav Whatmore wanted the team have a good preparation for the upcoming matches Bangladeshi Rapidshare. In their first game of the 2007 World Cup held in the West Indies, Bangladesh stunned India by defeating them by 5-wickets Bangladeshi Rapidshare. The Bangladeshi bowlers did an effortful job of restricting India to only 191 runs Bangladeshi Rapidshare. During their chase, the 17-year old Tamim Iqbal scored an outstanding 51 runs off just 53 balls which gave the Bangladeshi batsmen a flying start and led them to winning the match Bangladeshi Rapidshare. During their second match, Bangladesh suffered a huge loss against Sri Lanka by 198 runs (by the D/L method) Bangladeshi Rapidshare. However, in their third match, Bangladesh beat Bermuda by 7 wickets (by the D/L method) and that victory along with the victory against India eventually led to Bangladesh advancing into the second-round of the 2007 Cricket World Cup called the Super-8 round Bangladeshi Rapidshare. This also led to the unexpected knockout of India from the 2007 Cricket World Cup which left millions of Indian cricket fans disappointed Bangladeshi Rapidshare. After their entry to the Super-8 round, Bangladesh endured two brutal defeats, the first against Australia by 10 wickets, and the second against New Zealand by 9 wickets Bangladeshi Rapidshare. This led to critics suggesting that Bangladesh”s victory against India was a random spark Bangladeshi Rapidshare. However during their third Super-8 match they beat South Africa (the top ranked team)by a stunning margin of 67 runs Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Mohammad Ashraful starred in this match scoring a brilliant 87 runs of only 83 balls, and was awarded man of the match Bangladeshi Rapidshare. However, that was followed by a shocking loss to Ireland Bangladeshi Rapidshare. That was the first time that Bangladesh had ever lost to Ireland, and the third time that Bangladesh had lost to a non test playing nation Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

History of Bangladeshi international cricket

1999

Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 62 runs during the 1999 Cricket World Cup Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Bangladesh managed 223/9 from 50 overs Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Pakistan could only manage 161 due to a few run-outs by wicketkeeper Khaled Mashud and some tight bowling by Khaled Mahmud, who took 3/31 from 10 overs Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

2003

In September, Bangladesh came very close to their first Test victory, when they lost to Pakistan by only one wicket Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

2004

In December, Bangladesh defeated India in their 100th ODI, this being only the third time that they beat a Test playing nation Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

2005

Early January, Bangladesh defeated Zimbabwe in their 35th Test, their first ever Test match victory Bangladeshi Rapidshare. In the first Test of the series, Bangladesh defeated Zimbabwe by 226 runs in Chittagong Stadium Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Bangladesh scored a huge total of 488 in the first innings Bangladeshi Rapidshare. In reply, Zimbabwe was all out for only 312 for their first innings Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Bangladesh”s 2nd innings was declared after scoring 204 for 9 wickets Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Powered by a spirited spell from Enamul Haque Jr Bangladeshi Rapidshare., who took 6 wickets for 45 runs, Bangladesh wrapped up Zimbabwe”s innings for only 154 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.
Bangladesh would have needed to get the fourth-highest fourth innings total to win in Test cricket history in the second Test of the series Bangladeshi Rapidshare. They opted to play out the last four sessions playing conservatively and consequently secured a draw Bangladeshi Rapidshare. This gave the team its first Test series win and triggered scenes of wild jubilation across the country Bangladeshi Rapidshare. National coach Dav Whatmore was later quoted as saying that playing overly-aggressive cricket to try to win the Test would not have been a good idea Bangladeshi Rapidshare.
Bangladesh also secured their first One-Day International series win in the same tour Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Despite losing the first two matches of the five-match series, they recovered to win the series 3-2 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.
On June 18, Bangladesh scored an upset victory over the mighty Australia in the NatWest Series Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Australia scored 249 runs for 5 wickets in 50 overs Bangladeshi Rapidshare. In reply, Bangladesh reached 250 runs with 4 balls to spare Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Mohammad Ashraful scored 100 runs off just 101 balls, his first one-day century, while Aftab Ahmed hit a huge six in the first ball of the final over, and hit a single for the next ball to win the game Bangladeshi Rapidshare. This win was a triumph for a Bangladeshi team that had been criticised by Richie Benaud, Mike Gatting and others as incompetent and not good enough for Test or ODI cricket in the English media, just days before Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

2006

The first home One-Day International series of 2006 began with some optimism for Bangladesh, who registered their first-ever win against Sri Lanka in the second ODI of the series Bangladeshi Rapidshare. At the end of March, Bangladesh played four ODIs against Kenya, winning all four Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Then in April, they came very close to beating Australia in a Test match, taking a first-innings lead of 158, and eventually losing by only three wickets after bowler Mashrafe Mortaza dropped what could possibly have been a catch to turn the match around Bangladeshi Rapidshare. At the end of July, Bangladesh toured Zimbabwe as the ODI series favourites but lost by three games to two Bangladeshi Rapidshare. However, in August, the team defeated Kenya in all three matches of a series and subsequently went on to whitewash Zimbabwe in an ODI series staged in Bangladesh Bangladeshi Rapidshare. That year, Shahriar Nafees became the first Bangladeshi to score over a thousand runs (which included three centuries) in a calendar year while Mashrafe Mortaza became the leading wicket-taker in the world in ODIs staged in 2006 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

2007

Bangladesh had a marvelous lead up to the World Cup, defeating Zimbabwe 5-0 at home and 3-1 in Zimbabwe, defeating Scotland 2-0 at home and winning a tri-series undefeated against Canada and Bermuda Bangladeshi Rapidshare.
On 17 March, in their first match of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Bangladesh stunned India with a five wicket victory in Port of Spain, Trinidad Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Bangladesh scored 195/5 in reply to India”s 191 all out with half-centuries for Shakib Al Hasan (53), Mushfiqur Rahim (56 not out) and the 17 year old Tamim Iqbal (51) Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Only Sourav Ganguly (66) and Yuvraj Singh (47) posted respectable scores for India Bangladeshi Rapidshare. On March 21, though, they lost to Sri Lanka 318/4 to 112 all out, Bangladesh losing by 198 runs Bangladeshi Rapidshare. However, on 25 March, Bangladesh recouped its loss 96/3 to 94/9 win against Bermuda, advancing to the Super 8 round and cementing India”s first-round elimination in the tournament Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Bangladesh lost to Australia on 31 March and Ireland in that tournament and also to New Zealand on 2 April Bangladeshi Rapidshare. On April 7 they won an outstanding game against South Africa by a big margin of 67 runs Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• For match details see Wikinews

On June 2, Habibul Bashar, who had previously resigned as ODI captain, though insisting that he would like to retain the Test captaincy, was replaced as captain by Mohammad Ashraful in both forms of the game Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Mashrafe Mortaza was appointed vice-captain Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

The future

Bangladeshi former captain Habibul Bashar and coach Dav Whatmore have said that they hope Bangladesh will become a serious cricketing contender by 2010 Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Cricket”s enormous popularity with the Bangladeshi people has produced a mood of optimism that this ambition can be achieved Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Bangladesh”s U19 team, the stepping stone before the International Test scene, regularly performs well against established Test nation”s U19 teams Bangladeshi Rapidshare. In the recent 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup, Bangladesh were one of the favourites to win beforehand, but fell in the quarter finals to England U19 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.
Many have criticised Bangladesh”s elevation to Test Status Bangladeshi Rapidshare. The country”s supporters counter this by pointing out that it took New Zealand, now a strong international side in both forms of the game, many years to win its first Test match Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Possibly due to these doubts about Bangladesh”s ability to compete at the highest level, Bangladesh will only get the opportunity to play 41 tests through 2006 - 2012 (The least among full ICC members with the sole exception of Zimbabwe), according to the recently publicised ICC Future Tours Programme Bangladeshi Rapidshare.
India, which strongly supported Bangladesh’s bid for test status in 2001, is the only full member nation not to invite Bangladesh to play on its own soil, even though India is due to tour Bangladesh three times between 2006 and 2012 Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Bangladesh has yet to play a Test on Indian soil Bangladeshi Rapidshare. Some have suggested that India, which will be one of the busiest cricketing nations during this period, did not schedule to play Bangladesh because of time conflicts and fear of player fatigue Bangladeshi Rapidshare. However, this still strengthens the notion that Bangladesh is not on an even footing with other Test playing nations when it comes to securing regular international fixtures Bangladeshi Rapidshare. For example, Bangladesh usually plays only two tests in a test series, while most other countries play three or more matches Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

Current squad

Mohammad Ashraful
For following players were selected for the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa Name Domestic team

Mohammad Ashraful (c) Dhaka Division
Mashrafe Mortaza (vc) Khulna Division
Abdur Razzak Khulna Division
Aftab Ahmed Chittagong Division
Alok Kapali Sylhet Division
Farhad Reza Rajshahi Division
Junaid Siddique Rajshahi Division
Mahmudullah Dhaka Division
Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) Rajshahi Division
Nadif Chowdhury Dhaka Division
Nazimuddin Chittagong Division
Shakib Al Hasan Khulna Division
Syed Rasel Khulna Division
Tamim Iqbal Chittagong Division
Ziaur Rahman Khulna Division

Tournament History

World Cup

• 1975: Not eligible - Not an ICC member
• 1979 to 1996 inclusive: Did not qualify
• 1999: First round
• 2003: First round
• 2007: Second round - Super Eight Stage (7th place)

ICC Champions Trophy

• 2002: First round
• 2004: First round
• 2006: 9th place

ICC Knockout

• 1998: Did not participate
• 2000: First round

Commonwealth Games

• 1998: First round

ICC Trophy

• 1979: First round
• 1983: 4th place
• 1986: First round
• 1990: Semi Finals
• 1994: 2nd round
• 1997: Won
• 2001 onwards: Not eligible - Now an ICC full member

Asian Test Championship

• 1999: Not eligible - Not an ICC full member
• 2001/02: 3rd place

Asia Cup

• 1984: Did not participate
• 1986: 3rd place
• 1988: 4th place
• 1990/91: 3rd place
• 1995: 4th place
• 1997: 4th place
• 2000: 4th place
• 2004: 4th place

ACC Trophy

• 1996: Won
• 1998: Won
• 2000 onwards: Not eligible - Now an ICC full member

Australasia Cup

• 1986: Did not participate
• 1990: First round
• 1994: Did not participate

National Records of Bangladesh

Batting and Individual records

Test Matches

• Highest team total - 488 all out against Zimbabwe in 2005 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Highest aggregate of runs - Habibul Bashar (2953) in 47 matches at an average of 32 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.09 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Highest individual score - 158* by Mohammad Ashraful against India in 2004 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Highest partnership - 191 for the sixth wicket by Mohammad Ashraful(102) & Mushfiqur Rahim(80) against Sri Lanka in 2007 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Most number of centuries - Mohammad Ashraful (4) in 38 matches Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Most number of half centuries - Habibul Bashar (24) in 47 matches Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Most number of dismissals (wicket-keeping) - Khaled Mashud (87 dismissals) in 44 matches Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Most number of catches (excludes wicket-keeping) - Habibul Bashar (21) in 47 matches Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Highest average (qualification 20 inns Bangladeshi Rapidshare.) - Habibul Bashar (32 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.09)

• Most number of matches played - Habibul Bashar (47) Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Most number of matches as captain - Habibul Bashar (18) from 2004 to 2007 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

ODI Matches

• Highest team total - 301/7 against Kenya in 2006 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Highest aggregate of runs - Habibul Bashar (2168) in 111 matches at an average of 21 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.68 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Highest individual score - 134* by Shakib Al Hasan against Canada in 2006 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Highest partnership - 175* for the fourth wicket by Habibul Bashar (64) & Rajin Saleh (108) against Kenya in 2006 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Most number of centuries - Shahriar Nafees (4) in 49 matches Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Most number of half centuries - Habibul Bashar (14) in 111 matches Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Most number of dismissals (wicket-keeping) - Khaled Mashud (126 dismissals) in 126 matches Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Most number of catches (excludes wicket-keeping) - Mohammad Rafique (28) in 123 matches Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Highest average (qualification 20 inns Bangladeshi Rapidshare.) - Shakib Al Hasan (39 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.04) Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Highest number of sixes in a match - Mashrafe Mortaza (5) Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Highest number of sixes in a career - Aftab Ahmed (46) in 69 matches Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Most number of matches played - Khaled Mashud (126) Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Most number of matches as captain - Habibul Bashar (69) from 2004 to 2007 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

Bowling records

Test Matches

• Most number of wickets - 94 by Mohammad Rafique at 40 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.79 in 31 matches Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Best individual bowling - 7/95 by Enamul Haque Jr against Zimbabwe in 2005 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Best bowling in a match - 12/200 by Enamul Haque Jr against Zimbabwe in 2005 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Most number of 10 wicket hauls - Enamul Haque Jr (1) Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Most number of 5 wicket hauls - Mohammad Rafique (7) Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Best average (qualification 50 overs) - 39 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.46 by Enamul Haque Jr Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

ODI Matches

• Most number of wickets - 119 by Mohammad Rafique at 38 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.75 in 123 matches Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Best individual bowling - 6/26 by Mashrafe Mortaza against Kenya in 2006 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Most number of 5 wicket hauls - Aftab Ahmed, Abdur Razzak, Mashrafe Mortaza and Mohammad Rafique (1) Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

• Best average (qualification 50 overs) - 22 Bangladeshi Rapidshare.85 by Abdur Razzak Bangladeshi Rapidshare.

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