Mohammad Ashraful
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
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| Bowling type | Legbreak | |
| Tests | ODIs | |
| Matches | 33 | 91 |
| Runs scored | 1511 | 1699 |
| Batting average | 24.37 | 21.50 |
| 100s/50s | 3/6 | 1/11 |
| Top score | 158* | 100 |
| Balls bowled | 834 | 342 |
| Wickets | 9 | 10 |
| Bowling average | 69.56 | 35.10 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - 0 | - |
| 10 wickets in match | - 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 2/42 | 3/26 |
| Catches/stumpings | 10/- | 16/- |
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As of 4 April 2007 |
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Mohammad Ashraful (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ আশরাফুল) (born July 7, 1984 in Dhaka) is a Bangladeshi international cricket player. He has also been selected to represent ACC Asia XI ODI side. He is a specialist batsman.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Test Cricket
Ashraful holds the world record for the youngest batsman to make a Test century. He achieved this feat on Test debut, scoring 114 against Sri Lanka on September 8, 2001. There has been some uncertainty regarding his birthdate - most sources concur it is July 7 [1], but his passport records it as September 9. In fact either date would qualify him for his world record status (previously held by Pakistani Mushtaq Mohammad, aged 17 years 82 days in 1960-1)
After such a start there were perhaps unfairly high expectations. After prolonged string of poor performances and easy dismissals he was dropped from the national team, but returned in 2004 against the Indian cricket team to record his second century, 158 not out. This also set the record for highest individual Test score by a Bangladeshi. In 2006 he scored 136 in the first test against Sri Lanka.
[edit] One Day Inernational (ODI)
Ashraful has been the key batsman in several of Bangladesh's famous victories. He made exactly 100 in Bangladesh's win over Australia at Cardiff in the NatWest Series on June 18, 2005.
During the 2007 World Cup Ashraful made an 83 ball 87 against the ICC ODI Championship world No.1 ranked South Africans, helping his team clinch a stunning 67-run win. He was awarded man of the match.
[edit] Domestic Cricket
He is captain of the Dhaka team in Bangladesh's domestic one-day cricket competition. In December 2006 when playing for Dhaka in the four day competition he made a then league record score of 263, against Chittagong Division.
Ashraful also captains Sonargaon Cricketers, a club in the Dhaka Premier League. He has played for Rainhill CC in a local cricket league in UK.
[edit] External links
- Cricinfo Profile
- Mohammad Ashraful's Profile on BanglaCricket
- Ashraful's battle to make his mark by S.Rajesh
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Bangladesh squad - 2007 Cricket World Cup | |
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1 Bashar (c) | 2 Nafees | 3 Tamim | 4 Aftab | 5 Saqibul | 6 Ashraful | 7 Rahim (wk) | 8 Rafique | 9 Razzak | 10 Mortaza | 11 Shahadat | 12 Baisya | 13 Rasel | 14 Saleh | 15 Omar | 16 Reza | Coach: Whatmore Baisya was injured during the world cup and replaced in the squad by Reza. |
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Bangladesh squad - 2003 Cricket World Cup | |
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1 Mashud (w) | 2 Al Sahariar | 3 Kapali | 4 Akram | 5 Bashar | 6 Sarkar | 7 Ehsanul | 8 Sanwar | 9 Mahmud | 10 Manjural | 11 Mortaza | 12 Ashraful | 13 Rafique | 14 Jubair | 15 Baisya | 16 Imran | Coach: Kamal & Zia |
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