Habibul Bashar

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	Tests	ODIs
Habibul Bashar Bangladesh (Ban)

Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm offbreak
Matches	42	105
Runs scored	2838	2072
Batting average	34.60	22.04
100s/50s	3/24	-/14
Top score	113	78
Balls bowled	234	175
Wickets	-	1
Bowling average	-	142.00
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	-	1/31
Catches/stumpings	19/-	25/-
As of April 4, 2007 Source: Cricinfo.com

Qazi Habibul Bashar (Bengali: হাবিবুল বাসার) (born August 17, 1972 in Nagakanda, Kushtia) is a Bangladeshi cricketer, and the current captain of the Bangladeshi cricket team. He is Bangladesh's most successful captain with the only Test series victory and ODI wins against Australia, India, Sri Lanka under his belt.

1 Early Life
2 Career Story
3 Career Milestones
- 3.1 Tests
- 3.2 ODIs
4 References

[edit] Early Life

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Bashar was brought up in a family fanatical about sports, but he did not find any interest in sport early in his childhood. He was more interested in football and only came to know about cricket after his family moved to Madaripur. Participating at a camp gave Bashar the initiative to take this sport seriously. In 1986 he took part at the local league of Kustia but did not play any match. Next year he only played a few match with his mediocre off-spin bowling. After passing the examination he reached to Dhaka and attained in a training camp. From their he was called at the Nirman Eleven which was already a First Division team during that time. In order to cement his place at the team he took up batting along with his off-spin. His ability with the bat blossomed in quick time as he became the one down batsman of the club. His team also performed brilliantly to win the League along with the promotion in the premiership. The owner of the club was so delighted with the performance that he announced to send the team to England. As the most of the players of Nirman Eleven were young and no under 19 national team at that time, Bangladesh Cricket Board decided to send them as BCB U-19 team. Bashar later described this trip to England as one of the turning point of his carrier. Next year he played for Bangladesh U-19 team and took part in the U-19 Asia Cup. Although his performance was not extraordinary, he received numerous proposals from different premier division clubs. But he turned them down to play for Nirman Eleven which gave him more opportunity to play at the top level. Next year he moved to Biman from where he was called for the first time at the camp of the national team. He was picked up as a standby player for the Asia Cup but did not play any match. His debut came at the 1995 Asia Cup against Sri Lanka. But his unnoticeable performance dragged him out of the team and missed the ICC Trophy in which Bangladesh were the champions. Bashar was shocked after the left out and marriage later that year also made him more serious about the game. But he was again left out of the World Cup squad and he was not even at the preliminary team. After the World Cup he again entered the team and with Eddie Barlow’s inspiration he got the chance to play. Keeping up with the traditional inconsistency with announcing the side, Bashar was again denied a place at the eleven of Bangladesh’s inaugural test. His consistent performance before the test drawn the attention of the press and after heavy criticism from them he was finally included in the side. Bashar made the first fifty of the history of Bangladesh test cricket to prove his ability.

[edit] Career Story

Bashar is one of Bangladesh's leading batsmen. As of 2006, he is one of the two Bangladeshi with a Test batting average greater than 30. He has scored three Test centuries.

He has been captain of Bangladesh since the beginning of 2004. During this time, Bangladesh has continued to be the lowest-ranked Test-playing nation. Nevertheless, he has led the team to some notable successes. When Zimbabwe (the second lowest-ranked side) toured Bangladesh in January 2005, Bangladesh recorded their first Test match win, their first Test series win, and their first one-day international series win. Then in June 2005, Bangladesh beat the world champions Australia in a one-day international in Cardiff. In April 2006, they came close to beating Australia in a Test match, taking a first-innings lead of 158, and eventually losing by only three wickets. Bangladesh lost the ODI series with Zimbabwe in August 2006 by 3-2, but beat them in the last qualifying match of the Champions Trophy by a great difference. Thanks to these efforts, Bashar's Bangladesh is currently above Zimbabwe, and showing that they are improving by the minute, and can continue this steady incline up the order.

Habibul Bashar's career performance graph.

[edit] Career Milestones

[edit] Tests

Test Debut: vs India, Bangabandhu, 2006

Bashar made his highest score of 113 in Test cricket against West Indies, 2004

[edit] ODIs

ODI Debut: vs Sri Lanka, Sharjah, 1995

Preceded by Khaled Mashud	Bangladesh national cricket captain 2004/5 – present	Incumbent

[edit] References

	Bangladesh squad - 2003 Cricket World Cup
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