habibul bashar Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
habibul bashar is a cricketer(sportsman) from Bangladesh. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Qazi Habibul Bashar
Born
August 17, 1972, Nagakanda, Kushtia
Age
51 years old
Also Known As
Sumon
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Playing Role
Top order Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 50 | 111 | - | - |
Inn | 99 | 105 | - | - |
Runs | 3026 | 2168 | - | - |
Avg | 30.88 | 21.68 | - | - |
SR | 60.28 | 60.46 | - | - |
HS | 113 | 78 | - | - |
NO | 1 | 5 | - | - |
100s | 3 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 24 | 14 | - | - |
4s | 401 | 183 | - | - |
6s | 4 | 10 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 50 | 111 | - | - |
Inn | 9 | 6 | - | - |
Balls | 282 | 175 | - | - |
Runs | 217 | 142 | - | - |
Wkt | 0 | 1 | - | - |
BBI | 1 / 0 | 31 / 1 | - | - |
BBM | 1 / 0 | 31 / 1 | - | - |
Eco | 4.62 | 4.87 | - | - |
Avg | 0.0 | 142.0 | - | - |
5W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- Bangladesh
- Biman Bangladesh
- Dhaka Warriors
- Khulna Division
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Bashar started out in the U-19 team for the U-19 Asia Cup. He performed consistently for Biman Bangladesh airlines and he made his debut in the 1995 Asia Cup. Injuries took a toll on Bashar and he missed the 1997 ICC Trophy as well as the Asia Cup. After being left out of the 1999 World Cup squad, Bashar worked hard on his batting and under the guidance of Eddie Barlow, he made a comeback into the team.
Before the start of Bangladesh's inaugural Test match in 2000, Bashar was dropped from the squad. He had performed consistently before the start of the Test and the Bangladeshi press heavily criticized the decision of the selectors. This forced the selectors to include him in the squad and he responded by scoring a gritty fifty against India. From then on, Bashar did not look back and performed consistently at this level.
His inability to convert half centuries into big scores plagued him throughout his career. He scored only three tons but racked up 24 fifties. His most memorable contribution came against the West Indies at Gros Islet in 2004. His wonderful 113 gave Bangladesh a chance but the match ended in a draw. He was a vital cog in the middle order and is among the few Bangladesh batsmen to average over 30 in Tests. He took up captaincy in 2004 and was rewarded with success. Bangladesh achieved their first Test win in January 2005 by defeating Zimbabwe by 226 runs at Chittagong. Bashar contributed brilliantly to the victory by scoring a pair of fifties. Later in 2005, Bangladesh achieved an earth shattering victory by defeating Australia in Cardiff by five wickets.
Bashar had a poor 2007 World Cup with the bat but his leadership skills were excellent. Bangladesh made it to the super-eight stage for the first time ever and their victories over India and South Africa gave the nation plenty to cheer about. After the end of the World Cup, Bashar relinquished the ODI captaincy but expressed his desire to be captain of the Test side. The selectors refused and Bashar announced his retirement from international cricket in 2007.
Following his retirement, he captained the Dhaka Warriors side in the ICL in 2007. After two seasons, he retired from the ICL in 2009 but continued playing domestic cricket for Khulna division. He announced his retirement from all forms after the 2009/10 season. He is one of the three selectors for the Bangladesh Cricket Board as well as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF in Bangladesh.
By Siddharth Vishwanathan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Impish and impulsive, Habibul Bashar has the style and strokes of a genuine Test player. Most of his runs come from cultured drives through midwicket, and most of his dismissals from a Hilditch-style addiction to the hook. Before Bangladesh's inaugural Test, 'Sumon' promised he would kick the habit, but although he made 71 and 30 he was still out hooking ... twice. But it was his enterprise in the first innings that gave the world a glimpse of what was to be expected of a Bangladesh batsman in the next decade, and he remained the most consistent one for seven years.
Bashar was the major contributor in the middle-order, quickly becoming known as Mr Fifty after making a string of half-centuries in Test cricket. In all he finished with 24, together with three centuries, the first of which came in 2001 when Bangladesh were facing a massive first-innings score by Zimbabwe. The 108 was a largely forgotten innings, but it easily showed how Bashar was the best batsman of a faltering generation of talented cricketers. His next Test ton came in 2003, against Pakistan in Karachi, and kept Bangladesh in the game, while the last century came in a well-earned draw against West Indies in Gros Islet. However, despite his attacking style he underperformed in ODIs, averaging less than 22 despite playing 111 matches.
He made an inauspicious captaincy debut with a pair in Harare in 2004 but in partnership with Dav Whatmore, he brought discipline into the Bangladesh setup, balancing extremely young players with experienced campaigners like Khaled Mashud, Khaled Mahmud and Mohammad Rafique. His greatest game as captain was the five-wicket win over Australia in an ODI in Cardiff in 2005, considered one of the greatest sporting upsets. He was also in charge when Bangladesh won their first Test (and series) - in Chittagong against Zimbabwe in 2004. He led Bangladesh during the 2007 World Cup, the country's most successful campaign in which they beat India and South Africa.
As the big runs dried up and the clamour for the removal of a non-contributing captain grew in the media, Bashar was replaced by Mohammad Ashraful in 2007.
He later joined the rebel Indian Cricket League, shaking Bangladesh cricket to its core in 2008, but he was rehabilitated; in 2011, he was appointed as one of three national selectors.
ESPNcricinfo staff