Biman Bangladesh Airlines cricket team

Summary

The Biman Bangladesh Airlines cricket team was a first-class cricket team in Bangladesh that played in only the inaugural 2000–01 domestic season and won the National Cricket League title. The team was sponsored by Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the government-owned airliner of Bangladesh.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines cricket team
Personnel
CaptainJaved Omar
Coachn/a
OwnerBiman Bangladesh Airlines
Team information
Founded1976
Home groundBangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan No 1 Ground, Savar (Capacity : 2,000)
History
National Cricket League wins1 (2000/01)
Official websitecricketarchive

The club played its home games at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan No 1 Ground in Savar.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines currently play among the 12 clubs in the Dhaka Metropolis Premier League which is not given first class status.[1] Biman also sponsors a team in the Corporate Cricket League.[2]

The team signed 18-year-old Pakistani opening batsman Imran Farhat during the 2000–01 season, and Farhat dominated, scoring 216 in the first match of the season and ending up with the most runs in Bangladeshi first class cricket that season. However, Habibul Bashar had the highest first class score for the team, with 224.

Honours edit

  • National Cricket League (1) – 2000–01

First-class statistics edit

Biman Bangladesh Airlines batting and fielding statistics
Qualification: 5 matches
Name Batting hand Career Mat Inn NO Runs HS Avg 100 50 Ct St
Imran Farhat[3] Left 20002001 6 10 2 735 216 91.87 2 4 8
Habibul Bashar[4] Right 20002001 10 15 1 594 224 42.42 1 3 7
Hasanuzzaman[5] Right 20002001 10 14 3 575 118 52.27 3 1 4
Javed Omar[6] Right 20002001 9 14 0 562 102 40.14 2 3 3
Aminul Islam[7] Right 20002001 9 13 2 553 153 50.27 2 3 4
Sanwar Hossain[8] Right 20002001 10 11 2 449 116 49.88 1 2 12
Faruk Ahmed[9] Right 20002001 5 8 1 258 68 36.85 0 1 5
Ziaur Rashid[10] Right 20002001 7 8 0 171 49 21.37 0 0 7
Mohammad Sharif[11] Right 20002001 10 12 3 130 26 14.44 0 0 2
Atiar Rahman[12] Right 20002001 6 6 1 83 38 16.60 0 0 12 1
Jahangir Alam Talukdar[13] Right 20002001 6 6 1 50 18 10.00 0 0 3
Saifullah Khan[14] Right 20002001 7 7 5 5 2* 2.50 0 0 3
Biman Bangladesh Airlines bowling statistics as of 28 March 2006
Qualification: 5 matches played
Name Bowling style Career Mat Ovs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg BBI 5wI 10wM
Mohammad Sharif[15] RMF 20002001 10 312.5 67 879 49 17.93 6/31 5 2
Imran Farhat[16] LB 20002001 6 144.2 28 474 23 20.60 7/31 2 0
Saifullah Khan[17] SLA 20002001 7 141 19 489 16 30.56 3/28 0 0
Ziaur Rashid[18] OB 20002001 7 156.5 43 353 14 25.21 3/53 0 0
Jahangir Alam Talukdar[19] LM 20002001 6 129.4 4 313 5 62.60 3/56 0 0
Sanwar Hossain[20] OB 20002001 10 18.5 2 70 3 23.33 1/0 0 0
Habibul Bashar[21] OB 20002001 10 34 1 166 2 83.00 2/65 0 0
Aminul Islam[22] OB 20002001 9 41 2 153 2 76.50 1/19 0 0
Faruk Ahmed[23] OB 20002001 5 8 2 24 2 12.00 2/20 0 0
Hasanuzzaman[24] RFM 20002001 10 28 3 91 1 91.00 1/21 0 0
Javed Omar[25] LB 20002001 9 2 1 5 0

References edit

  • Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (annual)

Further references and notes edit

  1. ^ "Sri Lanka race to victory". BBC Sport. 5 August 2002.
  2. ^ "Corporate Cricket League". Archived from the original on 14 December 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Imran Farhat from CricketArchive, URL retrieved 17 January 2006
  4. ^ First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Habibul Bashar from CricketArchive, URL retrieved 17 January 2006
  5. ^ First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Hasanuzzaman from CricketArchive, URL retrieved 17 January 2006
  6. ^ First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Javed Omar from CricketArchive, URL retrieved 17 January 2006
  7. ^ First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Aminul Islam from CricketArchive, URL retrieved 17 January 2006
  8. ^ First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Sanwar Hossain from CricketArchive, URL retrieved 17 January 2006
  9. ^ First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Faruk Ahmed from CricketArchive, URL retrieved 17 January 2006
  10. ^ First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Ziaur Rashid from CricketArchive, URL retrieved 17 January 2006
  11. ^ First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Mohammad Sharif from CricketArchive, URL retrieved 17 January 2006
  12. ^ First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Atiar Rahman from CricketArchive, URL retrieved 17 January 2006
  13. ^ First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Jahangir Alam Talukdar from CricketArchive, URL retrieved 17 January 2006
  14. ^ First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Saifullah Khan from CricketArchive, URL retrieved 17 January 2006
  15. ^ First-class Bowling For Each Team by Mohammad Sharif from CricketArchive, URL retrieved 17 January 2006
  16. ^ First-class Bowling For Each Team by Imran Farhat from CricketArchive, URL retrieved 17 January 2006
  17. ^ First-class Bowling For Each Team by Saifullah Khan from CricketArchive, URL retrieved 17 January 2006
  18. ^ First-class Bowling For Each Team by Ziaur Rashid from CricketArchive, URL retrieved 17 January 2006
  19. ^ First-class Bowling For Each Team by Jahangir Alam Talukdar from CricketArchive, URL retrieved 17 January 2006
  20. ^ First-class Bowling For Each Team by Sanwar Hossain from CricketArchive, URL retrieved 17 January 2006
  21. ^ First-class Bowling For Each Team by Habibul Bashar from CricketArchive, URL retrieved 17 January 2006
  22. ^ First-class Bowling For Each Team by Aminul Islam from CricketArchive, URL retrieved 17 January 2006
  23. ^ First-class Bowling For Each Team by Faruk Ahmed from CricketArchive, URL retrieved 17 January 2006
  24. ^ First-class Bowling For Each Team by Hasanuzzaman from CricketArchive, URL retrieved 17 January 2006
  25. ^ First-class Bowling For Each Team by Javed Omar from CricketArchive, URL retrieved 17 January 2006

External links edit

  • Tournaments in Bangladesh since 1972–73 at CricketArchive
  • "A brief history of Bangladesh domestic cricket" at Cricinfo