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Player DatabaseCricketer Profiles
Habibul Bashar (Sumon)
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| Other Name: |
Qazi Habibul Bashar |
| DOB: |
Aug 17, 1972. Nagakanda, Kushtia |
| Type: |
Batsman |
| Bat Style: |
Right Hand Bat |
| Bowl Style: |
Off Break |
| Teams: |
Bangladesh, Khulna, Biman |
| Test Debut: |
Bangladesh v India at Dhaka, 2000 |
| ODI Debut: |
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, 1995 |
| Test Caps: |
39 |
| ODI Caps: |
73 |
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| Batting |
Runs |
Innings |
Not Out |
100s |
50s |
Avg |
SR |
Best |
Fielding |
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| Test |
2387 |
71 |
1 |
3 |
20 |
34.10 |
59.35 |
113 |
19 |
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| ODI |
1323 |
69 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
19.46 |
59.78 |
74 |
12 |
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| Bowling |
Overs |
Wickets |
Maidens |
Runs |
Avg |
Econ |
SR |
Best |
5For |
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| Test |
39.0 |
0 |
1 |
195 |
0.00 |
5.00 |
0.00 |
0-0 |
0 |
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| ODI |
29.1 |
1 |
0 |
142 |
142.00 |
4.87 |
175.00 |
1-31 |
0 |
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| Pictures: | Total 13
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| Profile: |
Habibul Bashar is the most prolific Bangladeshi batsman of his generation and holds many of Bangladesh’s batting records. An aggressive batsman with a rich repertoire of strokes and an occasional part-time off spinner, he has all the hallmarks of a genuine world class Test player.
"A very attacking player - he always wants to get on with the game and I like that", says coach Dav Whatmore of Bashar.
His early career was spotty. He was frequently in and out of the national team. His first significant contribution for the national team was a swaggering 70 against Zimbabwe in 1997. After a period of being out of favor, he took advantage of the injuries in the Bangladesh side to turn in some handy performances with bat and ball against the West Indies in 1999. He has not been dropped since.
Since Bangladesh's inaugural test against India in 2000, Bashar has played in all of Bangladesh’s Tests except for the 2004 home tour by New Zealand, which he was forced to sit out due to injury.
He is classier against pace than against spin and is known for his elegant drives through midwicket. His only weakness seems to be his propensity for hook shots that gets him caught prematurely, and this may explain why he has converted only a few of his half centuries into full-blown centuries. That he can go on to greater heights is not in question. In January 2001, he became the first Bangladeshi to hit a first-class double century.
Bashar has not been as imposing in one-day cricket with his average in the shorter form of the game almost half that of his Test average. He does, however, have the honor of taking the wicket of one Brian Charles Lara in the second of the 2-ODI Biman Millenium Cup series in 2002.
In 2003, Bashar assumed the role of captaincy for Bangladesh in both Tests and ODIs after Khaled Mahmud was sacked. In January 2005, Bangladesh achieved their maiden test victory against Zimbabwe under his captaincy. He led the Bangladeshi side from the front in the historic match, hitting half centuries in both innings. |
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| Highlights: |
- Became the first Bangladeshi to score 1000 then 2000 test runs
- Highest Bangladeshi career average in Tests.
- Holds 2 Test partnership records (167 with Javed Omar for the 2nd wicket and 114 with mehrab Hossain for the 4th wicket)
- Highest number of centuries in Tests for Bangladesh(3)
- Only batsman to aggregate more than 3000 first class runs
- Captained Bangladesh to their first proper draw in test cricket scoring 113 for himself in the first innings, his highest test score
- Three times he reached 50 in less than 50 balls in test cricket. The 38 ball fifty against New Zealand at Hamilton in 2001-02 was the national record until Tapash Baisya bettered it against the same opposition in Chittagong
- Twice he top scored in both innings of a test match : 60(out of 173) & 75 (237) v SAF at Chittagong in 2003 and 71(288) & 108(274) v Pak at Karachi in 2003
- 108 and 76 against Zimbabwe in the second TEST (November 2001) sharing a 122 second wicket partnership with Golla (80) in the second innings.
- Scores of 108, 97 and 72 in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Tests respectively against Pakistan in 2003.
- 65 against Zimbabwe in the first Test (Nov 2001) in a 102 run second wicket partnership with Golla (35)
- 74 in ODI (91 balls) against Zimbabwe in 2001. Shared an 84 run (17 overs) partnership with Golla for the third wicket
- 71 and 30 against India in Bangladesh's inaugural Test in 2000
- 70 in ODI against Zimbabwe in 1997
- 143*, 35 and 2/28 in first-class match against England 'A' in 1999
- 224 in first-class match against Khulna in 2001, which is the highest score in Bangladesh first class cricket
- 57 in ODI against India in 2000
- 83 in one day match against England 'A' in 1999
- Has the dubious honor of being one of only three captains to have been dismissed for a 'pair' during their captaincy debut. The other two were Australian Mark Taylor and Pakistani Rashid Latif.
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| Link: | CricInfo statistics for Habibul Bashar (Sumon) |
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| Contributor: |
James Stedman, Miran Rahman, Zunaid Kazi, Tintin, Arnab |
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Last updated: 2006-02-20. |
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