Habibul Bashar

Qazi Habibul Bashar (Bengali: কাজী হাবিবুল বাশার) (born August 17, 1972) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He was the former captain of Bangladesh national cricket team. He captained Bangladesh at 2007 ICC World Cup. The first test victory came under his captaincy against Zimbabwe. He is the most successful captain in Bangladesh cricket's history. Under his captaincy, Bangladesh have beaten Australia, India, South Africa and Sri Lanka in limited overs matches. He is currently one of the chief selectors of BCB

Habibul Bashar

Personal information
Full name	Qazi Habibul Bashar
Born	(1972-08-17) 17 August 1972 Nagakanda, Kushtia, Bangladesh
Nickname	Sumon
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm Off spin
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	Bangladesh
Test debut (cap 4)	10 November 2000 v India
Last Test	22 February 2008 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 29)	6 April 1995 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	12 May 2007 v India
ODI shirt no.	7
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2003–2010	Khulna Division
2000–2001	Biman Bangladesh Airlines
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI FC LA Matches 50 111 87 156 Runs scored 3,026 2,168 5,175 3,418 Batting average 30.87 21.68 32.75 24.41 100s/50s 3/24 0/14 6/37 0/24 Top score 113 78 224 83 Balls bowled 282 175 814 670 Wickets 0 1 8 8 Bowling average – 142.00 65.87 62.37 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a Best bowling 0/1 1/31 2/28 2/17 Catches/stumpings 22/– 26/– 39/– 33/–
Source: Cricinfo CricketArchive cricketarchive.com, 30 August 2008

Early career

In 1989 Bashar played for the Bangladesh Under-19 team in the U-19 Asia Cup. In 1990s he played his domestic cricket for Biman Bangladesh Airlines. He made his ODI debut at the 1995 Asia Cup against Sri Lanka. He missed the 1997 ICC Trophy. He also missed the 1999 World Cup.

Career milestones

Tests

Test Debut: vs India, Bangabandhu, 2000

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

ODIs

ODI Debut: vs Sri Lanka, Sharjah, 1995

• He made his highest score of 78 in ODI cricket against Zimbabwe, 2007

An graph of Bashar's Test match batting career. It shows runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).

Preceded by Khaled Mashud

Bangladesh national cricket captain 2004/5–2007

Succeeded by Mohammad Ashraful

Other websites

• Player Profile from Cricinfo
• Player Profile from CricketArchive
• Player Profile from Banglacricket Archived 2006-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
• Bangladesh Test batting averages from Cricinfo