Biman Bangladesh Airlines cricket team

Biman Bangladesh Airlines cricket team

Captain:	Javed Omar
Coach:	n/a
Owner:	Biman Bangladesh Airlines
Founded:	1976
Home ground:	Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan No 1 Ground, Savar (Capacity : 2,000)
National Cricket League wins:	1 (2000/01)
Official website:	cricketarchive

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.

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

• National Cricket League (1) – 2000–01

First-class statistics

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	2000–2001	6	10	2	735	216	91.87	2	4	8
Habibul Bashar[4]	Right	2000–2001	10	15	1	594	224	42.42	1	3	7
Hasanuzzaman[5]	Right	2000–2001	10	14	3	575	118	52.27	3	1	4
Javed Omar[6]	Right	2000–2001	9	14	0	562	102	40.14	2	3	3
Aminul Islam[7]	Right	2000–2001	9	13	2	553	153	50.27	2	3	4
Sanwar Hossain[8]	Right	2000–2001	10	11	2	449	116	49.88	1	2	12
Faruk Ahmed[9]	Right	2000–2001	5	8	1	258	68	36.85	0	1	5
Ziaur Rashid[10]	Right	2000–2001	7	8	0	171	49	21.37	0	0	7
Mohammad Sharif[11]	Right	2000–2001	10	12	3	130	26	14.44	0	0	2
Atiar Rahman[12]	Right	2000–2001	6	6	1	83	38	16.60	0	0	12	1
Jahangir Alam Talukdar[13]	Right	2000–2001	6	6	1	50	18	10.00	0	0	3
Saifullah Khan[14]	Right	2000–2001	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	2000–2001	10	312.5	67	879	49	17.93	6/31	5	2
Imran Farhat[16]	LB	2000–2001	6	144.2	28	474	23	20.60	7/31	2	0
Saifullah Khan[17]	SLA	2000–2001	7	141	19	489	16	30.56	3/28	0	0
Ziaur Rashid[18]	OB	2000–2001	7	156.5	43	353	14	25.21	3/53	0	0
Jahangir Alam Talukdar[19]	LM	2000–2001	6	129.4	4	313	5	62.60	3/56	0	0
Sanwar Hossain[20]	OB	2000–2001	10	18.5	2	70	3	23.33	1/0	0	0
Habibul Bashar[21]	OB	2000–2001	10	34	1	166	2	83.00	2/65	0	0
Aminul Islam[22]	OB	2000–2001	9	41	2	153	2	76.50	1/19	0	0
Faruk Ahmed[23]	OB	2000–2001	5	8	2	24	2	12.00	2/20	0	0
Hasanuzzaman[24]	RFM	2000–2001	10	28	3	91	1	91.00	1/21	0	0
Javed Omar[25]	LB	2000–2001	9	2	1	5	0

References

• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (annual)

Further references and notes

1. Mohammedan, Abahani book semifinal berth, from bangladeshinfo.com, retrieved 27 December 2006
2. Corporate Cricket League Archived December 14, 2006, at the Wayback Machine., from the Bangladesh Cricket Board
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

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