Habibul Bashar

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Habibul Bashar Bangladesh (Ban)

Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm offbreak
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	42	91
Runs scored	2838	1772
Batting average	34.60	21.34
100s/50s	3/24	-/12
Top score	113	74
Balls bowled	234	175
Wickets	-	1
Bowling average	-	142.00
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	N/A
Best bowling	-	1/31
Catches/stumpings	19/-	18/-
As of 8 December 2006 Source: Cricinfo.com

Qazi Habibul Bashar (Bengali: হাবিবুল বাসার) (born August 17, 1972 in Nagakanda, Kushtia) is a Bangladeshi cricketer, and the current captain of the Bangladeshi cricket team. He is Bangladesh's most successful captain with the only Test series victory and ODI wins against Australia, India, Sri Lanka under his belt.

He is one of Bangladesh's leading batsmen. As of 2006, he is one of the two Bangladeshi with a Test batting average greater than 30. He has scored three Test centuries.

He has been captain of Bangladesh since the beginning of 2004. During this time, Bangladesh has continued to be the lowest-ranked Test-playing nation. Nevertheless, he has led the team to some notable successes. When Zimbabwe (the second lowest-ranked side) toured Bangladesh in January 2005, Bangladesh recorded their first Test match win, their first Test series win, and their first one-day international series win. Then in June 2005, Bangladesh beat the world champions Australia in a one-day international in Cardiff. In April 2006, they came close to beating Australia in a Test match, taking a first-innings lead of 158, and eventually losing by only three wickets. Bangladesh lost the ODI series with Zimbabwe in August 2006 by 3-2, but beat them in the last qualifying match of the Champions Trophy by a great difference. Thanks to these efforts, Bashar's Bangladesh is currently above Zimbabwe, and showing that they are improving by the minute, and can continue this steady incline up the order.

Habibul Bashar's career performance graph.

1 Career Highlights
- 1.1 Tests
- 1.2 ODIs
2 References

[edit] Career Highlights

[edit] Tests

Test Debut: vs India, Bangabandhu, 2006

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

[edit] ODIs

ODI Debut: vs Sri Lanka, Sharjah, 1995

Preceded by: Khaled Mashud	Bangladesh national cricket captain 2004/5 – present	Incumbent

[edit] References

	Bangladesh squad - 2003 Cricket World Cup
1 Mashud (w) \| 2 Al Sahariar \| 3 Kapali \| 4 Akram \| 5 Bashar \| 6 Sarkar \| 7 Ehsanul \| 8 Sanwar \| 9 Mahmud \| 10 Manjural \| 11 Mortaza \| 12 Ashraful \| 13 Rafique \| 14 Jubair \| 15 Baisya \| 16 Imran \| Coach: Kamal & Zia