Taijul Islam

Taijul Islam
Personal information
Full name Taijul Islam
Born 7 February 1992
Natore, Rajshahi Division,
Bangladesh
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Role Bowler
International information
National side
  • Bangladesh
Test debut (cap 73) 5 September 2014 v West Indies
Last Test 12 November 2014 v Zimbabwe
Only ODI (cap 116) 1 December 2014 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no. 12
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011–2014 Rajshahi Division
2012–2013 Duronto Rajshahi
2013 Prime Doleshwar SC
2013 Prime Bank CC
2014 North Zone
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 5 1 24 29
Runs scored 86 — 429 60
Batting average 10.75 — 14.30 4.61
100s/50s 0/0 — 0/1 0/0
Top score 32 — 64 19
Balls bowled 1,363 42 5,585 1,443
Wickets 25 4 116 39
Bowling average 27.12 2.75 24.17 27.92
5 wickets in innings 2 0 10 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 4 n/a
Best bowling 8/39 4/11 8/39 6/19
Catches/stumpings 5/– 0/– 20/– 11/–
Source: CricketArchive, 29 December 2014

Taijul Islam (born 7 February 1992) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who has played at Test level for the Bangladesh national team. From Natore, Taijul has played at domestic level for Rajshahi Division and North Zone, in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) for Duronto Rajshahi, and in the Dhaka Premier Division for Prime Doleshwar SC. He made his first-class debut for Rajshahi Division during the 2010–11 season of the National Cricket League. A left-arm orthodox spinner, Taijul was selected for Bangladesh A after a strong 2013–14 domestic season, and went on to make his Test debut for Bangladesh on its 2014 tour of the West Indies. He took a five-wicket haul on debut, and, when Zimbabwe toured Bangladesh later in the year, took figures of 8/39, the best figures by any Bangladeshi at Test level. He made his ODI debut later in the series, and took a hat-trick, the first player to do so on debut.

Domestic career

Taijul initially played in his hometown, Natore, before moving up to the Rajshahi Division league system.[1] He toured Sri Lanka with the Bangladesh national under-19s during the 2009 season, and played three under-19 One Day Internationals and one under-19 Test.[2][3] Taijul made his first-class debut for Rajshahi Division in April 2011, during the 2010–11 season of the National Cricket League (Bangladesh).[4] He played three matches late in the season, taking 14 wickets (including three four-wicket hauls). This impressed Khaled Mashud, a former captain of Bangladesh and leading figure in the Rajshahi team, and reputedly guaranteed his place in the squad for several seasons.[5]

For the 2011–12 season, Taijul secured a place with Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club in the Dhaka Premier Division, which, although it did not yet have list-A status, was one of the strongest one-day leagues in the country.[6] He was also signed to Duronto Rajshahi for the inaugural season of the Bangladesh Premier League, playing three matches, including the team's semi-final loss to the Barisal Burners.[7] Taijul gained more game time during the following season, taking nine wickets from nine matches.[8] Following on from this, in August 2013 he represented the Bangladesh under-23 side at the ACC Emerging Teams Cup in Singapore, which constituted his first matches at list-A level.[9] The Dhaka Premier Division gained list-A status for its 2013 season, running from September to November, and Taijul was one of the competition's leading wicket-takers, finishing with 22 wickets from 15 matches (behind only Farhad Reza for Prime Doleshwar).[10] This including figures of 6/19 against Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club (led by Mushfiqur Rahim), a personal best.[11]

Taijul represented another side sponsored by Prime Bank Limited in a brief Victory Day Cup series at the end of December 2013. He played seven games in that competition, which was his second Twenty20 tournament of the year – he had also represented Rajshahi Division at the Bangladesh Games in April.[7] The 2013–14 season was Taijul's breakout season at first-class level.[5] In the four-zone Bangladesh Cricket League, he took 37 wickets in four matches for North Zone, an amalgam of the Rajshahi and Rangpur Division teams.[12] This included match figures of 12/122 (7/71 and 5/51) against East Zone, the first ten-wicket haul of his career.[13][14] Against Central Zone, Taijul took match figures of 11/177 (5/88 and 6/89),[15] while in the tournament's final, against South Zone, he took 10/242, which included first-innings figures of 8/86.[16] For these performances, Taijul was named Man of the Tournament.[17] His NCL season for Rajshahi Division was less successful, with 18 wickets from seven matches,[18] though this including a ten-wicket haul against Sylhet Division, for which he was named man of the match.[19]

International career

After Taijul's performances during the 2013–14 domestic season, he was named in Bangladesh A's 15-man squad for its tour of the West Indies in May 2014.[20] Bangladesh's senior team also toured later in the year, in August and September. Taijul was a late addition to Bangladesh's squad for the two-Test series, replacing another left-arm spinner, Abdur Razzak.[21] On debut at Kingstown's Arnos Vale Ground (on Saint Vincent), he took 5/135 in the West Indies' first innings of 484/7 declared, bowling the majority of overs in tandem with Shuvagata Hom, an off-spinner also making his Test debut.[22] Taijul thus became the sixth Bangladeshi bowler to take a five-wicket haul on his Test debut.[23]

Taijul was subsequently selected for Bangladesh's home series against Zimbabwe, in October and November 2014. In the first Test of the three-Test series, he took 8/39 from 16.5 overs in Zimbabwe's second innings, helping to bowl the side out for 114 runs. Taijul became the first Bangladeshi to take eight wickets in a Test innings, breaking Shakib Al Hasan's previous record (7/36 against New Zealand in 2008).[24][25] Only two left-arm bowlers have recorded better figures in a Test innings – Sri Lanka's Rangana Herath (9/127) and England's Johnny Briggs (8/11).[26] Later in the match, Taijul featured in an unbroken 19-run partnership for the eighth wicket, hitting the winning runs as Bangladesh won by three wickets. He was subsequently named man of the match.[27]

He made his One Day International debut for Bangladesh against Zimbabwe on 1 December 2014.[28] He finished with figures of 4/11 from seven overs, including a hat-trick.[29]

List of Test five-wicket hauls

#Figures Match Opponent Venue City Country Year Result
1 5/135 1  West Indies Arnos Vale Kingstown Saint Vincent 2014 Lost
2 8/39 3  Zimbabwe Sher-e Bangla Dhaka Bangladesh 2014 Won

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bangladesh / Players / Taijul Islam". ESPN Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Under-19 ODI matches played by Taijul Islam (3) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Under-19 Test matches played by Taijul Islam (1) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  4. ↑ First-class matches played by Taijul Islam (21) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mohammad Isam (7 September 2014). "Taijul bursts out of obscurity" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Miscellaneous matches played by Taijul Islam (13) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Twenty20 matches played by Taijul Islam (22) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  8. ↑ Bowling in Bangladesh Premier League 2012/12 (ordered by wickets) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  9. ↑ List A matches played by Taijul Islam (18) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  10. ↑ Bowling in Dhaka Premier Division 2012/13 (ordered by wickets) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  11. ↑ Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club v Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, Dhaka Premier Division 2012/13 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  12. ↑ Bowling in Bangladesh Cricket League 2013/14 (ordered by wickets) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  13. ↑ East Zone v North Zone, Bangladesh Cricket League 2013/14 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  14. ↑ — (20 January 2014). "Taijul bowls North Zone to victory" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  15. ↑ — (6 May 2014). "Taijul bowls North Zone to victory" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  16. ↑ Mohammad Isam (9 May 2014). "Taijul eight-for derails South Zone" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  17. ↑ Bangladesh Cricket League 2013/14 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  18. ↑ Bowling in National Cricket League 2013/14 (ordered by wickets) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  19. ↑ — (2 February 2014). "Taijul takes 10 in Rajshahi win" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  20. ↑ Mohammad Isam (10 May 2014). "Three newcomers in Bangladesh A squad" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  21. ↑ Mohammad Isam (22 August 2014). "Taijul Islam and Shuvagata Hom set for Test call-ups" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  22. ↑ Mohammad Isam (5 September 2014). "Brathwaite century puts West Indies in command" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  23. ↑ "Bowling records: Test matches (Bangladesh)". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  24. ↑ Alagappan Muthu (27 October 2014). "Bangladesh stumble after Taijul eight-for" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  25. ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Bowling records" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  26. ↑ Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Bowling records – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  27. ↑ Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh, 1st Test: Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Dhaka, Oct 25-27, 2014 – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  28. ↑ "Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh, 5th ODI: Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Dhaka, Dec 1, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  29. ↑ "Taijul debut hat-trick sets 129 target". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2014.