Tapash Baisya

Tapash Baisya
Personal information
Full name Tapash Kumar Baisya
Born (1982-12-25) 25 December 1982
Sylhet, Bangladesh
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 27) 28 July 2002 v Sri Lanka
Last Test 3 June 2005 v England
ODI debut (cap 58) 4 August 2002 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI 31 March 2007 v Australia
ODI shirt no. 19
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC
Matches 21 56 85
Runs scored 384 336 1878
Batting average 11.29 12.00 15.02
100s/50s -/2 -/- 1/6
Top score 66 35* 112
Balls bowled 3376 2608 11,977
Wickets 36 59 192
Bowling average 59.36 41.55 32.37
5 wickets in innings - - 3
10 wickets in match - n/a 0
Best bowling 4/72 4/16 6/37
Catches/stumpings 6/- 8/- 28/-
Source: , 27 February 2015

Tapash Baisya (Bengali: তাপস বৈশ্য) (born 25 December 1982, in Sylhet) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer.

Tapash Baisya took 36 Test wickets, although they came at a bowling average of nearly 60. Nevertheless, he has taken the third-most wickets of any Bangladeshi fast bowler, behind Mashrafe Mortaza and Shahadat Hossain. He took four wickets in a Test innings only once: four for 72 against West Indies on their 2002-03 tour of Bangladesh.[1] With the bat he scored two Test fifties.

He played first-class cricket for Sylhet Division from 2000-01 to 2012-13. His highest score was 112 off 173 balls, batting at number eight against Chittagong Division in 2006-07.[2] His best bowling figures were 6 for 37 against Dhaka Division in 2012-13.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Bangladesh v West Indies, Chittagong 2002-03". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Chittagong Division v Sylhet Division 2006-07". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Sylhet Division v Dhaka Division 2012-13". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
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