Shafiul Islam

Shafiul Islam
Personal information
Full name Shafiul Islam Shuhas
Born (1989-10-06) 6 October 1989
Bogra, Bangladesh
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Batting Right-hand
Bowling Right-arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 57) 17 January 2010 v India
Last Test 20 October 2016 v England
ODI debut (cap 96) 4 January 2010 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI 12 October 2016 v England
T20I debut 3 February 2010 v New Zealand
Last T20I 26 October 2017 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2006/07–present Rajshahi Division
2012 Khulna Royal Bengal
2013 Barisal Burners
2016–present Khulna Titans
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 9 56 11 43
Runs scored 185 126 18 639
Batting average 11.56 6.30 6.00 13.31
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/1
Top score 53 24* 16 53
Balls bowled 1,470 2,342 220 6,166
Wickets 15 63 8 101
Bowling average 53.40 36.36 34.37 31.45
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/67 4/21 2/19 6/39
Catches/stumpings 2/– 8/– 1/– 12/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 26 October 2017

Shafiul Islam (Bengali: শফিউল ইসলাম, born 6 October 1989) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Shafiul has played for Rajshahi Division since 2006/07.

Domestic career

The Bangladesh Cricket Board founded the six-team Bangladesh Premier League in 2012, a twenty20 tournament to be held in February 2011.[1] An auction was held for teams to buy players,[2] and Shafiul was bought by the Khulna Royal Bengal for $65,000.[3] He was the team's fourth-highest wicket-taker with five wickets from seven matches.[4] In April the BCB upgraded Shafiul' central contract from grade C to grade B.[5]

He was the leading wicket-taker for Agrani Bank Cricket Club in the 2017–18 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, with 24 dismissals in 13 matches.[6]

International career

Shafiul received his first international call-up when he selected for Bangladesh's squad for a tri-series with India and Sri Lanka in January 2010. He was the only player in Bangladesh's squad with no prior international experience, but his selection was based on his performance in Bangladesh's domestic league.[7]

He made his One Day International debut on 4 January 2010 against Sri Lanka. He opened the bowling with Rubel Hossain and conceded 39 runs from 5 over. He managed to take one wicket, that of Kumar Sangakkara who was caught behind for 74.[8] After taking a wicket in each of his first two ODI matches against, he was named in a 14-man Test squad to play India later that month.[9] He made his Test debut on 17 January and opened the bowling with Shahadat Hossain; India won by 113 runs and Shafiul's maiden wicket was that of Gautam Gambhir.[10]

In the space of a month, Shafiul twice conceded more than 90 runs in an ODI, first against Pakistan in June 2010 and then against England in July. Consequently he holds the record for most and second-most expensive bowling figures by a Bangladesh player in ODIs.[11]

Bangladesh hosted the 2011 World Cup in February, March, and April along with India and Sri Lanka. Shafiul was selected in Bangladesh's 15-man squad. On 11 March, Shafiul shared in a 58-run partnership for the ninth wicket to help Bangladesh to victory over England by two wickets.[12] After the match, Bangladesh fans chanted "Bangladesh, Bangladesh  Shafiul is the real hero".[13] After the match, Shafiul and Mahmudullah were given 1 million taka for their match-winning partnership.[14] Imrul Kayes was named man of the match, although he opined that "The last match Man-of-the-Match award was given to me but I did not deserve it. It was Shafiul who should have got it."[15] The captain, Shakib Al Hasan praised Shafiul's performance and his bowling in the following match against the Netherlands.[15] A foot injury meant Shafiul missed both the Tests against the West Indies in November 2011.[16]

Playing style

Champaka Ramanayake, Bangladesh's bowling coach when Shafiul started playing for the team, commented that "Shafiul has lot of skill; has a very good slow bouncer and can bowl the yorker also. He has to be given enough chances to shine and we are very confident that he will come through".[17] He generally bowls at the same length, and the national selectors feel that he needs to vary his bowling more to be effective at Test level.[18]

References

  1. ↑ Engineer, Tariq (28 December 2011), Bangladesh Premier League to begin on February 9, Cricinfo, retrieved 2012-01-20
  2. ↑ Isam, Mohammad (19 January 2012), Afridi and Gayle fetch highest BPL prices, Cricinfo, retrieved 2012-01-20
  3. ↑ Bangladesh Premier League: players standing after auction (PDF), Cricinfo, retrieved 2012-01-20
  4. ↑ Bangladesh Premier League, 2011/12 / Records / Most wickets, Cricinfo, retrieved 2012-03-22
  5. ↑ Ashraful chopped from central contracts list, Cricinfo, 1 April 2012, retrieved 2012-04-03
  6. ↑ "Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, 2017/18: Agrani Bank Cricket Club". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  7. ↑ Cricinfo staff (31 December 2009), Mashrafe Mortaza not picked for tri-series, Cricinfo, retrieved 2010-01-02
  8. ↑ Balachandran, Kanishkaa (4 January 2010), Tillakaratne Dilshan masterminds easy victory, Cricinfo, retrieved 2010-01-13
  9. ↑ Shahriar Nafees And Shafiul Islam Make Test Squad, Cricketworld.com, 11 January 2010, retrieved 2010-01-12
  10. ↑ f52213 t1949 Bangladesh v India: India in Bangladesh 2009/10 (1st Test), CricketArchive, retrieved 2012-03-22
  11. ↑ Records / Bangladesh / One-Day Internationals / Most runs conceded in an innings, Cricinfo, retrieved 2012-03-22
  12. ↑ Miller, Andrew (11 March 2011), Shafiul stars as Bangladesh seal thriller, Cricinfo, retrieved 2011-03-15
  13. ↑ Cricket World Cup: Bangladeshis toast win over England, BBC Sport, 12 March 2011, retrieved 2011-03-15
  14. ↑ Monga, Sidharth (14 March 2011), Shakib hails Shafiul as key, Cricinfo, retrieved 2011-03-15
  15. 1 2 Monga, Sidharth (14 March 2011), Shakib hails Shafiul as key, Cricinfo, retrieved 2011-03-15
  16. ↑ Razzak dropped for West Indies Tests; Shafiul injured, Cricinfo, 18 October 2011, retrieved 2011-12-26
  17. ↑ Veera, Sriram (11 January 2010), Struggling Bangladesh seamers face the heat, Cricinfo, retrieved 2010-01-13
  18. ↑ Mohammad, Isam (23 December 2011), Bangladesh doomed by paucity of first-class cricket, Cricinfo, retrieved 2011-12-26
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