Aminul Islam Bulbul | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| আমিনুল ইসলাম বুলবুল | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Bulbul in 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President of Bangladesh Cricket Board | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 30 May 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Faruque Ahmed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1968-02-02)2 February 1968 (age 57) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mohammad Aminul Islam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Bulbul | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armoff break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| National side |
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| Test debut (cap 3) | 10 November 2000 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 8 December 2002 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 12) | 27 October 1988 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 25 January 2002 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Biman Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001-2003 | Dhaka Division | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,12 February 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mohammad Aminul Islam (Bengali:মোহাম্মদ আমিনুল ইসলাম; born 2 February 1968) popularly known by his nickname 'Bulbul' is a former Bangladeshicricketer and captain, who has been serving as president of theBangladesh Cricket Board since May 2025.[1][2]
Aminul Islam scored the first hundred for theBangladesh cricket team when Bangladesh played their first Test against India,[3] thus becoming only the third cricketer afterCharles Bannerman andDave Houghton to score centuries on their own and their country's Test debut.[4] He was one of Bangladesh's most celebrated cricketers in the pre-Test-status era.[5]
Just two years after quitting soccer due to an injury, Aminul Islam saw himself representing International Cricket Council (ICC) Associates Young Cricketers' squad in thefirst-ever Youth World Cup held in Australia where he took six wickets with hisoff spin, one of which was that ofBrian Lara. The same year he made his ODI debut for the national cricket team atChittagong in theAsia Cup (1988). He scored 27 runs in the match againstSri Lanka.[6]
A year later, he scored a century againstMalaysia in theU-19 Asian cup.[7] In 1995, he scored a century against the visiting England A side in a three-day match at Dhaka.[8]
Although his ODI career started in 1988, and went on until 2001–02, he played only 39 ODI matches. This was due to the fact that before becoming a full member of ICC in 2000, Bangladesh seldom got a chance to play official one day internationals.Over the years, Bulbul's role in the side changed. In the initial years, he was a lower order batsman and off spin bowler. In later years, he mainly concentrated on his batting. His highest ODI score, 70, came against India at Mohali in 1998. His best bowling figures, three wickets for 57 runs (3/57), were against Zimbabwe at Nairobi in October 1997.
Career ODI batting performances:[9]
| Opposition | Matches | Runs | Average | Highest Score | 100 / 50 |
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| Australia | 2 | 54 | 54.00 | 41* | 0/0 |
| England | 1 | 30 | 30.00 | 30 | 0/0 |
| India | 8 | 277 | 46.17 | 70 | 0/2 |
| Kenya | 5 | 93 | 23.25 | 37 | 0/0 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 45 | 45.00 | 30* | 0/0 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 124 | 15.50 | 42 | 0/0 |
| Scotland | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0/0 |
| Sri Lanka | 5 | 62 | 12.40 | 29 | 0/0 |
| West Indies | 3 | 68 | 22.67 | 66 | 0/1 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 41 | 10.25 | 16 | 0/0 |
| Overall | 39 | 794 | 23.35 | 70 | 0/3 |
Bulbul represented Bangladesh in three ICC trophy tournaments, in 1990, 1994 and 1997. However, he failed to perform up to expectation in both 1990 and 1994. But, after a slow start in the 1997 event in Malaysia, he scored good in the big matches. In the semi-final against Scotland, he scored 57 runs, sharing 3rd wicket stand of 115 runs partnership withKhaled Mashud Pilot. In the final, he scored a quickfire 37 of 37 (with 1 six and 1 four). He shared a 53 run 4th wicket partnership stand with skipperAkram Khan.
| Year | Matches | Batting | Bowling | Ref | ||||||
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| Runs | Average | Highest Score | 100 / 50 | Runs | Wickets | Average | Best | |||
| 1990 | 5 | 88 | 17.60 | 30 | 0/0 | 69 | 1 | 69.00 | 1/17 | |
| 1994 | 7 | 143 | 23.83 | 74 | 0/1 | 31 | 1 | 31.00 | 1/13 | |
| 1997 | 10 | 217 | 31.00 | 57 | 0/2 | - | ||||
| Overall | 22 | 448 | 24.89 | 74 | 0/3 | 100 | 2 | 50.00 | 1/13 | |
He took over the captaincy of the national team in 1998. He was the captain of the Bangladesh cricket team in the1999 Cricket World Cup.
| Preceded by | Bangladesh ODI captains 1999–2000 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by - | Bangladesh WC captains 1999 | Succeeded by |
Aminul Islam is one of Bangladesh's most qualified coaches at the moment and was serving as ICC's Cricket Development officer forChina,Hong Kong,UAE,Singapore,Thailand andMyanmar.[13] He completed his Level-1, Level-2 and Level-3 coaching degrees fromCricket Victoria and has trained club sides in Melbourne and Sydney. He finished the initial two levels of instructing courses fromCricket Australia in 2005. He began working for theAsian Cricket Council improvement program and furthermore finished the renowned Level-3 instructing a course in 2009. In eight years at the ACC, he led around 80 training courses in Afghanistan, Brunei, China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and the UAE. He became the development manager for the ICC Asia region in 2016. As of 2023, he lives in Australia.[14]
On 30 May 2025, he has been appointed as the president ofBangladesh Cricket Board.[15][16]
Before becoming a prominent figure in Bangladeshi cricket, Aminul played football at domestic level. As astriker, Aminul represented Gendaria Famous Club in thePioneer League and was league top scorer once. In 1986, he played forEast End Club in theFirst Division, however, he was unable to help the club avoid relegation. The following year, he joinedVictoria SC and remained a First Division player, however, he suffered a major injury while playing againstMohammedan SC, which ended his football career.[17]
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