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Habibul Bashar

Personal information
Full name	Qazi Habibul Bashar
Born	(1972-08-17)17 August 1972 (age 53) Nagakanda,Kushtia, Bangladesh
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-armoffbreak
Role	Top-order batsman
International information
National side	Bangladesh (1995–2008)
Test debut (cap 4)	10 November 2000 v India
Last Test	22 February 2008 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 29)	6 April 1995 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	12 May 2007 v India
ODI shirt no.	7 (previously 5)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2000–2001	Biman Bangladesh Airlines
2003–2010	Khulna Division
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 50 111 91 156 Runs scored 3,026 2,168 5,571 3,418 Batting average 30.87 21.68 33.76 24.41 100s/50s 3/24 0/14 7/41 0/24 Top score 113 78 224 83 Balls bowled 282 175 814 670 Wickets 0 1 8 8 Bowling average – 142.00 65.87 62.37 5 wickets in innings – 0 0 0 10 wickets in match – 0 0 0 Best bowling – 1/31 2/28 2/17 Catches/stumpings 22/– 26/– 40/– 33/–
Source:ESPNcricinfo,25 January 2019

Qazi Habibul Bashar (Bengali:কাজী হাবিবুল বাশার; born 17 August 1972) is a retired Bangladeshicricketer and the former captain of theBangladesh cricket team. Under the managership ofDav Whatmore, he has been found to be the most successful captain to lead the Bangladesh team to overcome several milestones. The first test victory of Bangladesh came under his hands in 2005 against Zimbabwe. Under Habibul Bashar's captaincy, Bangladesh have beaten Australia, India, South Africa and Sri Lanka in limited overs matches. Habibul Bashar is currently one of the chief selectors ofBCB, along withAbdur Razzak andMinhajul Abedin.^[1]

In 1989, Habibul Bashar played for the Bangladesh Under-19 team in the U-19 Asia Cup. Through the 1990s he played his domestic cricket forBiman Bangladesh Airlines. His ODI debut came at the 1995Asia Cup againstSri Lanka. He missed the1997 ICC Trophy, in which Bangladesh were the champions but did play in the Asia Cup of that year. He was also left out of the1999 World Cup squad. After the World Cup he again entered the team and withEddie Barlow's inspiration he got the chance to play more.

Keeping up with the traditional inconsistency with announcing the side, Habibul Bashar was again out of the team for Bangladesh's inaugural test. His consistent performance before the test drew the attention of the press and after heavy criticism from them he was finally included in the side. Habibul Bashar made the first fifty in the history of Bangladesh Test cricket to prove his ability.

Habibul Bashar was one of Bangladesh's leadingbatsmen. He was the captain of Bangladesh from January 2004 to June 2007, during this time he led the team to some notable successes. WhenZimbabwe toured Bangladesh in January 2005, Bangladesh recorded their first Test match win, their first Test series win, and their firstOne Day International series win. In June 2005, Bangladesh beat the world championsAustralia in a One Day International inCardiff. In April 2006, they came close to beating Australia in a Test match, taking a first-innings lead of 158, eventually losing by 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. Thanks to these efforts, Bangladesh are currently above Zimbabwe in the LG ICC ODI rankings, and showing that they are improving by the match.

Habibul Bashar had a disappointing2007 World Cup as a batsman, with an average of only 13.12 and a highest score of 32. In spite of this, Bangladesh performed relatively well. Following a 1–0 test series defeat to India, Habibul Bashar resigned as ODI captain but wanted to remain part of the ODI team. However, despite stating that he wanted to continue to be test captain, Habibul Bashar was removed from this position on 2 June 2007 and replaced byMohammad Ashraful who also took over as ODI captain.On 14 September, he announced his retirement from international cricket. Then he became the captain of the Dhaka Warriors side in ICL.At the end of 2009 he retired from ICL and came back at the mainstream of Bangladesh cricket. He has retired from all forms of professional cricket after playing the 2009/10 season. Currently he is playing in the local weekend cricket tournament for The Josephite Warriors. Bashar was also a national Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF in Bangladesh. On 20 January 2022, Habibul Bashar joined Asia Lions along with Mohammad Rafique in Legends League Cricket.

Habibul Habibul Bashar set to representBangladesh as the brand ambassador during the2017 ICC Champions Trophy.^[2]

Test Debut: vsIndia,Dhaka in 2000

• He made his highest score of 113 in Test cricket againstWest Indies in 2004
• Test Centuries:

1. 108 vsZimbabwe,Chattogram in 2001

2. 108 vsPakistan,Karachi in 2003

3. 113 vsWest Indies,Gros Islet in 2004

• Bashar's most prolific form was in 2003 where he scored 801 runs with 1 century & 7 fifties, averaging 44.50

Nasim and Galib Record Partnership of 227 Runs in Vhuter Goli , Kadamtala

ODI Debut: vsSri Lanka,Sharjah in 1995

• He made his highest score of 78 in ODI's againstZimbabwe in 2007

• Habibul Bashar atESPNcricinfo

• 1972 births
• Living people
• Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
• Bangladesh Test cricketers
• 21st-century Bangladeshi sportsmen
• Bangladesh Test cricket captains
• Bangladeshi cricketers
• Biman Bangladesh Airlines cricketers
• Cricketers at the 2003 Cricket World Cup
• Khulna Division cricketers
• Dhaka Warriors cricketers
• ICL Bangladesh XI cricketers
• Mohammedan Sporting Club cricketers
• Brothers Union cricketers
• People from Kushtia District
• Cricketers from Khulna Division
• 20th-century Bangladeshi sportsmen

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