Biman Bangladesh Airlines cricket team
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The Biman Bangladesh Airlines cricket team was a first-class cricket team in Bangladesh that played in only the inaugural 2000–01 domestic season and won the National Cricket League title. The team was sponsored by Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the government-owned airliner of Bangladesh.
| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Javed Omar |
| Coach | n/a |
| Owner | Biman Bangladesh Airlines |
| Team information | |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Home ground | Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan No 1 Ground, Savar (Capacity : 2,000) |
| History | |
| National Cricket League wins | 1 (2000/01) |
| Official website | cricketarchive |
The club played its home games at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan No 1 Ground in Savar.
The Biman Bangladesh Airlines team currently plays among the 12 clubs in the Dhaka Metropolis Premier League, which does not have first-class status.[1] Biman also sponsors a team in the Corporate Cricket League.[2]
The team signed 18-year-old Pakistani opening batsman Imran Farhat during the 2000–01 season, and Farhat dominated, scoring 216 runs in the first match of the season and ending up with the most runs in Bangladeshi first class cricket that season. However, Habibul Bashar had the highest first class score for the team, with 224.
Honours
- National Cricket League (1) – 2000–01
First-class statistics
| Biman Bangladesh Airlines batting and fielding statistics Qualification: 5 matches | ||||||||||||
| Name | Batting hand | Career | Mat | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 100 | 50 | Ct | St |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imran Farhat[3] | Left | 2000–2001 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 735 | 216 | 91.87 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Habibul Bashar[4] | Right | 2000–2001 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 594 | 224 | 42.42 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| Hasanuzzaman[5] | Right | 2000–2001 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 575 | 118 | 52.27 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Javed Omar[6] | Right | 2000–2001 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 562 | 102 | 40.14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| Aminul Islam[7] | Right | 2000–2001 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 553 | 153 | 50.27 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Sanwar Hossain[8] | Right | 2000–2001 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 449 | 116 | 49.88 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |
| Faruk Ahmed[9] | Right | 2000–2001 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 258 | 68 | 36.85 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Ziaur Rashid[10] | Right | 2000–2001 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 171 | 49 | 21.37 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Mohammad Sharif[11] | Right | 2000–2001 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 130 | 26 | 14.44 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Atiar Rahman[12] | Right | 2000–2001 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 83 | 38 | 16.60 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| Jahangir Alam Talukdar[13] | Right | 2000–2001 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 50 | 18 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saifullah Khan[14] | Right | 2000–2001 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2* | 2.50 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Biman Bangladesh Airlines bowling statistics as of 28 March 2006 Qualification: 5 matches played | |||||||||||
| Name | Bowling style | Career | Mat | Ovs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | BBI | 5wI | 10wM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Sharif[15] | RMF | 2000–2001 | 10 | 312.5 | 67 | 879 | 49 | 17.93 | 6/31 | 5 | 2 |
| Imran Farhat[16] | LB | 2000–2001 | 6 | 144.2 | 28 | 474 | 23 | 20.60 | 7/31 | 2 | 0 |
| Saifullah Khan[17] | SLA | 2000–2001 | 7 | 141 | 19 | 489 | 16 | 30.56 | 3/28 | 0 | 0 |
| Ziaur Rashid[18] | OB | 2000–2001 | 7 | 156.5 | 43 | 353 | 14 | 25.21 | 3/53 | 0 | 0 |
| Jahangir Alam Talukdar[19] | LM | 2000–2001 | 6 | 129.4 | 4 | 313 | 5 | 62.60 | 3/56 | 0 | 0 |
| Sanwar Hossain[20] | OB | 2000–2001 | 10 | 18.5 | 2 | 70 | 3 | 23.33 | 1/0 | 0 | 0 |
| Habibul Bashar[21] | OB | 2000–2001 | 10 | 34 | 1 | 166 | 2 | 83.00 | 2/65 | 0 | 0 |
| Aminul Islam[22] | OB | 2000–2001 | 9 | 41 | 2 | 153 | 2 | 76.50 | 1/19 | 0 | 0 |
| Faruk Ahmed[23] | OB | 2000–2001 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 12.00 | 2/20 | 0 | 0 |
| Hasanuzzaman[24] | RFM | 2000–2001 | 10 | 28 | 3 | 91 | 1 | 91.00 | 1/21 | 0 | 0 |
| Javed Omar[25] | LB | 2000–2001 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||
References
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (annual)