Rafiqul Alam (cricketer)
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Dacca, East Pakistan (present-day Dhaka, Bangladesh)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 October 1957 (age 67) Dacca, East Pakistan (present-day Dhaka, Bangladesh) |
| International information | |
| National side | |
| ODI debut (cap 8) | 31 March 1986 v Pakistan |
| Last ODI | 2 April 1986 v Sri Lanka |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 13 February 2006 | |
Rafiqul Alam (Bengali: রফিকুল আলম) (born 4 October 1957) is a Bangladeshi former cricketer who played in two One Day Internationals in the 1986 Asia Cup. In his debut match against Pakistan he scored 14.[1] He followed this with 10 against Sri Lanka.[2]
He was a member of the Bangladesh team that took part in the 2nd ICC Trophy tournament in England. He played in all 7 matches (including the semi-Final against eventual champions Zimbabwe). Alam, however, failed to impress and scored only 79 runs. His highest was 33 in the very first match against West Africa.
He was slightly more successful four years later. He scored 135 runs with an average of 27.00. His top score was 51 against Malaysia. He also took 5 wickets in the tournament.
| Rafiqul Alam ICC Trophy Record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | Bowling | ||||||||
| Year | Matches | Runs | Average | Highest Score | 100 / 50 | Runs | Wickets | Average | Best |
| 1982 | 7 | 79 | 11.28 | 33 | 0/0 | 33 | 0 | - | - |
| 1986 | 6 | 135 | 27.00 | 51 | 0/1 | 126 | 5 | 25.20 | 3/48 |
| Overall | 13 | 214 | 17.83 | 51 | 0/1 | 169 | 5 | 33.80 | 3/48 |
Innings against Omar Qureshi XI
Rafiqul Alam is best remembered for his sterling 86 against Omar Qureshi XI, a team of Pakistani players led by Imran Khan in January 1986.
In domestic cricket
From the late 1970s until the early 1990s, Rafiqul Alam was one of the most consistent performers in domestic cricket arena. Unfortunately, he failed to achieve the same consistency in international arena. Nevertheless, many analysts still consider him one of the best Bangladeshi cricketer of the 1980s.[5]
