Shorna Akter
Bangladeshi cricketer (born 2007)
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Shorna Akter (Bengali: স্বর্ণা আক্তার; born 1 January 2007) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays for the Bangladesh women's national cricket team as a right-arm leg-break bowler and right-hand batter.[1][2]
Jamalpur, Bangladesh
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| Full name | Shorna Akter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 January 2007 Jamalpur, Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg-break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 35) | 16 July 2023 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 21 March 2024 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 36) | 12 February 2023 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 8 December 2023 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2022 | Chittagong Division | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022/23 | Jamuna | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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International career
In December 2022, she was selected to Bangladesh women's under-19 cricket team for the 2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.[3][4] She scored 153 runs at the average of 51.00 and one half-century (50*) in that tournament. She was the only Bangladeshi player named in the ICC team of the tournament.[5]
In January 2023 she was named in Bangladesh's T20I squad for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[6][7] She made her Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against Sri Lanka on 12 January 2023 in the T20 World Cup.[8] She scored 59 runs and took 2 wickets in that tournament.
In April 2023, she was named for the Bangladesh's T20I and ODI squad for the series against Sri Lanka.[9][10] Later she was ruled out of the series due to injury.[11] In July 2023, she was named in the ODI squad for the series against India.[12][13] She made her One Day International (ODI) debut against India, on 16 July 2023.[14] But she didn't come to bat due to appendicitis pain.[15]
In August 2023, she was selected to the national team for the 2022 Asian Games.[16] She was the part of Bronze medal winning team of Bangladesh in that tournament.[17][18]
In October 2023, she played all round performances against Pakistan in T20I series and helping Bangladesh to win maiden T20I series over Pakistan.[19] She took her maiden five-wicket haul (5/28 in her 4 overs) in T20Is on 3 December 2023, against South Africa when Bangladesh tour to South Africa.[20][21][22]
She was named in the Bangladesh squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[23]
Akter was part of the Bangladesh squad for the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Pakistan in April 2025.[24]