Aminul Islam

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Aminul Islam

Bangladesh
Personal information
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Career statistics
Tests ODIs
Matches 13 39
Runs scored 530 794
Batting average 21.19 23.35
100s/50s 1/2 -/3
Top score 145 70
Balls bowled 198 412
Wickets 1 7
Bowling average 149.00 58.71
5 wickets in innings - -
10 wickets in match - n/a
Best bowling 1/66 3/57
Catches/stumpings 5/- 13/-

As of 12 February 2006
Source: [2]

Mohammad Aminul Islam (Bengali: আমিনুল ইসলাম )(born February 2, 1968, Dacca) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 13 Tests and 39 ODIs from 1988 to 2002.

Aminul scored the first hundred for the Bangladeshi cricket team when Bangladesh played their first Test against India. He currently resides in Sydney.

[edit] Early years

Just two years after quitting soccer due to an injury, Aminul Islam (commonly known as Bulbul) saw himself making his debut for the national Cricket team at Chittagong in the Asia Cup (1988). He scored 27 in the match against Sri Lanka. [1]

A year later, he scored a century against Malayasia in the U-19 Asian cup.[2] In 1995, he scored a century against the visiting England A side in a three day match at Dhaka.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cricinfo Scorecard: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka (1988-11-02). Retrieved on (2007-12-20).
  2. ^ [1]: Rafiqul Ameer."Looking Back: Bangladesh Cricket in the 80's". Retrieved on 2007-12-18.

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