Mohammad Ashraful

Mohammad Ashraful

Bangladesh

Player profile

Full name Mohammad Ashraful
Born July 7, 1984, Dhaka
Current age 23 years 101 days
Major teams Bangladesh, Asia XI, Dhaka Division, Dhaka Metropolis
Also known as Ashraful Matin
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	38	74	4	1801	158*	25.72	3913	46.02	4	7	217	19	13	0
ODIs	104	97	9	1918	100	21.79	2654	72.26	1	11	199	20	17	0
T20Is	7	7	0	130	61	18.57	72	180.55	0	1	14	5	1	0
First-class	75	140	5	4136	263	30.63			12	15			32	0
List A	134	125	10	2336	100	20.31			1	12			30	0
Twenty20	7	7	0	130	61	18.57	72	180.55	0	1	14	5	1	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	38	36	1080	820	9	2/42	2/42	91.11	4.55	120.0	0	0	0
ODIs	104	20	348	353	11	3/26	3/26	32.09	6.08	31.6	0	0	0
T20Is	7	5	96	160	5	3/42	3/42	32.00	10.00	19.2	0	0	0
First-class	75		4792	2878	85	7/99		33.85	3.60	56.3		5	0
List A	134		635	561	20	4/28	4/28	28.05	5.30	31.7	1	0	0
Twenty20	7	5	96	160	5	3/42	3/42	32.00	10.00	19.2	0	0	0

Career statistics

Statistics	Statsguru Tests | Statsguru ODIs | Statsguru T20Is
Test debut	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (SSC), Sep 6-8, 2001 scorecard
Last Test	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Kandy, Jul 11-14, 2007 scorecard
ODI debut	Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Bulawayo, Apr 11, 2001 scorecard
Last ODI	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (RPS), Jul 25, 2007 scorecard
T20I debut	Kenya v Bangladesh at Nairobi (Gym), Sep 1, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I	Bangladesh v Pakistan at Cape Town, Sep 20, 2007 scorecard
First-class debut	2000/01
Last First-class	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Kandy, Jul 11-14, 2007 scorecard
List A debut	2000/01
Last List A	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (RPS), Jul 25, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Kenya v Bangladesh at Nairobi (Gym), Sep 1, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Bangladesh v Pakistan at Cape Town, Sep 20, 2007 scorecard

Profile

On September 8, 2001, at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo, Mohammad Ashraful turned a terrible mismatch into a slice of history by becoming the youngest man - or boy - to make a Test century. Bangladesh still crashed to heavy defeat, but "Matin" brought hope and consolation with a sparkling hundred, repeatedly dancing down to hit the Sri Lankan spinners, including Muralitharan, back over their heads ... and on his debut, too. It was the day before his 17th birthday according to some sources, and 63 days after it according to most others: either way, he broke the long-standing record set by Mushtaq Mohammad (17 years 82 days) when he made 101 for Pakistan against India in 1960-61. Inevitably, such a heady early achievement proved hard to live up to, and after a prolonged poor run Ashraful was dropped for England's first visit in October 2003. He returned to the side a better player, but no less flamboyant, as he demonstrated with a glorious unbeaten 158 in defeat against India at Chittagong late in 2004. Still not 21 when Bangladesh made their maiden tour of England the following year, Ashraful confirmed his status as one for the future at Cardiff, when his brilliantly paced century set Bangladesh up for their astonishing victory over Australia in the NatWest Series. But Ashraful didn't fulfil his evident potential on the tour of Sri Lanka that followed, often getting out to loose shots, and made little impact against the Australians early in 2006 either. An extended run of poor form forced the management to drop Ashraful for the final qualifying match of the Champions Trophy against Zimbabwe. He was also omitted from the squad for the home series against Zimbabwe in December but was immediately recalled after slamming 263 for Dhaka Division against Chittagong Division in the domestic four-day competition. He was appointed Bangladesh's captain in June 2007 at the tender age of 22.