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Mohammed Rafique (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ রফিক, born 5 September 1970) is a Bangladeshi cricket coach and former cricketer. He was the first Bangladeshi bowler to take 100 wickets in Test matches and ODI matches.
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| Full name | Mohammad Rafique | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 September 1970 Dacca, East Pakistan (present-day Dhaka, Bangladesh) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Allrounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 8) | 10 November 2000 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 29 February 2008 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 27) | 5 April 1995 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 10 June 2007 v Africa XI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 77 (previously 9, 11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Only T20I (cap 5) | 28 November 2006 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Sylhet Division | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2008 | Dhaka Division | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rafique is known for his contribution to Bangladesh Cricket. He played for the World XI in the Super Series against Australia in 2005 and the Asia XI for the exhibition series against Africa XI in 2007. He was named captain of Bangladesh Legends cricket team in 2020-21 Road Safety World Series. On 20 January 2022, Rafique joined Asia Lions along with Habibul Bashar in Legends League Cricket, where he took 2 wickets against India Maharajas.
Domestic career
editHe started his career as a left arm seamer with the 2nd Division side, Bangladesh Sporting, in 1985. In 1988, he joined Bangladesh Biman cricket team. There, under the influence of the Pakistani allrounder Wasim Haider he converted to slow orthodox spin bowling.[1]
In December 1994, he played for the Bangladesh team in the 2nd SAARC cricket tournament where he had a 3/25 in the Bangladesh win against India "A".[2]
He was a member of the Bangladesh team that won the 1997 ICC Trophy. Overall, in 9 matches, he took 19 wickets at an average of 10.68. His best 4/25 came in the semi-final against Scotland. With his spinning partner Enamul Haque Moni taking 12 wickets in the tournament. In the final against Kenya he had scored valuable 26 of 15 deliveries. [3]
Rafique was banned with 13 professional players for ten years from all forms of cricket by the Bangladesh Cricket Board following his enrollment in the Indian Cricket League (ICL) in August 2008,[4][5] but renounced his ties with the ICL a year later and has since been accepted back into the fold.[6] He is still playing first-class cricket for Dhaka Division and recently starred in the Big Boss T20 Premier League with a match-winning performance for Abahani Limited in the final.[7]
International career
editA slow-left-arm orthodox bowler, Rafique was one of the few Bangladeshi players in the ICC bowler rankings' top fifty. He became a permanent fixture in the national team, and was a household name in Bangladesh. He achieved the double of 100 wickets and 1000 runs in both formats.
The one of the most senior players in the Bangladesh team, Rafique was better known for his abilities in ODIs early in his career. He was nevertheless selected to play in Bangladesh's inaugural Test against India, and showed his promise with three wickets.
His career was almost derailed soon afterwards, when he was reported to the ICC for a suspect action. He was tardy in taking remedial action, and was out of the national team until 2002, when he was picked for the home series against South Africa. His return to cricket was promising, with a six-wicket haul in the second Test against South Africa. He was the highest wicket-taker for Bangladesh in the home Test series against India, and the second highest during the away tour to Zimbabwe.
Rafique is also known as a handy, hard-hitting lower-order batsman. His 77 versus Kenya in May 1998 at Hyderabad was instrumental in Bangladesh's first ever ODI win against Kenya. With the ball, he took 3/56, and was adjudged the man of the match. He also scored a Test century against the West Indies in Bangladesh's drawn Test.[8] Also he scored 65 against Australia in 2005–6, including six sixes.[9]
He was instrumental in steering Bangladesh to a series whitewash against the Kenyans, and recorded his best match figures in Tests against Australia in a match they only narrowly lost. Rafique had a successful 2007 World Cup, taking eight wickets and helping Bangladesh to win games against India and South Africa.
Rafique announced his international retirement on 7 February 2008.[10] Bangladesh's home series against South Africa was his last for the national team. He became the first Bangladeshi to ever take the milestone of 100 test wickets by having Robin Peterson caught at first slip by Junaid Siddique on 1 March during the second test.[citation needed] Out of 53 players who have scored 1,000 runs and taken 100 wickets in Test cricket, Rafique was the first to have represented Bangladesh.[11]
References
edit- ^ "'Playing for Bangladesh is the best thing that happened to my life' : An interview with Mohammad Rafique". BanglaCricket. Archived from the original on 28 July 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
- ^ "Indian Cricket 1995" (Compiled by P.V. Vaidyanathan), Kasturi & Sons Limited, Madras. Published in December 1995.
- ^ "Bangladesh in ICC trophy 1997". BanglaCricket. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
- ^ "Bangladesh rebel players banned for 10 years". Dawn. AFP. 18 September 2008.
- ^ "Bangladesh vow to ban ICL rebels". BBC Sport. 17 September 2008.
- ^ "Bangladesh players sever ties with ICL". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Rafique fireworks light up T20 Premier League". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "1st Test: West Indies v Bangladesh at Gros Islet, 28 May – 1 Jun 2004". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "2nd Test: Bangladesh v Australia at Chittagong (CDS), 16–20 Apr 2006". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Rafique to retire after South Africa series". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Records / Test matches / All-round records / 1000 runs and 100 wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
