Tapash Baisya

Tapash Baisya

Personal information
Full name	Tapash Kumar Baisya
Born	(1982-12-25) 25 December 1982 Sylhet, Bangladesh
Height
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Bangladesh
Test debut (cap 27)	28 July 2002 v Sri Lanka
Last Test	3 June 2005 v England
ODI debut (cap 58)	4 August 2002 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	31 March 2007 v Australia
ODI shirt no.	19
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC Matches 21 56 85 Runs scored 384 336 1878 Batting average 11.29 12.00 15.02 100s/50s -/2 -/- 1/6 Top score 66 35* 112 Balls bowled 3376 2608 11,977 Wickets 36 59 192 Bowling average 59.36 41.55 32.37 5 wickets in innings - - 3 10 wickets in match - n/a 0 Best bowling 4/72 4/16 6/37 Catches/stumpings 6/- 8/- 28/-
Source: [1], 27 February 2015

Tapash Baisya (Bengali: তাপস বৈশ্য) (born 25 December 1982, in Sylhet) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer.

Tapash Baisya took 36 Test wickets, although they came at a bowling average of nearly 60. Nevertheless, he has taken the third-most wickets of any Bangladeshi fast bowler, behind Mashrafe Mortaza and Shahadat Hossain. He took four wickets in a Test innings only once: four for 72 against West Indies on their 2002-03 tour of Bangladesh. With the bat he scored two Test fifties.

He played first-class cricket for Sylhet Division from 2000-01 to 2012-13. His highest score was 112 off 173 balls, batting at number eight against Chittagong Division in 2006-07. His best bowling figures were 6 for 37 against Dhaka Division in 2012-13.

External links

• Tapash Baisya at Cricinfo
• Tapash Baisya at Cricket Archive