Brothers Union cricket team
| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Monir Hossain |
Brothers Union cricket team is a Bangladeshi cricket team that plays List A cricket in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League. It is affiliated with the Brothers Union football team. It is one of the oldest extant cricket clubs in Bangladesh, having competed since 1973, when it was one of the clubs that competed in the Dacca Metropolis Knockout Tournament.[1]
List A record
[edit]- 2013–14: 10 matches, won 4, finished seventh
- 2014–15: 11 matches, won 5, finished eighth
- 2015–16: 11 matches, won 4, finished tenth
- 2016–17: 11 matches, won 5, finished eighth
- 2017–18: 13 matches, won 6, finished tenth
- 2018–19: 13 matches, won 4, finished tenth
- 2021–22: 11 matches, won 4, finished ninth
- 2022–23: 11 matches, won 4, finished ninth
- 2023–24: 11 matches, won 3, finished eighth
The List A captains have changed from season to season. In 2023–24 the captain was Monir Hossain.
In their last match of the 2017–18 season, Brothers Union needed to score 335 runs to beat Agrani Bank and avoid relegation. At the end, they needed four off the last ball of the 50th over, and Nazmus Sadat hit a boundary to secure victory by four wickets.[2]
Current squad
[edit]Players with international caps are listed in bold
| Name | Nat | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||
| Fazle Mahmud |  |
Left-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
| Mizanur Rahman | |
Right-hand bat | Right-arm off break | |||
| Yasir Ali | |
Right-hand bat | Right-arm off break | |||
| Junaid Siddique | |
Left-hand bat | Right-arm off break | |||
| Shariful Islam | |
Right-hand bat | Right-arm off break | |||
| All-rounders | ||||||
| Sharifullah | |
Right-hand bat | Right-arm off break | Twenty20 Captain | ||
| Habibur Rahman | |
Right-hand bat | Right-arm off break | |||
| Chirag Jani |  |
Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |||
| Wicketkeepers | ||||||
| Zahiduzzaman | |
Left-hand bat | ||||
| Hamidul Islam | |
Right-hand bat | ||||
| Debabrata Das | |
Right-hand bat | ||||
| Spin Bowlers | ||||||
| Naeem Islam jnr | |
Right-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
| Shakhawat Hossain | |
Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||
| Rahatul Ferdous | |
Right-hand bat | Right-arm leg break | |||
| Bishawnath Halder | |
Left-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
| Saud Shakeel |  |
Left-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
| Bowlers | ||||||
| Mehedi Hasan | |
Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium-fast | |||
| Mohammad Shahzada | |
Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium-fast | |||
| Mohammad Sharif | |
Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium-fast | List A Captain | ||
| Sajedul Islam | |
Left-hand bat | Left-arm medium | |||
| Ebadot Hossain | |
Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |||
| Ashiquzzaman | |
Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |||
Records
[edit]The highest score is 150 not out by Nafees Iqbal in 2013–14, and the best bowling figures are 7 for 25 by Sean Williams, also in 2013–14.
References
[edit]- ^ "Dacca Metropolis Knockout Tournament 1972/73". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "Brothers save relegation in dramatic fashion". Tiger Cricket. Bangladesh Cricket Board. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
External links
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