Mohammad Ashraful

          Mohammad Ashraful

Full name:            Mohammad Ashraful

Born:                    July 7, 1984, Dhaka

Current age:        30 years 281 days

Playing role:        Middle-order batsman

Batting style:       Right-hand bat

Bowling style:      Right-arm offbreak, Legbreak

Major teams:        Bangladesh, Asia XI, Bangladesh A,Central Zone (Bangladesh), Dhaka      Division, Dhaka Gladiators,Dhaka Gladiators, Dhaka Metropolis, Mumbai Indians

Batting and fielding averages

     Mat   Inns  NO   Runs    HS   Ave      BF       SR    100   50    4s      6s    Ct   St

Tests          61    119     5     2737     190   24.00   5940   46.07    6      8    335    22     25   0

ODIs         177   169    13    3468     109   22.23   4947   70.10    3     20   354    29     35   0

T20Is         23     23      0      450       65    19.56    356     126.40 0      2    48      11      4    0          

First-class 133   245    7      6918     263   29.06                           18    28                    67    0

List A        229   218    19    4671     118* 23.47                            5     25                    55    0

Twenty20   64    60      4      1300     103* 23.21    1106  117.54   1     4    140    27    21    0

Bowling averages

      Mat   Inns Balls     Runs  Wkts   BBI    BBM    Ave      Econ  SR   4w   5w 10

Tests          61      67     1733     1271     21      2/42     3/75    60.52    4.40  82.5    0    0     0

ODIs          177    40      697       661      18      3/26     3/26    36.72   5.69   38.7    0    0     0

T20Is          23      8       138       210       8        3/42     3/42   26.25   9.13   17.2    0    0     0

First-class  133             9396    5637     161     7/99                35.01   3.59   58.3          6    0

List A         229             1559    1366      47      4/28     4/28    29.06   5.25   33.1    1    0    0

Twenty20   64     23      335      444        23      3/13     3/13    19.30   7.95   14.5    0    0    0

Career statistics:

                          International information

National side:                 Bangladesh

Test debut (cap 17):      6 September 2001 v Sri Lanka

Last Test:                       25 April 2013 v Zimbabwe

ODI debut (cap 51):      11 April 2001 v Zimbabwe

Last ODI:                       8 May 2013 v Zimbabwe

ODI shirt no:                 7

Profile:

As a batsman, the trouble with Ashraful has been his inconsistency. As long as you enjoy the highlight reel of his career, everything seems rosy: whether it was in becoming the youngest Test centurion in 2001, the unbeaten 158 against India in 2004, the magnificent 100 he made against Australia in Cardiff in 2005 triggering a huge upset, or the innovative 87 against South Africa in the 2007 World Cup, Ashraful provided the entertainment quotient that turned heads towards Bangladesh. When he made a comeback in 2013 after being dropped due to poor form, he made 190 against Sri Lanka. But one look at the overall numbers, and it is easy to realise why some of his fans have given up on him. The fact that he has a score of 50 or more roughly 15% of the time he has batted in international cricket is one of those markers, like his batting average, that pulls him down as a batsman. Is it easy to say that he has underachieved, but those who have dealt with him over the years think otherwise, as they have been surprised by his own lack of confidence in his immense talent. orm deserted the talented Ashraful once again and he was dropped for a while in 2006. He came back strongly though and scored a ton against the Sri Lankans. He was soon appointed as the captain across all formats for Bangladesh in 2007. It was a huge responsibility for someone who was just 22. Ashraful, started well though, scoring a hundred against Sri Lanka in his first match as captain. It was all downhill after that. Bangladesh failed to make any progress under his leadership and his personal form dipped considerably. He was finally relieved off the captaincy duties in 2009 so that he could concentrate on his batting. It has not resulted in much of a change though as Ashraful continues to flatter to deceive. A batting average of 22 and 23 in Tests and ODIs is not what is expected from someone who was widely regarded as Bangladesh's most talented batsman. With age on his side a lot of fans fervently wish that he changes his fortunes around and does so quickly.

Ashraful was involved in spot fixing controversy in 2013, which he admitted to have done in the Bangladesh Premier League. He was allegedly paid around $12,800 to lose a match against Chittagong Kings in the second edition of BPL. However, the cheque which was given later bounced. He was also involved in another match 10 days later against Barisal Burners. The BCB reacted immediately and suspended him from all forms of the game, until ICC's Anti-Corruption submits its report on the investigation.

Mashrafe Mortaza

                                              Mashrafe Mortaza

Full Name:            Mashrafe Bin Mortaza

Date of Birth:        October 5, 1983, Norail, Jessore

National Team:     Bangladesh

Playing Role:         Bowler

Batting Style:         Right-hand bat

Bowling Style:        Right-arm fast-medium

Major Teams:        Bangladesh, Asia XI, Dhaka Gladiators, Khulna Division, Kolkata Knight Riders

Career Batting Analysis:

            Matches   N.O.  Runs   HS      Avg       S/R      100s     50s   4s     6s    Ct   St

Tests        36           5       797     79     12.85    67.20        0        3       95    22     9     0

ODI         13           17    1257     51*  15.14    86.98        0        1      103   44     41   0

T20Is       23           5      220        36   16.92     134.96     0        0       12    14     3     0

Career Bowling Analysis

            Matches    Balls    Runs   Wickets  Best       Avg     Eco  S/R    5w 10w

Tests       36          5990     3239         8         4/60     41.52   3.24    76.7    0     0

ODI        132         6595    5178         165     6/26     31.38    4.71    39.9   1     0

T20Is      23           519      730           23       4/19     31.73    8.43    22.5   0     0

Career Statistics

Debut:                        Place, year and opposite team

International:    Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Dhaka, 08-12, Nov 2001

Test:                   Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Dhaka, 08-12, Nov 2001

ODI:                   Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Chittagong, Nov 23, 2001

Twenty20:          Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Khulna, Nov 28, 2006

Profile:

Mashrafe Mortaza another popular name'Narail Express', Mortaza's career has been beset by injuries. The first real quick bowler to come out of Bangladesh, he was earmarked for great things since the time he made his test debut against Zimbabwe in 2001-02. Stockily built, he could generate uncomfortable bounce with his strong action. He impressed Andy Roberts who was then coaching Bangladesh and was drafted into the test side - in what was his debut first-class game as well - he was the 31st person to have achieved this, and the third since 1899. After his test debut, injuries started wreaking havoc and he found himself making one comeback after the other. Injuries to his back and knee forced him to miss most of the action, but he came back and broke Aftab Ahmed's national record, en-route to taking 6/26 against Kenya in an ODI.Mashrafe Mortaza many missed games in between the odd fiery spell, Mashrafe rose to prominence in 2004, when he helped Bangladesh beat India for the first time. He was ever-present when Bangladesh pushed Australia but dropped the crucial catch of Ricky Ponting that cost the home side a win. But he made up the following year when his four-wicket haul destroyed India in the 2007 World Cup game at Port-of-Spain. Mashrafe's early strikes have always helped Bangladesh, none more so than in the 2009 tri-series final when he and Nazmul Hossain sunk Sri Lanka to a new low - six runs for five wickets. Bangladesh lost the game but Mashrafe was tremendous in his ten overs.He was made captain in mid-2009 but in his first Test in charge, fell over and injured his knee. When he returned the next year, he led Bangladesh to a win against England in the summer of 2010 before falling over once again in his home debut as captain, against New Zealand. He missed the 2011 World Cup after yet another knee injury, but has since made a successful return in the 2012 Asia Cup.

Sanath Jayasuriya

                                                          Sanath Jayasuriya

Full Name:              Sanath Teran Jayasuriya

Born:                       30-06-1969

Batting style:           Left hand batsman

Bowling style:         Slow Left-arm orthodox

Place of birth:         Matara, Sri Lanka

Playing role:           Allrounder

Major teams:          Sri Lanka, Asia XI, Asia XI, Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Colombo Cricket Club, Dolphins, Khulna Royal Bengals, Marylebone Cricket Club, Mumbai Indians, Ruhuna, Somerset

Batting stats:

               M        Inn      Runs   HS       Avg     SR       NO      100      50        4s         6s

Tests     110      188      6973    340      40.07   65.27   14        14        31        910      59

ODI      445      433      13430  189      32.13   91.22   15        28        68        1500    270

T20I      31        30        629      88        23.3     129.16 3          0          4          76        23

IPL       30        30        768      114      27.43   144.36 2          1          4          84        39

Bowling averages:

Mat            Inns     Balls    Runs   Wkts   BBI     BBM   Ave     Econ   SR       4w       5w       10

Tests          110     140      8188    3366    98        5/34     9/74     34.34   2.46     83.5     6          2         

ODIs          445     368      14874  11871  323      6/29     6/29     36.75   4.78     46.0     8          4         

T20Is          31      24        371      456      19        3/21     3/21     24.00   7.37     19.5     0          0         

List A         557   18167 14396    413      6/29     6/29     34.85   4.75     43.9     12        5          0

Twenty20   111   92       1593     1983      77       4/24     4/24     25.75   7.46     20.6     1         0

International information:

National side:                Sri Lanka

Test debut (cap 49):    22–26 Feb 1991 v New Zealand

Last Test:                     1–5 December 2007 v England

ODI debut (cap 58):   26 December 1989 v Australia

Last ODI:                    28 June 2011 v England

ODI shirt no:.             07

T20I debut (cap 4):   15 June 2006 v England

Last T20I:                   25 June 2011 v England

Profile:

Sanath Jayasuriya has been at the vanguard of Sri Lanka's ascent as a cricketing power, and his rise as a feared international batsman has coincided with Sri Lanka's rise as a force to be reckoned with in international cricket. 

Jayasuriya started his career as a fairly non-descript utility player who had an ability to smack the ball hard. His performances stayed ordinary for much of his early career. In fact, from his debut in 1989 till 1995, Jayasuriya had never ended a year with an average above 30 in ODIs and had played only a handful of Tests. The one-day flame continued to burn bright, and took Sri Lanka to another World Cup final in 2007, and he was instrumental in the Asia Cup win of 2008, a couple of months after it had seemed that the selectors' axe had fallen for the final time. The Indian Premier League gave him a new platform to showcase his big-hitting talent, but failure to replicate the success of the first season in subsequent campaigns was the surest sign that time had finally caught up with a man who was still pounding out one-day hundreds at the age of 39.His election as a Member of Parliament in April 2010 and his subsequent failure at the World Twenty20 suggested that his international career may be at an end, but he made the longlist for the 30-man squad for the 2011 World Cup, before being recalled to the one-day side for the series in England two weeks shy of his 42nd birthday.

                             Shahid Afridi

Full name:          Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi

Born:                  March 1, 1980, Khyber Agency

Current age:      35 years 44 days

Playing role:      Allrounder

Batting style:      Right-hand bat

Bowling style:     Legbreak googly

Major teams :     Pakistan, Asia XI, Deccan Chargers, Dhaka Gladiators, Fly Emirates XI, Griqualand     West, Habib Bank Limited, Hampshire, ICC World XI, Karachi, Leicestershire, Melbourne Renegades,   South Australia.

Batting stats:

            M         Inn       Runs    HS       Avg     SR       NO      100      50        4s         6s

Tests    27        48        1716    156      36.51   86.97   1          5          8          220      52

ODI     398      369      8064    124      23.58   117.01 27        6          39        729      351

T20I    77        71        1142    54        19.03   145.29 11        0          4          90        49

IPL      10        9          81        33        10.12   176.09 1          0          0          7          6

CL       2          2          14        14        7          70        0          0          0          1          0

Bowling stats:

            M         Inn       B          Runs    Wkts    BBI      BBM    Econ    Avg     SR       5W      10W

Tests    27        47        3194    1709    48        52 / 5   43 / 5   3.21     35.6     66.54   1          0

ODI     398      372      17670  13631  395      12 / 7   12 / 7   4.63     34.51   44.73   9          0

T20I    77        76        1682    1818    81        11 / 4   11 / 4   6.49     22.44   20.77   0          0

IPL      10        10        180      225      9          28 / 3   28 / 3   7.5       25        20        0          0

CL       2          2          48        49        2          23 / 1   23 / 1   6.12     24.5     24        0          0

Career:

Major Teams:           Hampshire, Pakistan, Asian Cricket Council XI, ICC World XI,

ODI debut:                Vs   at  Aga Khan Sports Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya

Last ODI:                  Vs   at  Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia

Test debut:                Vs   at  National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan

Last Test:                  Vs   at  Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood, England

Twenty20 debut:       Vs   at  County Ground, Bristol, England

Last Twenty20:         Vs   at  Dubai Sports City Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

IPL Current Team:  Deccan Chargers

Previous Team:         Deccan Chargers

IPL Debut:                   Vs Delhi Daredevils (Apr 22, 2008)

IPL Last:                      Vs Chennai Super Kings (May 27, 2008)

Frofile:

 Shahid Afridi is a good allrounder player in the world,  he is as enigmatic a player as there ever was. He came as a 16-year-old into the Pakistan ODI squad and was unfazed by all the speculation regarding his real age. In only in his second ODI against Sri Lanka in 1996, he blasted his way to a 37-ball century. For more than 17 years, it remained the fastest century in the ODI format before Corey Anderson broke the record in January 2014. Afridi's sparkling ton came after he was sent in as a pinch-hitter at one drop and after being picked in the team as a leg-spinner to replace the injured Mushtaq Ahmed. For a start, the slant of his all-round skills only became clear ten years into his career; he is a leg-spinning allrounder. Variety is his calling and as well as a traditional leg-break, he has two googlies, a conventional offie and a lethal faster one, though this is increasingly rare. All come with the threat of considerable, late drift. He fairly hustles through overs, which in limited-over formats is a weapon in itself and the package is dangerous. the prospect of which is a crowd-puller the world over. He is a compulsive basher, literally unable to control his urges to slog every ball that comes his way, and not much of it is classical. Often spectacular results are at hand; he owns, for example, two of the fastest ODI hundreds, including the fastest one ever in his first innings ever at the age of 16. His career strike rates are nearly unmatched. But mostly, anywhere in the order, consistency has been missing. Maturity has often threatened to gatecrash his career and leadership was a just reward, though it was taken away from him in 2011 after an immature spat; another retirement was announced but none of it will change much a truly unique career.

Brian Lara

                         Brian Lara

Personal information

Full name:                 Brian Charles Lara

Born:                         May 2, 1969 (age 45) Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago

Nickname:                 Prince

Height:                       5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Batting style:             Left-handed

Bowling style:            Right-arm leg break

Role:                           Batsman

Career statistics

Test debut                    Pakistan v West Indies at Lahore, Dec 6-11, 1990 scorecard

Last Test                     Pakistan v West Indies at Karachi, Nov 27-Dec 1, 2006 scorecard

ODI debut                   Pakistan v West Indies at Karachi, Nov 9, 1990 scorecard

Last ODI                     West Indies v England at Bridgetown, Apr 21, 2007 scorecard

First-class debut        1987/88

Last First-class           Leeward Islands v Trinidad & Tobago at Philipsburg, Jan 18-21, 2008

List A debut               1987/88

Last List A                  West Indies v England at Bridgetown, Apr 21, 2007

Batting and fielding averages:

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	131	232	6	11953	400*	52.88	19753	60.51	34	48	1559	88	164	0
ODIs	299	289	32	10405	169	40.48	13086	79.51	19	63			120	0
First-class	261	440	13	22156	501*	51.88			65	88			320	0
List A	429	411	43	14602	169	39.67			27	86			177	0
Twenty20	3	3	0	99	65	33.00	86	115.11	0	1	11	1	0	0

Bowling averages:

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	131	4	60	28	0	-	-	-	2.80	-	0	0	0
ODIs	299	5	49	61	4	2/5	2/5	15.25	7.46	12.2	0	0	0
First-class	261		514	416	4	1/1		104.00	4.85	128.5		0	0
List A	429		130	149	5	2/5	2/5	29.80	6.87	26.0	0	0	0
Twenty20	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

 

Profile:

Brain lara is a hero, a magician, an entertainer, a match-winner, a saviour, a leader, a tragic romantic, Brian Charles Lara, like a masterful actor, slipped in and out of several roles with effortless ease. First thing's first, Lara will forever be remembered as one of the greatest batsmen of the modern era, bracketed alongside the elite company of Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis.The 10th of 11 children, Brian Lara learnt his game at the Harvard Coaching Clinic, where he was enrolled at the age of six, and although at school he played for Trinidad's junior football and table tennis side, it was cricket which really drew him. Aged 14, he made 745 runs at 126.16, earning him selection for the Trinidad Under-16 team. A year later he was in the West Indies Under-19 side. In 1990, aged 20, Lara became Trinidad and Tobago's youngest captain, leading them to victory in the Geddes Grant Shield. In that year he made his Test debut, scoring 44 and 6 against Pakistan. Brain lara is a great cricket player in the world.