Shahriar Nafees

Shahriar Nafees
Bangladesh
Personal information
Full name	Shahriar Nafees Ahmed
Nickname	Abir
Born	25 January 1986 (1986-01-25) (age 22)
	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Role	Batsman
Batting style	Left-handed
International information
Test debut (cap 43)	12 September 2005: v Sri Lanka
Last Test	14 July 2007: v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 76)	21 June 2005: v England
Last ODI	23 Jul 2007:  v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.	42
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2005-present	Barisal Division
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs	FC	LA
Matches	11	49	27	55
Runs scored	607	1565	1670	1749
Batting average	27.59	34.77	32.11	34.29
100s/50s	1/3	4/7	1/14	5/7
Top score	138	123*	138*	147
Balls bowled	0	0	18	0
Wickets	n/a	n/a	0	n/a
Bowling average	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
5 wickets in innings	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
10 wickets in match	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Best bowling	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Catches/stumpings	11/-	7/-	19/-	8/-
As of 9 September, 2007 Source: cricketarchive.com

Shahriar Nafees Ahmed (Bengali: শাহিরয়ার নাফীস আহেমদ) (born January 25, 1986 in Dhaka) is a Bangladeshi Cricketer.

Contents 1 Career Story 2 Trivia 3 Career Milestones 3.1 Tests 3.2 ODIs 4 Awards 5 External links

Career Story

Nafees, a left-handed opening batsman, first played in the national team in Bangladesh's maiden English Tour (2005). Nafees scored his maiden first-class century, as well as his first in Tests, at Fatullah in April 2006 against Australia. He scored his maiden one-day hundred against Zimbabwe in August 2006. Nafees was appointed vice-captain for the Champions Trophy in India in October 2006 with the view of grooming a successor for Habibul Bashar. The tournament was a successful one for him as he scored his second ODI century, again Zimbabwe were his opponents. He scored his third century against Zimbabwe again in November. Finished 2006 with over 1000 ODI runs, becoming the first Bangladeshi pass that milestone in a calendar year.

Trivia

• Nafees passed Higher Secondary Certificate examination from the prominent St. Joseph Higher Secondary School of Bangladesh, class of 2001. Now studying in Dhaka University.
• Nickname is "Abir"
• Nafees and Ashraful are very good friends as they both got their early cricket lessons from the same teacher Wahidul Gani.
• Nafees is nephew of one of the selectors of bangladesh cricket team and former bangladeshi cricketer Faruk Ahmed.

Career Milestones

Tests

Test Debut: vs Sri Lanka, Colombo, 2005-2006

• Shahriar Nafees' achieved his best batting score of 138 against Australia, Narayanganj, 2004-2005

ODIs

ODI debut: vs England, Nottingham, 2004-2005

• achieved his highest ODI score against Zimbabwe, Jaipur in the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy

Awards

• 2006 - nominated for ICC Emerging Player of the Year
• 2006 - BCB Cricketer of the Year
• 2006 - BCB Best Batsman of the Year
• 2006 - GrameenPhone-Prothom Alo Sportsperson of the Year

External links

• Cricinfo profile of Shahriar Nafees

•  • e Bangladesh squad - 2007 Cricket World Cup
1 Habibul Bashar (c) • 2 Shahriar Nafees • 3 Tamim Iqbal • 4 Aftab Ahmed • 5 Saqibul Hasan • 6 Mohammad Ashraful • 7 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) • 8 Mohammad Rafique • 9 Abdur Razzak • 10 Mashrafe Mortaza • 11 Shahadat Hossain • 12 Tapash Baisya • 13 Syed Rasel • 14 Rajin Saleh • 15 Javed Omar • 16 Farhad Reza • Coach: Whatmore Baisya was injured during the world cup and replaced in the squad by Reza.