Mohammad Ashraful

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Mohammad Ashraful

Personal information
Full name	Mohammad Ashraful
Born	7 July 1984 (age 28) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Batting style	Right handed
Bowling style	Right arm leg break
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	Bangladesh
Test debut (cap 17)	6 September 2001 v Sri Lanka
Last Test	8 August 2011 v Zimbabwe
ODI debut (cap 51)	11 April 2001 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	15 October 2011 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2000–2001	Dhaka Metropolis
2001–2011	Dhaka Division
2008–present	Mohammedan Sporting Club
2009	Mumbai Indians
2011–present	Dhaka Metropolis
2012-	Dhaka Gladiators
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	List A
Matches	57	171[1]	124	223
Runs scored	2,419	3,397	6,297	4,600
Batting average	22.60	22.49	28.11	23.71
100s/50s	5/8	3/20	15/28	5/25
Top score	158*	109	263	118*
Balls bowled	1,615	697	8,984	1,559
Wickets	20	18	152	47
Bowling average	60.40	36.72	35.44	29.06
5 wickets in innings	0	0	6	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	2/42	3/26	7/99	4/28
Catches/stumpings	24/–	35/–	63/–	55/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 December 2012

Mohammad Ashraful (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ আশরাফুল) (born 7 July 1984) is a Bangladeshi international cricket player and has represented the Bangladesh national cricket team. A top-order batsman with a penchant for flashy strokeplay, he has also been selected to represent ACC Asia XI ODI side. Between 2007 and 2009, Ashraful captained his country in 13 Tests, losing all but one which ended in a draw, and 38 One Day Internationals (ODIs) of which Bangladesh won eight. Ashraful scored the fastest fifty in the test among any batsman of the world and scored the fastest fifty in the ODI and twenty20 international among any Bangladeshi batsman.^[2][3][4] Ashraful is Bangladesh's second-highest run-scorer in both Tests and ODIs.^[5][6] When not playing with the national team, Ashraful plays domestic cricket for the Dhaka Division cricket team in Bangladesh's domestic one-day and first-class competitions, captaining both sides on occasion.