Ariful Haque (Bengali: আরিফুল হক; born 18 November 1992) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his first-class cricket debut in the 2006/07 season and made his international debut for the Bangladesh cricket team in February 2018.

Ariful Haque
Personal information
Born (1992-11-18) 18 November 1992 (age 31)
Rangpur, Bangladesh
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBatting all-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap [[List of Bangladesh Test cricketers|89]])3 November 2018 v Zimbabwe
Last Test11 November 2018 v Zimbabwe
Only ODI (cap [[List of Bangladesh ODI cricketers|130]])26 October 2018 v Zimbabwe
T20I debut (cap [[List of Bangladesh Twenty20 International cricketers|59]])15 February 2018 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I22 December 2018 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2006–presentBarisal Division
2023-presentSylhet Strikers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 2 1 96 120
Runs scored 88 4,557 2,380
Batting average 29.33 34.52 26.15
100s/50s 0/0 8/25 2/9
Top score 41* 231 109
Balls bowled 66 18 8,042 2,351
Wickets 1 0 127 73
Bowling average 24.00 35.17 31.90
5 wickets in innings 0 2 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/10 6/41 5/38
Catches/stumpings 2/– 0/– 68/– 60/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 May 2022
Medal record
Representing  Bangladesh
Men's Cricket
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dhaka Team

Domestic career edit

Ariful made his first-class debut for Barisal Division in the 2006/07 season.[1]

Ariful was the leading wicket-taker for Central Zone in the 2017–18 Bangladesh Cricket League, with sixteen dismissals in six matches.[2]

In October 2018, Ariful scored his maiden double-century in first-class cricket, batting for Rangpur Division in the 2018–19 National Cricket League.[3] Later the same month, he was named in the squad for the Khulna Titans team, following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.[4] In August 2019, he was one of 35 cricketers named in a training camp ahead of Bangladesh's 2019–20 season.[5] In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Dhaka Platoon in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.[6]

International career edit

In February 2018, Ariful was named in Bangladesh's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Sri Lanka.[7] He made his T20I debut for Bangladesh against Sri Lanka on 15 February 2018.[8]

In August 2018, Ariful was one of twelve debutants to be selected for a 31-man preliminary squad for Bangladesh ahead of the 2018 Asia Cup.[9] Later that month, he was named in Bangladesh's fifteen-man squad for the tournament, but he did not play.[10]

In October 2018, Ariful was named in Bangladesh's One Day International (ODI) and Test squads for their series against Zimbabwe.[11][12] He made his ODI debut for Bangladesh against Zimbabwe on 26 October 2018.[13] He made his Test debut for Bangladesh, also against Zimbabwe, on 3 November 2018.[14]

References edit

  1. ^ "Ariful Haque". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Bangladesh Cricket League 2017/18, North Zone: Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Tushar Imran headlines batsman-dominated opening round". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Full players list of the teams following Players Draft of BPL T20 2018-19". Bangladesh Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Mohammad Naim, Yeasin Arafat, Saif Hassan - A look into Bangladesh's future". ESPN Cricinfo. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  6. ^ "BPL draft: Tamim Iqbal to team up with coach Mohammad Salahuddin for Dhaka". ESPN Cricinfo. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Bangladesh pick five uncapped players for Sri Lanka T20I". ESPN Cricinfo. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  8. ^ "1st T20I (N), Sri Lanka Tour of Bangladesh at Dhaka, Feb 15 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Liton Das recalled as Bangladesh reveal preliminary squad for Asia Cup 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Mohammad Mithun, Ariful Haque in Bangladesh squad for Asia Cup 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Bangladesh pick uncapped Fazle Mahmud; Tamim Iqbal still injured". ESPN Cricinfo. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Bangladesh hand Nazmul, Mithun maiden Test call-ups". ESPN Cricinfo. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  13. ^ "3rd ODI (D/N), Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh at Chittagong, Oct 26 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  14. ^ "1st Test, Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh at Sylhet, Nov 3-7 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 October 2018.

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