Profile
One of Bangladesh’s most successful right arm seamers, Mashrafe Mortaza has been one of the reasons for his country’s steady rise in international cricket. A bowler who can stir up quite a pace, Mortaza’s success has been curbed on a few occasions due to his persistent injury woes.
The fast bowler’s talent was recognized at a very early stage by Bangladesh’s selectors and the man from Narail was handed his Test debut against Zimbabwe in 2001 without even playing a single first-class game. The year 2003 was special as well as sorrowful for the pace bowler as he registered impressive figures of 4-60 in a Test against England but fell prey to a knee injury that kept him away from the game for a year. He was re-called for a tour to England late in 2004 but soon suffered a back injury on the Sri Lankan tour in 2005 and failed to play out the entire series. He came back well in the year 2006 though, and put up some fine performances against sides like Australia and Kenya.
The speedster wasn’t at his best in the Champions Trophy of 2009 but bounced back in ODIs against Zimbabwe and Scotland and proved his mettle. He has grown as a bowler ever since and was given the chance of leading Bangladesh on a tour to West Indies. That chance went a begging as he got injured at the start of the tour and had to hand over the captaincy to Shakib Al Hasan.
Fast Facts
- Mashrafe Mortaza became the first Bangladeshi player to take a 6-wicket haul in ODIs, picking up 6 for 26 against Kenya.
Statistics
Show:
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
NO |
Avg. |
SR |
100's |
50's |
HS |
| Test |
36 |
67 |
797 |
5 |
12.85 |
67.20 |
0 |
3 |
79 |
| ODI |
128 |
97 |
1220 |
17 |
15.25 |
86.52 |
0 |
1 |
51* |
| T20 |
20 |
16 |
196 |
4 |
16.33 |
134.24 |
0 |
0 |
36 |
| IPL |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
- |
100 |
0 |
0 |
2* |
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Balls |
Runs |
Wickets |
BBI |
BBM |
Avg. |
Econ. |
4w |
5w |
10w |
Extras |
| Test |
36 |
51 |
5990 |
3239 |
78 |
4/60 |
/ |
41.52 |
3.24 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
125 |
| ODI |
128 |
128 |
6411 |
4990 |
162 |
6/26 |
/ |
30.80 |
4.67 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
196 |
| T20 |
20 |
20 |
447 |
612 |
19 |
4/19 |
/ |
32.21 |
8.21 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
| IPL |
1 |
1 |
24 |
58 |
0 |
0/58 |
/ |
- |
14.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| |
Catches |
Stumpings |
Runouts |
| Test |
9 |
0 |
3 |
| ODI |
39 |
0 |
12 |
| T20 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| IPL |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| |
Matches |
Won |
Lost |
Tie |
No Result |
Win percentage |
| Test |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
100 |
| ODI |
7 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
42.86 |
Career
Span:
- Test:
- 2001-2009
- ODI:
- 2001-2012
- T20:
- 2006-2012
- IPL:
- 2009-2009
- Test
-
- Debut:
- Bangladesh Vs Zimbabwe at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka - Nov 08, 2001
- Last played:
- Bangladesh Vs West Indies at Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown - St Vincent - Jul 09, 2009
- ODI
-
- Debut:
- Bangladesh Vs Zimbabwe at Chittagong Stadium (MA Aziz Stadium), Chittagong - Nov 23, 2001
- Last played:
- Bangladesh Vs West Indies at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur - Dec 07, 2012
- T20
-
- Debut:
- Bangladesh Vs Zimbabwe at Khulna Divisional Stadium, Khulna - Nov 28, 2006
- Last played:
- Bangladesh Vs Pakistan at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy - Sep 25, 2012
- IPL
-
- Debut:
- Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Deccan Chargers at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg - May 16, 2009
- Last played:
- Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Deccan Chargers at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg - May 16, 2009
