Barisal Division cricket team explained

Barisal Division Cricket Team
Captain:Fazle Mahmud
Founded:1999
Ground:Barisal Divisional Stadium
Capacity:30,000
Title1:NCL
Title1wins:0
Title2:One Day Cricket League
Title2wins:1

The Barisal Division cricket team or Barisal Blazers is a Bangladeshi first-class team representing the Barisal Division, one of the seven administrative regions in Bangladesh. The team competes in the National Cricket League and was formerly a participant in the now-defunct National Cricket League One-Day. In the short-lived National Cricket League Twenty20 competition, played in the 2009–10 season only, Barisal played in their official green and black colors. The equivalent team in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is the Fortune Barishal.

Barisal's home ground is the Barisal Divisional Stadium, also known as the Abdur Rab Serniabad Stadium, which has a 30,000 capacity. They have only won one competition in their history, the 2008–09 National Cricket League One-Day.

Honours

Summary by season

Season NCL T20
6th
6th
6th 6th
5th 6th
6th 6th
5th 6th
3rd 5th
4th 4th
5th 5th
2nd 1st
5th not held 6th
4th 2nd
7th
8th
8th
7th
1st in Tier 2
3rd in Tier 1
3rd in Tier 1

At the end of the 2017–18 season Barisal Division had played 140 first-class matches, with 20 wins, 61 losses and 59 draws.[1]

Current squad

, The current squad for 2019–20 season[2]

NameNatBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batsman
Shahriar Nafees Left-hand bat Batsman Captain
Nuruzzaman Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
Abu Sayeem Right-hand bat Wicketkeeper
Rafsan Al Mahmud Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Moin Khan Right-hand bat Batsman
All-Rounders
Monir Hossain Right-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox
Salman Hossain Right-hand bat Right-arm fast-medium
Golam Kabir Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Fazle Mahmud Left-hand bat Right-arm legbreak
Tawhidul Islam Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Bowlers
Sohag Gazi Right-hand bat Right-arm offbreak
Tanvir Islam Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox

Notable players

The following is a list of players who have played for both Barisal and Bangladesh.

Barisal players who have played for countries other than Bangladesh:

See also

Other source

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barisal Division playing record. subscription. CricketArchive. 3 March 2018.
  2. News: https://www.prothomalo.com/sports/article/1618045/. bn:ঢাকার আশরাফুল বরিশালে, দল পাননি শহীদ–শরীফ . Prothom Alo. 7 October 2019. bn.