| Marufa Akter | |||||
| Female: | true | ||||
| Fullname: | Marufa Akter | ||||
| Birth Date: | 1 January 2005 | ||||
| Birth Place: | Nilphamari, Bangladesh | ||||
| Batting: | Right-handed | ||||
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium fast | ||||
| Role: | Bowler | ||||
| International: | true | ||||
| Country: | Bangladesh | ||||
| Odidebutdate: | 11 December | ||||
| Odidebutyear: | 2022 | ||||
| Odidebutagainst: | New Zealand | ||||
| Odicap: | 31 | ||||
| Lastodidate: | 21 March | ||||
| Lastodiyear: | 2024 | ||||
| Lastodiagainst: | Australia | ||||
| T20idebutdate: | 4 December | ||||
| T20idebutyear: | 2022 | ||||
| T20idebutagainst: | New Zealand | ||||
| T20icap: | 35 | ||||
| Lastt20idate: | 8 December | ||||
| Lastt20iyear: | 2023 | ||||
| Lastt20iagainst: | South Africa | ||||
| Club1: | Sylhet Division | ||||
| Year1: | 2022 | ||||
| Club2: | Jamuna | ||||
| Year2: | 2022/23 | ||||
| Columns: | 2 | ||||
| Column1: | ODI | ||||
| Matches1: | 15 | ||||
| Runs1: | 47 | ||||
| Bat Avg1: | 9.40 | ||||
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 | ||||
| Top Score1: | 15 | ||||
| Deliveries1: | 453 | ||||
| Wickets1: | 11 | ||||
| Bowl Avg1: | 31.36 | ||||
| Fivefor1: | 0 | ||||
| Tenfor1: | 0 | ||||
| Best Bowling1: | 4/29 | ||||
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 3/– | ||||
| Column2: | T20I | ||||
| Matches2: | 23 | ||||
| Runs2: | 9 | ||||
| Bat Avg2: | 1.80 | ||||
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 | ||||
| Top Score2: | 4 | ||||
| Deliveries2: | 394 | ||||
| Wickets2: | 18 | ||||
| Bowl Avg2: | 23.38 | ||||
| Fivefor2: | 0 | ||||
| Tenfor2: | 0 | ||||
| Best Bowling2: | 3/23 | ||||
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 3/– | ||||
| Date: | 20 March 2024 | ||||
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2494/2494812/2494812.html CricketArchive | ||||
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Marufa Akter (born 1 January 2005) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays for the Bangladesh women's national cricket team as a right-arm medium fast bowler.[1] [2]
She born in Nilphamari District of Bangladesh and she lives in Saidpur, a small town in the Nilphamari district.[3] Her father is a farmer. Her older brother encouraged her to play cricket. Her favorite player is Hardik Pandya.[4] In the perior of lock down she handed over her first earnings from cricket in Cox's Bazaar training camp of US$ 412.[3] Marufa went on to attend the country's biggest sports institution: Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP) where she learnt some of the skills she showed off on the world's biggest stage.
In November 2022, Marufa was earned maiden call-up for national team of Bangladesh to ODI and T20I squad for the series against New Zealand.[5] [6] She made her Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against New Zealand in the same series on 4 December 2022.[7] She made her One Day International (ODI) debut against New Zealand on 11 December 2024.[8]
In December 2022, she was selected to Bangladesh women's under-19 cricket team for the 2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.[9] [10] [11] She took 8 wickets from that tournament with best bowling figure 2/16 in 4 overs against United Arab Emirates women's under-19 cricket team.
In January 2023 she was named in Bangladesh's T20I squad for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[12] [13] She took 4 wickets in that tournament with best bowling figure 3/23 in 4 overs against Sri Lanka.
On 16 July 2023, she took 4 wickets of 29 runs in her 7 overs in the first ODI again India,[14] helping Bangladesh to first win against India in ODIs by 40 runs,[15] and she got Player of the Match award.[16]
In August 2023, she was selected to the national team for the 2022 Asian Games.[17] She was the part of Bronze medal winning team of Bangladesh in that tournament.[18] [19]
In January 2024, Marufa was nominated for ESPNcricinfo Awards 2023 Women's ODI bowling for her maiden four-wicket haul against India,[20] and won that award in the following month.[21]