Al-Amin Hossain (born 27 December 1992[1]) is a Bangladeshi international cricketer. He made his international debut for the Bangladesh cricket team in February 2014[2]
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Full name | Al-Amin Hossain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Jhenaidah, Bangladesh | 27 December 1992|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side |
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Test debut (cap 70) | 21 October 2013 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 22 November 2019 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 109) | 17 February 2014 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 3 March 2020 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 15 (formerly 9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 39) | 6 November 2013 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 11 March 2020 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2021 | Kandy Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 17 December 2021 |
Birth and Education
editHossain was born on 27 December 1992 and bred in Jhenidah district and He attended University of Rajshahi.[3]
Domestic and franchise career
editHe took 12 wickets for Khulna and helped them defeat Chittagong by eight wickets in Jessore in 2011. He first ripped through the Chittagong lower order in the first innings, in which they scored just 200 runs, before leaving an even bigger impression in the second innings. Al-Amin finished with 7 for 36 in the second innings, with Chittagong getting bowled out for 144 runs.
He took figures of 9 for 58, helping Khulna kick off the second phase of the National League with an eight-wicket win over Rajshahi in a low-scoring encounter that lasted just two days at the Fatullah Osmani Stadium in Fatullah.
In 2012, he was selected to Bangladesh "A" squad to play against England Lions. In the first unofficial ODI he took the wickets of Joe Root, James Taylor and James Vince as England Lions were reduced to 38 for 4.
In 2013, he took 6 for 16 for Abahani Limited as they rolled over Cricket Coaching School for a paltry 35 to record a 212-run win in the Dhaka Premier League. He was in the forefront of all the carnage as he picked up all of the top five batsmen inside the first 11 overs.
In October 2018, he was named in the squad for the Sylhet Sixers team, following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.[4] He was the leading wicket-taker for Khulna Division in the 2018–19 National Cricket League, with fourteen dismissals in five matches.[5] In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Cumilla Warriors in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.[6]
In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Colombo Stars following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[7]
International career
editHe was added to Bangladesh Test squad for New Zealand series and he made his Test début in Mirpur Test. He was selected in the 15-man squad to play in the 2015 Cricket World Cup, but was sent home during the tournament for breaking a team curfew.[8]
Records
edit- On 26 December 2013, during the 2013–14 Victory Day T20 Cup, Al-Amin became the first bowler to take five wickets in an over in Twenty20 cricket.[9][10]
- In the same match, he also became the first Bangladeshi bowler to take a hat-trick in T20s.[11]
- On 25 November 2015, during the 2015–16 Bangladesh Premier League, he became the first bowler to pick up a hat-trick in the Bangladesh Premier League.[12][13]
References
edit- ^ "Al-Amin Hossain Profile - Cricket Player Bangladesh | Stats, Records, Video". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Al-Amin Hossain". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ Isam, Mohammad (14 August 2014). "Hard work nothing new to Al-Amin". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ "Full players list of the teams following Players Draft of BPL T20 2018-19". Bangladesh Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ^ "National Cricket League, 2018/19 - Khulna Division: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ "BPL draft: Tamim Iqbal to team up with coach Mohammad Salahuddin for Dhaka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ "Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews miss out on LPL drafts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ Isam, Mohammad. "Al-Amin to be sent home for breaking team curfew". ESPNCricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ^ "Al-Amin takes five in an over". Bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Al-Amin takes five wickets in one over". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Kamrul Rabbi third Bangladeshi to record T20 hat-trick". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Al-Amin's five helps Barisal bag 2nd T20". Prothomalo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Al-Amin hat-trick helps Barisal pip Sylhet in thriller". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
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