Mohammad Aminul Islam (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ আমিনুল ইসলাম; born 2 February 1968) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer and captain.
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| Full name | Mohammad Aminul Islam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 February 1968 Dacca, East Pakistan (now Dhaka, Bangladesh) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Bulbul | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 3) | 10 November 2000 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 8 December 2002 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 12) | 27 October 1988 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 25 January 2002 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Biman Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Dhaka Division | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 February 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aminul Islam scored the first hundred for the Bangladesh cricket team when Bangladesh played their first Test against India, thus becoming only the third cricketer after Charles Bannerman and Dave Houghton to score centuries on their own and their country's test debut. He was one of Bangladesh's most celebrated cricketers in the pre-Test-status era.
Early years
editJust two years after quitting soccer due to an injury, Aminul Islam (commonly known as Bulbul) saw himself representing International Cricket Council (ICC) Associates Young Cricketers' squad in the first-ever Youth World Cup held in Australia where he took six wickets with his off spin, one of which was that of Brian Lara. The same year he made his ODI debut for the national Cricket team at Chittagong in the Asia Cup (1988). He scored 27 in the match against Sri Lanka.[1]
A year later, he scored a century against Malaysia in the U-19 Asian cup.[2] In 1995, he scored a century against the visiting England A side in a three-day match at Dhaka.
In ODIs
editDespite the fact that his ODI career started in 1988, and went on until 2001–02, he played only 39 ODI matches. This was due to the fact that before becoming a full member of ICC in 2000, Bangladesh seldom got a chance to play official one day internationals. Over the years, Bulbul's role in the side changed. In the initial years, he was a lower order batsman and off spin bowler. In later years, he mainly concentrated on his batting. His highest ODI score, 70, came against India at Mohali in 1998. His best bowling figures, 3/57, were against Zimbabwe at Nairobi in October 1997.
Career ODI batting performances:[3]
| Opposition | Matches | Runs | Average | Highest Score | 100 / 50 |
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| Australia | 2 | 54 | 54.00 | 41* | 0/0 |
| England | 1 | 30 | 30.00 | 30 | 0/0 |
| India | 8 | 277 | 46.17 | 70 | 0/2 |
| Kenya | 5 | 93 | 23.25 | 37 | 0/0 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 45 | 45.00 | 30* | 0/0 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 124 | 15.50 | 42 | 0/0 |
| Scotland | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0/0 |
| Sri Lanka | 5 | 62 | 12.40 | 29 | 0/0 |
| West Indies | 3 | 68 | 22.67 | 66 | 0/1 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 41 | 10.25 | 16 | 0/0 |
| Overall | 39 | 794 | 23.35 | 70 | 0/3 |
In ICC Trophy
editBulbul represented Bangladesh in three ICC trophy tournaments, in 1990, 1994 and 1997. However, he failed to perform up to expectation in both 1990 and 1994. But, after a slow start in the 1997 event in KL, he came good in the big matches. In the semi-final against Scotland he scored 57, sharing 3rd wicket stand of 115 with Khaled Mashud Pilot. In the final he scored a quickfire 37 out of 37 balls (with 1 six and 1 four). he shared a 53 run 4th wicket stand with skipper Akram Khan.
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| Year | Matches | Runs | Average | Highest Score | 100 / 50 | Runs | Wickets | Average | Best |
| 1990 | 5 | 88 | 17.60 | 30 | 0/0 | 69 | 1 | 69.00 | 1/17 |
| 1994 | 7 | 143 | 23.83 | 74 | 0/1 | 31 | 1 | 31.00 | 1/13 |
| 1997 | 10 | 217 | 31.00 | 57 | 0/2 | - | - | - | - |
| Overall | 22 | 448 | 24.89 | 74 | 0/3 | 100 | 2 | 50.00 | 1/13 |
As a captain
editHe took over the captaincy of the national team in 1998. He was the captain of the Bangladesh cricket team in the 1999 Cricket World Cup.
As a coach and instructor
editAminul Islam is one of Bangladesh's most qualified coaches at the moment and currently serves as ICC's Cricket Development officer for China, Hong Kong, UAE, Singapore, Thailand and Myanmar.[7] He completed his Level-1, Level-2 and Level-3 coaching degrees from Cricket Victoria and has trained club sides in Melbourne and Sydney. He finished the initial two levels of instructing courses from Cricket Australia in 2005. He began working for the Asian Cricket Council improvement program and furthermore finished the renowned Level-3 instructing a course in 2009. In eight years at the ACC, he led around 80 training courses in Afghanistan, Brunei, China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and the UAE. He became Asia development manager for the ICC in 2016. As of 2023, he lives in Australia.[8]
References
edit- ^ Cricinfo Scorecard: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka (2 November 1988). Retrieved 2007-12-20.
- ^ Rafiqul Ameer. "Looking Back: Bangladesh Cricket in the 80's". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2007.
- ^ "Aminul Islam: One day Internationals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ Bangladesh in ICC Trophy 1990, Netherlands BanglaCricket (Retrieved 2011-07-21)
- ^ Bangladesh in ICC Trophy 1994, Kenya BanglaCricket (Retrieved 2011-07-21)
- ^ Bangladesh in ICC Trophy 1997, Malaysia BanglaCricket (Retrieved 2011-07-21)
- ^ "The many hats of Aminul Islam, Bangladesh's first Test centurion". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "Bulbul: Our coaches are qualified, but neglected". Dhaka Tribune. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2021.