Zafrul Ehsan (Bengali: জাফরুল এহসান; 1963/1964 – 18 June 2024) was a Bangladeshi Level III cricket coach.[1]
Ehsan coached the Bangladesh women's national cricket team in 2008.[2] He coached the Bangladesh national under-19 cricket team in 2012,[3] and continued with the U-19 team in 2013 as assistant coach.[4]
In 2015, when Paul Terry reconstituted the Bangladesh Cricket Board's High Performance unit, Ehsan became its batting coach, initially under head coach Mal Loye, a former English batsman.[5][6]
He was made head coach of the Sylhet Sixers in the Bangladesh Premier League in 2017.[7][8] For the 2018–19 season he was appointed coach of Walton Central Zone.[9] In October 2019, Ehsan replaced Masud Parvez as coach of the Rangpur Division cricket team of the National Cricket League.[10]
Ehsan died of acute myeloid leukemia on 18 June 2024, at the age of 60.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Coaches course certificates awarded". The Daily Star. 6 November 2009.
- ^ "Women eye one win". The Daily Star. 25 April 2008.
- ^ "U-19 team asked to explain Asia Cup failure". ESPNcricinfo. 1 July 2012.
- ^ Uddin, Mazhar (29 September 2013). "BCB announces U-19 team for WI". Dhaka Tribune.
- ^ "Terry aims to re-energise High Performance unit". ESPN.com. 14 May 2015.
- ^ "Loye named BCB High Performance head coach | Cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ "Seven coaches of BPL teams". The New Nation. 25 October 2017.
- ^ "Sixers eye hat-trick win". New Age. 7 November 2017.
- ^ "BCL players' draft held". Dhaka Tribune. 17 November 2018.
- ^ "BCB sack two First Class coaches for not selecting leg-spinners". The Business Standard. Dhaka. 17 October 2019.
- ^ Veteran cricket coach Zafrul Ehsan passes away
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