Full name Shahriar Nafees Ahmed
Born January 25, 1986, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Current age 22 years 166 days
Major teams Bangladesh,Bangladesh Under-19s,Bangladesh Under-23s,Barisal Division
Batting style Left-hand bat
Relations Brother - Iftekhar Nayem
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
15
30
0
810
138
27.00
1499
54.03
1
4
117
1
11
0
ODIs
60
60
5
1857
123*
33.76
2665
69.68
4
10
232
7
11
0
T20Is
1
1
0
25
25
25.00
17
147.05
0
0
3
1
1
0
First-class
39
77
2
2290
138
30.53
4021
56.95
2
17
24
0
List A
73
73
5
2153
147
31.66
3056
70.45
5
11
14
0
Twenty20
1
1
0
25
25
25.00
17
147.05
0
0
3
1
1
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
15
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
60
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T20Is
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
39
18
20
0
-
-
-
6.66
-
0
0
0
List A
73
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Twenty20
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (RPS), Sep 12-14, 2005 scorecard
Last Test
Bangladesh v South Africa at Chittagong (CDS), Feb 29-Mar 3, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v Bangladesh at Nottingham, Jun 21, 2005 scorecard
Last ODI
Bangladesh v India at Dhaka (SBNS), Jun 12, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
Only T20I
Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Khulna, Nov 28, 2006 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
2003/04
Last First-class
Bangladesh v South Africa at Chittagong (CDS), Feb 29-Mar 3, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2005
Last List A
Bangladesh v India at Dhaka (SBNS), Jun 12, 2008 scorecard
Only Twenty20
Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Khulna, Nov 28, 2006 scorecard
Profile
As a left-hand opening batsman, Shahriar Nafees is a rarity among Bangladesh cricketers, and at the age of 19 he was thrust into the Test squad for their maiden tour of England with just five first-class matches behind him. He hadn't fared too badly in those, however, with 350 runs at 35, and his Under-19 coach Richard McInness reckoned he had the talent and temperament to become a future Test captain. With Nafees Iqbal and Javed Omar established as Bangladesh's opening pair, the England trip was a case of watching and learning for Shahriar. He did get an opportunity in the NatWest Series, and cashed in with 75 in the final one-dayer against Australia. He made his Test debut in Sri Lanka in September 2005, and made 51 in his second match. He also got starts in all the one-day games, but converted only one into a fifty. Then in April 2006 he exploded in sensational fashion against the might of Australia, stroking his way to a brilliant hundred, his maiden first-class ton as well as his first in Tests, at Fatullah. His stunning 138, with 19 fours, set up a scarcely believable first-day total of 355 for 5 as the Aussies reeled. He added 33 in the second innings, and a brisk 79 in the second Test to show that this was no flash in the pan. Nafees was appointed vice-captain for the Champions Trophy in India in October with the view of grooming a successor for Habibul Bashar. He also won the Bangladesh's cricketer-of-the-year award for 2006. He proved that the accolade wasn't wasted on him by scoring a hundred against Zimbabwe but failed against tougher opposition in the Champions Trophy. His batting was instrumental in Bangladesh's 5-0 rout over Zimbabwe in December 2006.
Andrew Miller February 2007
