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Full name Mohammad Nafees Iqbal Khan
Born October 31, 1985, Chittagong
Current age 22 years 296 days
Major teams Bangladesh, Bangladesh Under-19s, Chittagong Division
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Relations Uncle - Akram Khan, Brother - Tamim Iqbal

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

518

121

23.54

1332

38.88

ODIs

309

19.31

568

54.40

First-class

112

3290

153

31.03

List A

1114

21.42

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

ODIs

First-class

3.24

List A

6.00

Career statistics

Test debut

Bangladesh v New Zealand at Dhaka, Oct 19-22, 2004 scorecard

Last Test

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Bogra, Mar 8-11, 2006 scorecard

Test statistics

ODI debut

Bangladesh v England at Chittagong (MAA), Nov 7, 2003 scorecard

Last ODI

Australia v Bangladesh at Cardiff, Jun 18, 2005 scorecard

ODI statistics

First-class debut

2000/01

Last First-class

Chittagong Division v Khulna Division at Chittagong (CDS), Dec 5-8, 2007 scorecard

List A debut

2000/01

Last List A

Chittagong Division v Khulna Division at Chittagong (CDS), Dec 9, 2007 scorecard

A young, crowd-pleasing opener, Nafees Iqbal is not one of nature's shrinking violets. A nephew of Bangladesh's larger-than-life former captain Akram Khan, Nafees shot to prominence in the second warm-up match of England's inaugural tour in 2003-04. After slapping a giddy century for Bangladesh A in Dhaka, he dismissed England's spinners as "ordinary", an assessment that attracted more column inches than the innings itself. Had he not been about to lead Bangladesh's Under-19 team in Pakistan, he might have had the opportunity to expand on that statement in the subsequent Test series. Instead, he waited for a late summons to the one-day squad, and made his debut in front of his home fans at Chittagong. His Test debut followed the following year, and in January 2005 he produced his maiden hundred, an invaluable match-saving 121 against Zimbabwe at Dhaka, which secured Bangladesh their maiden series victory, after making 56 in the historic win at Chittagong. Indifferent form after that cost Nafees his place, and he did not feature in the Tests against Australia in April 2006: he had lost his one-day place nearly a year before, after a poor start to the NatWest Series in England.
Andrew Miller June 2006

Nov 28, 2007

Nafees Iqbal square-cuts during his unbeaten 118 © TigerCricket.com

Nov 28, 2007

Nafees Iqbal kisses the pitch after reaching his century © TigerCricket.com

Mar 10, 2006

Lasith Malinga successfully appeals against Nafees Iqbal © AFP

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