Full name Shahriar Nafees Ahmed
Born January 25, 1986, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Current age 22 years 311 days
Major teams Bangladesh,Bangladesh Under-19s,Bangladesh Under-23s,Barisal Division,Dhaka Warriors
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. His batting form slipped the following year and in 2008, joined the Bangladesh exodus to the ICL, effectively ending his international career. He was subsequently handed a 10-year ban by the BCB. Prior to that, he opted out of a tour of Australia for the sake of his studies and his main focus is to finish his MBA.
Andrew Miller and Cricinfo Staff (September 16, 2008)
