Mominul Haque (born 29 September 1991) is a Bangladeshi first-class cricketer who serves as the captain for the Bangladesh national team in Test matches and plays as a left-handed batsman.
He plays for Dhaka Division. He has the highest batting average in Tests for a Bangladeshi player. He is the only Bangladeshi player to score eleven consecutive fifty plus scores in Test history, and also the only Bangladeshi player to score centuries in both innings of a Test match.
Personal Details
| FULL NAME | Mominul Haque |
| BORN | September 29, 1991 Cox’s Bazar |
| AGE | 28 Years, 5 Months, 26 Days |
| NATIONAL SIDE | Bangladesh |
| BATTING STYLE | Left Handed |
| BOWLING | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| BATTING RANK | Test – 39, ODI – NA, World Cup – NA, T20I – NA |
| BOWLING RANK | Test – NA, ODI – NA, World Cup – NA, T20I – NA |
| TEAMS PLAYED | Bangladesh, Bangladesh A, Bangladesh Academy, Bangladesh Invitation XI, Chittagong Division, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh Under-19, Barisal Burners, Sylhet Thunder, Bangladesh East Zone, Bangladesh Under-23, Victoria Sporting Club, Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, Mohammedan Sporting Club, Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club, Legends of Rupganj, Dhaka Platoon, Gazi Group Cricketers, Rajshahi Royals |
| MAN OF THE MATCH | Test – 4, ODI – 0, World Cup – 0, T20I – 0, |
| CAREER SPAN | [Test, 2013 – 2020], [ODI, 2012 – 2018], [World Cup, 2015], [T20I, 2012 – 2014], |
A left-handed batsman and an occasional left-arm spinner, Mominul Haque made his first-class debut for the Dhaka Division in 2008 and the following year, emerged as the leading run-scorer against Zimbabwe Under-19 in 2009. Mominul was also part of Bangladesh’s Under-19 squad for the 2010 U-19 World Cup, held in New Zealand. The youngster was called-up to the national squad in 2012 for their ODI series against the West Indies, where he replaced his favourite cricketer, the injured Shakib Al Hasan.
Batting and fielding averages
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 40 | 74 | 4 | 2860 | 181 | 40.85 | 5104 | 56.03 | 9 | 13 | 331 | 7 | 29 | 0 |
| ODIs | 28 | 26 | 1 | 557 | 60 | 22.28 | 749 | 74.36 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| T20Is | 6 | 4 | 1 | 60 | 26* | 20.00 | 50 | 120.00 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| First-class | 106 | 183 | 8 | 7260 | 258 | 41.48 | 22 | 31 | 69 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 140 | 136 | 8 | 4052 | 182 | 31.65 | 4971 | 81.51 | 4 | 23 | 416 | 51 | 52 | 0 |
| T20s | 99 | 85 | 10 | 1667 | 91 | 22.22 | 1467 | 113.63 | 0 | 9 | 166 | 36 | 30 | 0 |
Bowling averages
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 40 | 27 | 601 | 376 | 4 | 3/27 | 3/42 | 94.00 | 3.75 | 150.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 28 | 12 | 234 | 190 | 7 | 2/13 | 2/13 | 27.14 | 4.87 | 33.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | 6 | 2 | 18 | 32 | 0 | – | – | – | 10.66 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 106 | 75 | 1990 | 1234 | 16 | 3/27 | 3/42 | 77.12 | 3.72 | 124.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| List A | 140 | 69 | 1735 | 1387 | 39 | 3/29 | 3/29 | 35.56 | 4.79 | 44.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20s | 99 | 14 | 174 | 229 | 6 | 2/14 | 2/14 | 38.16 | 7.89 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mominul Haque is an interesting left-surpassed batsman and an beneficial left-arm spinner from Bangladesh, who arrived on the international scene with a bang. He comes from the coastal city of Bangladesh known as Cox’s Bazaar, that’s a famous visitor vacation spot. Mominul joined BKSP, Bangladesh’s biggest sports institute, as a cricket scholar and made his First-Class debut inside the 2008-09 season for Dhaka Division against Chittagong Division.
In 2010, he turned into picked for the Under-19 World Cup squad and later throughout the 12 months, he turned into included within the National Cricket Academy. He endured to plunder runs inside the middle-order in the home circuit and turned into decided on for the Bangladesh ‘A’ group for the excursion of West Indies. In the opening fit of the excursion he scored 150. He sooner or later earned his name for the national group after he scored lower back-to-again masses in First-Class games. The selectors then picked him as a substitute for the injured Shakib Al Hasan for the primary ODIs against West Indies in November 2012.
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He made his Test debut for Bangladesh in opposition to Sri Lanka in Galle on March 8, 2013. He scored a half-century in his debut Test and ended up scoring 156 runs in three innings at an impressive common of 52 in his maiden Test collection. He made his first century in a Test healthy against New Zealand in Chittagong off just a hundred balls. In the second Test, Mominul, scored any other century towards the identical opponent. He persisted his superb form in opposition to Sri Lanka, scoring a 50 inside the first and a ton inside the second recreation. However, he has no longer been as successful inside the shorter formats and is yet to cement a everlasting spot in the gambling XI.
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In November 2014, Mominul have become the fastest Bangladeshi batsman to attain 1,000 Test runs, he took 21 innings to obtain that feat. Having made one of these sensational start to crimson-ball cricket, he was predicted to shine inside the shorter formats as nicely due to his elegant strokeplay however it hasn’t pretty passed off that way. The 2015 World Cup become an opportunity for him to stake his claim but he ended up offering in only the primary video games and disasters in both encounters saw him being dropped and hasn’t featured in white-ball cricket thereafter.
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