Ariful Haque

Ariful Haque (Bengali: আরিফুল হক; born 18 November 1992) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his first-class cricket debut in the 2006/07 season and his international debut for the Bangladesh cricket team in February 2018.

Ariful Haque

Personal information
Born	(1992-11-18) 18 November 1992 (age 31) Rangpur, Bangladesh
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	Batting all-rounder
International information
National side	[[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]]
Test debut (cap [[List of Bangladesh Test cricketers|89]])	3 November 2018 v Zimbabwe
Last Test	11 November 2018 v Zimbabwe
Only ODI (cap [[List of Bangladesh ODI cricketers|130]])	26 October 2018 v Zimbabwe
T20I debut (cap [[List of Bangladesh Twenty20 International cricketers|59]])	15 February 2018 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I	22 December 2018 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006–present	Barisal Division
2023-present	Sylhet Strikers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 2 1 96 120 Runs scored 88 – 4,557 2,380 Batting average 29.33 – 34.52 26.15 100s/50s 0/0 – 8/25 2/9 Top score 41* – 231 109 Balls bowled 66 18 8,042 2,351 Wickets 1 0 127 73 Bowling average 24.00 – 35.17 31.90 5 wickets in innings 0 – 2 1 10 wickets in match 0 – 0 0 Best bowling 1/10 – 6/41 5/38 Catches/stumpings 2/– 0/– 68/– 60/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 May 2022
Medal record Representing  Bangladesh Men's Cricket South Asian Games 2010 Dhaka Team

Domestic career

Ariful made his first-class debut for Barisal Division in the 2006/07 season.^[1]

Ariful was the leading wicket-taker for Central Zone in the 2017–18 Bangladesh Cricket League, with sixteen dismissals in six matches.^[2]

In October 2018, Ariful scored his maiden double-century in first-class cricket, batting for Rangpur Division in the 2018–19 National Cricket League.^[3] Later the same month, he was named in the squad for the Khulna Titans team, following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.^[4] In August 2019, he was one of 35 cricketers named in a training camp ahead of Bangladesh's 2019–20 season.^[5] In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Dhaka Platoon in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.^[6]

International career

In February 2018, Ariful was named in Bangladesh's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Sri Lanka.^[7] He made his T20I debut for Bangladesh against Sri Lanka on 15 February 2018.^[8]

In August 2018, Ariful was one of twelve debutants to be selected for a 31-man preliminary squad for Bangladesh ahead of the 2018 Asia Cup.^[9] Later that month, he was named in Bangladesh's fifteen-man squad for the tournament, but he did not play.^[10]

In October 2018, Ariful was named in Bangladesh's One Day International (ODI) and Test squads for their series against Zimbabwe.^[11][12] He made his ODI debut for Bangladesh against Zimbabwe on 26 October 2018.^[13] He made his Test debut for Bangladesh, also against Zimbabwe, on 3 November 2018.^[14]

References

1. "Ariful Haque". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
2. "Bangladesh Cricket League 2017/18, North Zone: Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
3. "Tushar Imran headlines batsman-dominated opening round". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
4. "Full players list of the teams following Players Draft of BPL T20 2018-19". Bangladesh Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
5. "Mohammad Naim, Yeasin Arafat, Saif Hassan - A look into Bangladesh's future". ESPN Cricinfo. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
6. "BPL draft: Tamim Iqbal to team up with coach Mohammad Salahuddin for Dhaka". ESPN Cricinfo. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
7. "Bangladesh pick five uncapped players for Sri Lanka T20I". ESPN Cricinfo. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
8. "1st T20I (N), Sri Lanka Tour of Bangladesh at Dhaka, Feb 15 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
9. "Liton Das recalled as Bangladesh reveal preliminary squad for Asia Cup 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
10. "Mohammad Mithun, Ariful Haque in Bangladesh squad for Asia Cup 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
11. "Bangladesh pick uncapped Fazle Mahmud; Tamim Iqbal still injured". ESPN Cricinfo. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
12. "Bangladesh hand Nazmul, Mithun maiden Test call-ups". ESPN Cricinfo. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
13. "3rd ODI (D/N), Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh at Chittagong, Oct 26 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
14. "1st Test, Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh at Sylhet, Nov 3-7 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 October 2018.

External links

• Ariful Haque at ESPNcricinfo
• Ariful Haque at Twitter