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Full name | Enamul Haque | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Comilla, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh |
27 February 1966 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Moni | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Left-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler, Umpire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 16) | 26 April 2001 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 24 April 2003 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 21) | 28 April 1990 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 25 January 2002 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tests umpired | 1 (2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODIs umpired | 54 (2006–2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20Is umpired | 14 (2006–2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Enamul Haque Moni (also Haq) (Bengali: এনামুল হক) (born 27 February 1966, in Comilla, Chittagong) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 10 Tests and 29 ODIs from 1990 to 2003. After retiring from competitive cricket he became an umpire made his first appearance in an ODI between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe on 3 December 2006. He is the first Bangladeshi Test-match cricketer to umpire in international cricket.
Enamul Haque Moni, commonly known as Moni, first came into prominence in the 1988–89 season, as he helped Bangladesh Biman cricket team to the Dhaka league title. He was selected for the national side next season, and remained an integral part of the team for more than a decade. Though he failed to impress at the highest level, he was lot more successful against the lesser lights.
Though he was an all-rounder, he was mostly successful with his bowling in ICC Trophy cricket. In total, he took 35 wickets in 3 ICC Trophy tournaments, in 1990,94 & in 97. His most memorable match was the 2nd round encounter against Denmark in the 1990 ICC Trophy. batting first the Danes reached 233/9 from their 60 overs. In reply, the Chittagong trio Nurul Abedin (85), Akram Khan 50, & Minhajul Abedin 37 kept Bangladesh in the hunt; but it was Moni's quickfire 17* and his explosive hitting in the final over, that took Bangladesh to the target, with just 2 balls to spare. With the ball, Enamul Haque took 2/26 from 12 overs; and he was the obvious choice for the MOM award. In contrast, his biggest disappointment came in Feb. 1994, in the do-or-die game against the hosts Kenya at Nairobi. The hosts batted first scoring 295/6 from 50 overs, thanks mainly to Maurice Odumbe who scored 119. In reply, Bangladesh started their chase well with the opening pair of Jahangir Alam and Aminul Islam Bulbul putting on a 139 run partnership. After that, Minhajul Abedin contributed 68, but Moni fell for a duck, at a crucial stage of the match, and eventually Kenya won by 13 runs.