Gazi Ashraf
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| Full name | Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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29 December 1960 Dhaka, East Pakistan |
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| Nickname | Lipu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-hand bat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm offbreak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 13 February 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gazi Ashraf Hossain (Bengali: গাজী আশরাফ হোসেন; born: 29 December, 1960; Dhaka), commonly known as Lipu, is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played and captained the Bangladeshi cricket team in its first 7 ODIs, two in the Asia Cup in 1986, three in the Asian Cup in 1988, and two in the Australia-Asia Cup to 1990.
Lipu's highest ODI score (18) came in his very final ODI against Australia at Sharjah in 1990. He also has two ODI wickets in his bag. He dismissed Javed Miandad at Moratuwa and Roy Dias at Kandy in the Asia Cup in 1986.
He played in 20 ICC Trophy matches for Bangladesh in 1982, 1986, and 1990. He was a member of the team captained by Shafiq-ul-Haq that lost its Semi Final against Zimbabwe and then also lost the Consolation Final against Papua New Guinea in the 1982 ICC Trophy in England. His best performance came in the opening match against West Africa. His 77 helped Bangladesh beat their opponents by 76 runs. Unfortunately, he was unable to keep up his good form, and at the end of the trophy he finished with 126 runs from 7 innings, with an average of 21.00. He was the captain in the 1986 ICC Trophy also held in England, but the team failed to progress pass the group stage. Bangladesh defeated Kenya and Argentina, but lost against Zimbabwe (the eventual winners), Malaysia, East Africa and Denmark. Lipu's top score (41) came against Malaysia. He also took 6 wickets in the trophy at an average of 29.66. His best bowling was 3/26 against Kenya.
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