The Biman Bangladesh Airlines cricket team was a

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team in

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that played in only the inaugural 2000–01 domestic season and won the

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title. The team was sponsored by

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, the government-owned airliner of Bangladesh. The club played its home games at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan No 1 Ground in

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. Biman Bangladesh Airlines currently play among the 12 clubs in the Dhaka Metropolis

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which is not given first class status. Biman also sponsors a team in the Corporate Cricket League. The team signed 18-year-old Pakistani opening batsman

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during the 2000–01 season, and Farhat dominated, scoring 216 in the first match of the season and ending up with the most runs in Bangladeshi first class cricket that season. However,

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had the highest first class score for the team, with 224.

Honours

* National Cricket League (1) – 2000–01

First-class statistics

References

* ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'' (annual)

Further references and notes

External links

Tournaments in Bangladesh since 1972–73
at CricketArchive

at

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