Manjural (sometimes Monjural) Islam (born 7 November 1979) is a Bangladeshi
cricket
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er who played in 17
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One Day International
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s from 1999 to 2004. He is a left-arm seam bowler.
Manjural Islam made his Test debut in April 2001, against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo where he took his best innings figures of 6 for 81.
He represented Bangladesh in both the 1999 and the 2003 World Cups.
In 2009 he was one of a number of players who decided to leave Bangladeshi domestic cricket in order to participate in the unsanctioned
Indian Cricket League as part of the squad for the new
Dhaka Warriors
Dhaka Warriors was one of the nine teams played in the 2008 competition of the defunct Indian Cricket League (ICL). The captain was former Bangladesh cricket team, Bangladeshi captain and batsman Habibul Bashar. The Dhaka Warriors was solely compo ...
side,
for which he was banned from playing in official cricket matches in Bangladesh for 10 years by the
Bangladesh Cricket Board
The Bangladesh Cricket board ( bn, বাংলাদেশ ক্রিকেট বোর্ড; abbreviated as BCB) is the governing body of cricket in Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Cricket Board first became an associate member of the Inter ...
.
In October 2020, he was appointed as the chief selector of the
Bangladesh women's cricket team
The Bangladesh women's national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Bangladesh in international women's cricket matches. They made their international debut when they played, and won, two matches against Thailand national wo ...
.
See also
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List of Bangladesh cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut
References
External links
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1979 births
Living people
Bangladesh Test cricketers
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Cricketers at the 1999 Cricket World Cup
Cricketers at the 2003 Cricket World Cup
Khulna Division cricketers
Cricketers who have taken five wickets on Test debut
Bangladeshi cricket coaches
ICL Bangladesh XI cricketers
Dhaka Warriors cricketers
Mohammedan Sporting Club cricketers
Victoria Sporting Club cricketers
People from Khulna