Anwarul Kabir Shamim (1944 – 29 July 2019)
was a Bangladeshi
cricket
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er. He led
Bangladesh
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in its first international match, against the touring
Marylebone Cricket Club
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(MCC), in
Dhaka
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, in January 1977. The tall and lanky opener had a successful match, scoring 30 and 25. Kabir also captained the East Zone side at
Chittagong
Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...
and scored 29 in the second innings.
First-class career
Kabir made his
first-class cricket
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debut playing for
East Pakistan
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against
Karachi Greens in November 1961. In December 1964, he scored his maiden first-class half-century. Playing for Dacca University against a strong PIA bowling attack, at the Dacca Stadium (now known as Bangabandhu National Stadium), he scored 64 in the first innings. He was in good form that season, as in March 1965, he scored 55 against Dacca, in a match played at the Outer Stadium. His highest score of 89 came in January 1968, when he scored 89 in the first innings for East Pakistan (Green) against the East Pakistan Railways at the Dacca Stadium, sharing a 101-run third-wicket partnership with the skipper
M. A. Latif.
Overall in his 15 first-class matches Shamim scored 411 runs at an average of 17.86. He was also an occasional
wicket-keeper
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, with one stumping to his credit.
After retirement
He retired from international cricket after the 1976–77 season.
Raquibul Hasan took over the captaincy from him. After his retirement from international cricket, he got heavily involved with cricket administration, and helped in the early development of cricket in
Bangladesh
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. He managed the national team at the
ICC Trophy
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in 1982 and 1986. He played most of his club cricket in
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...
, with the Azad Boys Club.
[Hasan Babli. "Antorjartik Crickete Bangladesh". Khelar Bhuban Prakashani, November 1994.] He received the National Sports Award in 1999 for his service to Bangladesh cricket.
Death
He died in 2019 at the age of 74.
See also
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Marylebone Cricket Club cricket team in Bangladesh in 1976-77
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An ancient parish and latterly a metropolitan borough, it merge ...
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Bangladeshi cricketers
1945 births
2019 deaths
East Pakistan cricketers
University of Dhaka cricketers
Cricketers from Dhaka
East Zone (Pakistan) cricketers
People of East Pakistan
Wicket-keepers
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