Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid (born 16 October 1976), also known as Sharfuddoula Saikat, is an international

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and a former first-class player from Bangladesh.

Playing career

In 1994 Sharfuddoula played three matches for

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

at the

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in Kenya. Sharfuddoula played 10

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matches for Dhaka Metropolis in 2000 and 2001.

Umpiring career

He made his first-class debut as an umpire in February 2007 in a match between

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and

Sylhet Division Sylhet Division ( bn, সিলেট বিভাগ) is the northeastern division of Bangladesh. It is bordered by the Indian states of Meghalaya, Assam and Tripura to the north, east and south respectively, and by the Bangladeshi divisions ...

. In January 2010 he umpired his first One Day International match between

and Sri Lanka becoming the tenth Bangladeshi to umpire at this level. On 17 March 2018 at the

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, along with Langton Rusere, he was one of the on-field umpires during the ninth place playoff match between

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and

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. The fixture at

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became the 4,000th ODI match to be played. In October 2018, he was named as one of the twelve on-field umpires for the

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. In October 2019, he was appointed as one of the twelve umpires to officiate matches in the

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tournament in the United Arab Emirates. In January 2020, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup tournament in South Africa. Due to the global

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, ICC rescinded its decision of using neutral umpires for test matches, instead allowing local umpires to officiate in test matches. As a result, he was named as an on-field umpires for both test matches played between Bangladesh and West Indies, becoming fifth Bangladeshi umpires to officiate in test matches. In February 2022, he was named as one of the on-field umpires for the

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in New Zealand. In January 2023, he was named as one of the on-field umpires for the

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* {{Authority control 1976 births Living people Bangladeshi Test cricket umpires Bangladeshi One Day International cricket umpires Bangladeshi Twenty20 International cricket umpires Bangladeshi cricketers Dhaka Metropolis cricketers Cricketers from Dhaka

Playing career

Umpiring career

See also

References

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