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The Middle Ages

Bangladesh became an associate member of ICC in July, 1977. Almost a quarter of a century later, during the summer of 2000, it became a full member of the ICC. The period in between is full of frantic activities, both on and off the field, ups and downs, hopes and despair. The popularity of cricket in Bangladesh got a huge boost following India's triumph in the 1983 world cup. It ushered in a new era in our cricket history; this era can be described as the Middle ages. During this period, cricket emerged as our number one sports, the domestic cricket became more organized, young talents started to emerge from different parts of the country, and eventually international laurels started to  come.

Virtually any time during the mid 80's can be considered as the starting point of this era. I have decided to take Jan, 1984, as the starting point, as it was in this month that Bangladesh successfully hosted and won the inaugural south East Asian Cricket tournament, and thus qualified for the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka in 1986. Of course, the era ended with Bangladesh winning the 1997 ICC trophy in KL. Thus Bangladesh qualified for the 1999 WC in England. And with the fanatical following of the game in Bangladesh, test status was imminent. Suddenly, instead of playing against HK & PNG, our boyz had to take on the professionals from India, Australia and the other big guns. That was the beginning of the modern era.

The development of cricket during the years 1984-1997 was manifold. Most importantly, it was during this period that cricket emerged as the most popular sports of the nation. India's triumph at Lords certainly helped gaining the momentum, but the local cricket authority BCCB also deserves a lot of credit. They specially targeted the young generation. The Nirman school cricket which started in the early 80's became extremely popular among the youngsters. Initially, this competition was restricted to the schools from Dhaka; but gradually it became open to schools from all corners of the country. This tournament gave the opportunity for the coaches to discover cricketing talents early, and work on them.  Gradually cricket became popular throughout the country, and it became a truly national sports. Apart from BCCB, the local sports authorities played their parts. Specially, Chittagong (in the SE), and Mymensingh (In the N) became great hubs for cricketing talents. The Star Club played a big role at Chittagong, at Mymensingh, it was the Panditpara cricket club who took the lead. From Chittagong, came the Abedin brothers, Nurul and Minhajul (better known as Nobel & Nannu respectively), Akram khan Zahid Razzak masum, Golam Morshed, and many others. Mymensigh produced Golam Nawsher Prince, Saiful, Belayet Hossain Belal, Harun ur Rashid Liton, MR Seim, Ramchand Goala etc. (It is interesting to note that two of the most successful players of our current team, Tamim Iqbal (nephew of Akram khan) and Mahmudullah Riad come from Chittagong and Mymensingh respectively.

No less important was the introduction of professionalism in our cricket. It started in the latter part of the 80's. Back in the 70's, it was not possible even for a national level cricketer to make his livings completely from cricket. Almost, all of them had to depend on incomes from other sources. Some, like Nehal and Misha, gave greater importance to their professional career than cricket. Some, like Lintu, Mainu and Najeem, gave up cricket completely to concentrate on their profession. Some of the cricketers were even involved in other sports. For example, Jahangir Shah Badshah was a left back in football, playing for Abahani KC. On the other hand, soccer stars Salahuddin and Shantoo played club cricket regularly, for Azad Boys and Mohammedans respectively. Another Azad Boys player, Ibrahim Saber was a hockey midfielder. The situation started to change in the late 80's. Especially, during the 1988-89 season a number of Sri Lankan players played in the local league. Apart from their skills with the bat and the ball, they showed us the importance of a professional attitude. In cricket, as in any other professional field, total dedication to the profession is a must for success.

Corporate sponsorship also helped the growth of our cricket. We have already discussed about the involvement of the real estate company ‘Nirman' (in Bangla Nirman means ‘to build'). The Wills company sponsored the Asia cup, Beximco became the title sponsors for the 1989 Asia youth Cup. The amount of money was fairly small; very small, in fact for today's standards. But it should be kept in mind, that at that time, the private companies only amounted to a very small portion of our national income. The involvement of the corporate bodies in our cricket swelled after the mid 90's with the introduction of satellite channels throughout Asia.

The Captains: Two national team captains played important parts during this era. In fact, their works complemented each others. Gazi Ashraf Lipu (1985-90) helped build the national team. In a sense he provided the foundation for achieving laurels in the future. Akram Khan (1994-98) took the national team to those desired laurels.

It was the veteran Raqibul Hasan, who led Bangladesh successfully in the SE Asian cricket in 1984. But it was only a short term appointment for Hasan. He was the most accomplished batsman of the side, and captaincy was always considered a burden for him. So, when the Lankans came in March 1985, the selectors gave the captaincy responsibility on the shoulders of Lipu. Already a regular member of the national team he had already proved his ability as a captain by leading Abahani KC successfully in the Dhaka league. Moreover, in 1984, he led Dhaka University to the national Championship. And, he impressed everybody by leading the Bangladesh Youth team to victory against a touring NZ team in Jan, 1985. With such an impressive record as captain, he was an obvious choice for the captaincy on the eyes of the selectors.

The most interesting part about the Lipu era was that, in terms of results, he was a big failure. In fact, the 1986 ICC trophy has to go down as one of our worst performances ever. Yet, it was under Lipu, that the national team took shape. Young players like Nannu, Atahar, Prince, Suru, Nasu and others matured as international cricketers. Towards the end of the 80's, two extremely talented batsmen, Akram Khan and Aminul Islam Bulbul joined the team. Thus, as the 90's approached, Bangladesh was ready to make their presence in the international level felt.

Many analyists compare the captaincy era of Lipu, with that of the former Indian captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi. During the Pataudi era (1962-70), India failed miserably in the test matches. Yet, it was Pataudi, who did more than anyone else to give the Indian national team a stable shape.

Though Lipu retired from international cricket after the 1990 ICC trophy in Netherlands (Bangladesh finished 3rd), he continued on to lead in the domestic cricket arena. An interesting fact is that, during the 1993-94 season, he led Abahani KC to Dhaka league title with the then national captain Faruk Ahmed, and his deputy (and successor) Akram Khan both playing under him.

In direct contrast to Lipu, who took over the national captaincy with a considerable amount of captaincy behind him, Akram khan took the Bangladesh captaincy job with precious little captaincy experience before him. In fact, it was a disparate gamble by the selectors. Following Lipu's retirement, his deputy Nannu took over. Though he was highly respected by his fellow cricketers, his temper was not suited to captaincy and he was replaced by Faruk Ahmed for the ICC trophy in 1994. Like Lipu, Faruk enjoyed the reputation of being one of the shrewdest captain in the domestic circuit. In Kenya, however, he failed to get the support of the senior players, and the team failed to reach the SF, despite being one of the favorites for the 3 WC qualification places.

With the national team in complete disarray, with the team sprit being at an all time low, the selectors handed the difficult job of leading the side to Akram. It was a big test for Akram, but he started well, leading the side to 2nd place, in the 2nd SAARC  cricket tournament in Dhaka, in 1994. Akram didn't have the tactical mastery of Lipu, but he commanded good respect from his players. And most importantly, he was a great believer in leading by examples. Whenever there was a batting disaster, he would always be the first to come forward with a bid to solve the problem. In Dec 1994, in the final Bangladesh top order collapsed to 31/4 chasing 217 in 45 overs. Akram led a recovery with a defiant 66, before falling to the leg spin of Sairaj Bahutule. It wasn't enough to win the game but it was a great example of a captain's knock. More successful was his effort against Holland in a do or die game in the 1997 ICC trophy.  The Dutch fast bowler Lefebre ran through the top order leaving us at 15/4. Akram  batted with caution mixed with aggression, and his unbeaten 68* took Bangladesh to victory with 3 wickets in hand. In the final, against Kenya, Akram blasted a quick-fire 27 from  22 balls with 2 sixes.

Some Outstanding individual  performances of the era:

• Jan 1984, Allrounder Golam Faruq Suru takes 6/10, including a hatrick against Singapore. The game finishes before lunch as the tourists gets bowled out for a mere 54. Playing for Bangladesh Tigers, (the 2nd XI) middle order bat Rafiq smashes 129 against the same opposition.
• March 1985, Opening  batsman Tariquzzaman  Munir becomes the first player to score a triple century in our domestic cricket. Playing for Dhaka University, he scores 308, and shares a 4 th wicket stand of 447 runs with Athar Ali against Dhaka District.
• March 1986, Opening batsman Nurul Abedin Nobel scores 102 against Pak zone ‘A' to set up a 52 run victory. He shares a 135 run 2nd wicket stand with the skipper Lipu(69). Earlier in the tour, Nobel scored 50 and shared a 112 run opening stand with Raqibul, against Zone ‘C'. Also, during the tour, WK Hafizur Rahman takes 6 catches against Lahore Cricket association. Medium pacers Sad takes 4/50 as Lahore is bowled out for 172.
• December 1989, both Selim Shahed & Aminul Islam Bulbul score century against Malaysia in the Beximco Asian (U-19) Cricket Cup. Javed Omar scores 55 against Pakistan.
• Jan 1990, allrounder Aminul Islam produces an outstanding performance with both bat and ball against the Deccan Blues side at Dhaka. He contributes 47 & 44* with the bat, and takes 5/76 with the ball in the 3 day fixture.
• April 1990, Azhar Hossain Shantoo, a right hand opening bat, becomes the 1st Bangladeshi to score a 50 in an official ODI. He top scores with 54 out of 177/5 against NZ at Sharjah. (9 years later his nephew Mehrab Hossain became the 1st Bangladeshi to score a ODI hundred)
• June 1990, allrounder Enamul haq becomes the hero of a last over victory over Denmark in the 4th ICC Trophy. He finishes a successful  run chase with a quick-fire 17* after the Chttagong duo of Nobel (85) & Akram (50) has put Bangladesh on course for a victory.
• June 1990, Nurul Abedin Nobel scores 105 against Canada to take Bangladesh to the SF. He shares a 121 run 3rd wicket stand with Faruk Ahmed.
• December 1990, Faruk (57) and Athar 44, puts on a century partnership (108) against India in the 4th Asia Cup.
• Jan 1991, Athar Ali khan blasts an unbeaten 78, including 3 sixes, against SL to take the Mom award.
• Feb. 1992, all rounder Moni smashes 131 in a 2 day match (1 innings 80 overs per side) against the West Bengal side at Dhaka.
• December 1992, Medium Pacers Saiful  (3/23), Dulu (3/19) and Nawsher Prince (2/16) bowls SL ‘A' to a mere 85 to set up a 7 wicket win for host Bangladesh in the 1st SAARC Cricket Tournament at Dhaka.
• Feb 1994: WK batsman Jahangir Alam scores 117* against the eventual Champions UAE in a 1st Round match in the 5th ICC Trophy in Kenya. Against Kenya, Jahangir (57) and Aminul Islam (74) shares a opening stand of 139.
• Feb 1995, Aminul Islam Bulbul (121) & Minhajul Abedin (81) share a 3rd wicket stand of 179 against England at Dhaka. 1992
• April 1995, medium pacer Saiful takes 4/36 to bowl SL out for 233 in the 5th Asia Cup at Sharjah. This is the 1st time Bangladesh manages to bowl a side out in a full ODI.
• April, 1997, Skipper Akram Khan plays a memorable knock of 68*in a do-or-die match against Holland to take Bangladesh close to WC qualification.

The Road to Glory: Some of the important achievements during the middle Ages

• Jan 1984, Bangladesh wins the inaugural SE Asian Cricket Cup to Qualify for the 2nd Asia Cup in Sri Lanka, 1986.
• March 1986, Bangladesh tours Pakistan to prepare for the upcoming Asia Cup. This can be considered as Bangladesh's 1st tour of a Test Playing nation. Bangladesh did go to England in 1979 & 1982. But on each occasion they played in the ICC trophy against the fellow associate members, the practice games were against the club sides. Similarly, during Dec. 1983, Bangladesh went to West Bengal, India, But, all the matches were against the teams from the state of West Bengal. In contrast, the Pak tour included matches against teams from different parts of the country. Bangladesh performs admirably to win 2 of the 6 games played.
• March 1986, Bangladesh makes their full ODI debut against Pakistan at Colombo, SL.
• Oct, 1988, Bangladesh successfully holds the 3rd Asia Cup.
• June 1990, Bangladesh finishes 3rd in the 4th ICC trophy Tournament at the Netherlands.
• Dec. 1992, Bangladesh beats the Sri-Lanka ‘A' side in a limited over game.
• Dec. 1994, Bangladesh reaches the final of the 2nd SAARC cricket tournament before losing to India ‘A'.
• April 1997, Bangladesh wins the 6th ICC Trophy in KL, and qualifies for the 1999 World Cup In England. 

Team of the Middle Ages:

The following 11 players would have formed the strongest team of the era. Three veterans,  Raqibul, Yousuf babu & Jahangir Shah Badshah, miss out as they belonged to the previous era. Also. Khaled Masud gets the nod for the WK position ahead of Nasir Ahemd, for his greater ability with the bat.

Athar Ali Khan

Nurul Abedin Nobel

Gazi Ashraf Lipu (C)

Minhajul Abedin

Aminul Islam Bulbul

Akram Khan (VC)

Khaled Masud Pilot(WK)

Enamul Haque Moni

Md. Rafiq

Golam Nawsher prince

Saiful islam

A minor Blemish: Amidst all the achievements of the era, the cricket authorities made a small mistake, which unfortunately still haunts us. In its bid to make One Day cricket popular, the authorities here badly ignored the longer version of the game. It was only after winning the ICC trophy, with test status coming soon, that the authorities realized the importance of 3 day and 4 day cricket. It is never too late to learn, but the negligence of 3-4 Day matches during the era has affected our Test match performances over the last decade.

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