Chittagong Division cricket team

The Chittagong Division cricket team is a Bangladeshi first-class team representing the Chittagong Division, one of the seven administrative regions in Bangladesh. The team competes in the National Cricket League (NCL). They play most of their home games at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium (ZAC) in Chittagong. The ZAC has superseded the older M. A. Aziz Stadium (MAA) as Chittagong's main cricket venue. The MAA is now used primarily for football.

Honours

• National Cricket League (1) – 1999–2000
• One-Day Cricket League (1) – 2003–04

History

Before Bangladesh became independent, Chittagong was part of East Pakistan and it had a cricket team which was scheduled to take part in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy in both 1959–60 and 1964–65, and in the Ayub Trophy in 1962–63. None of the scheduled matches took place as all were abandoned without any start of play. East Pakistan cricket had a chequered history and it was only after independence that cricket in Bangladesh gained any real significance.

The earliest known match involving a Chittagong Division team was in March 1980 when they played Rajshahi Division in an Inter-Divisional Championship competition. In March 1986, they took part in a National Cricket Championship and reached the quarter-final stage. These were not first-class competitions and it was not until the late 1990s, after Bangladesh had made progress in international cricket, that there was any possibility of first-class cricket at the domestic level.

Bangladesh won the 1997 ICC Trophy and so qualified for the 1999 Cricket World Cup. There was then the very real prospect (realised in 2000) of the country being admitted to full membership of the International Cricket Council (the ICC) and so steps were taken to create an organised national championship. The result was the NCL which began in the 1999–2000 season, though it did not have first-class status until the 2000–01 season. It was decided that the NCL teams should represent each of the country's six (at that time) administrative divisions and so a Chittagong Division team was formed, playing its matches at the M. A. Aziz Stadium in Chittagong, the Comilla Stadium in Comilla and the Niaz Mohammad Stadium in Brahmanbaria. Chittagong Division won the 1999–2000 championship.

In 2000–01, Chittagong Division became a first-class team and has continued to compete in the NCL but with no further titles to 2016. The List A One-Day Cricket League began in 2000–01 and ran until 2010–11 when it was terminated. Chittagong Division won the competition once, in 2003–04. Chittagong played in the Bangladesh NCL (National Cricket League) Twenty20 tournament which was staged for one season only, 2009–10, and used the name Cyclones of Chittagong.

Players

The following cricketers have represented Chittagong Division since the 1999–2000 season in NCL, One-Day Cricket League and Twenty20 matches. The dates in parentheses after each name are the span of the player's career with Chittagong and please note that sometimes they represented other NCL teams within that span. The source for all these cricketers is CricketArchive.^[1]

A

• Abdullah al Mamun (2009–10 to 2015–16)
• Abdullah Imran (2012–13)
• Abu Newaz (2008–09)
• Aftab Ahmed (1999–00 to 2013–14)
• Ahsanullah Hasan (2001–02 to 2005–06)
• Akram Khan (1999–00 to 2004–05)
• Alauddin Babu (2009–10 to 2014–15)
• Ali Akbar (2013–14)
• Ali Arman (2001–02)
• Ameer Khan (2011–12)
• Anisul Hakim (1999–00 to 2003–04)
• Anisur Rahman (1999–00 to 2000–01)
• Arif Ahmed (1999–00 to 2004–05)
• Ariful Hasan (2013–14)
• Arman Hossain (2008–09 to 2009–10)
• Ashiqur Rahman (2001–02 to 2007–08)
• Ashraful Aziz (2011–12)
• Ashraful Hossain (2006–07 to 2008–09)
• Ashraful Islam (2000–01)
• M. R. Azad (2000–01)
• Azam Iqbal (1999–00 to 2004–05)

B to G

• Belal Hossen (2015–16)
• Debabrata Paul (2001–02 to 2003–04)
• Dhiman Ghosh (2004–05 to 2007–08)
• Dolar Mahmud (2015–16)
• Ehsanul Haque (1999–00 to 2007–08)
• Elias Sunny (2004–05 to 2009–10)
• Enamul Haque (1999–00 to 2001–02)
• Enamul Haque (2009–10)
• Faisal Hossain (2000–01 to 2014–15)
• Fakhrul Alam (1999–00)
• Gazi Alamgir (1999–00 to 2007–08)
• Gazi Salahuddin (2003–04 to 2011–12)
• Golam Mortaza (2000–01 to 2002–03)

H to L

• Habib Muballik (2001–02 to 2004–05)
• Hanif Mohammad (2002–03)
• Haris Irfan (1999–00)
• Harunur Rashid (1999–00 to 2002–03)
• Ibnul Haider (1999–00 to 2000–01)
• Iftekhar Sajjad (2014–15 to 2015–16)
• Iqbal Hossain (2009–10 to 2012–13)
• Irfan Sukkur (2009–10 to 2015–16)
• Ishtiaq (1999–00)
• Jahangir Alam (1999–00 to 2000–01)
• Jaheerul Haque (1999–00)
• Jashimuddin (2012–13 to 2015–16)
• Jasimuddin (2001–02)
• Jubair Hossain (2015–16)
• Kazi Kamrul Islam (2005–06 to 2012–13)
• Khairuzzaman (2001–02)
• Khurram Manzoor (2009–10)
• Kuntal Chandra (2004–05)

M

• Mahbubul Karim (2003–04 to 2014–15)
• Mahmudul Hasan (2008–09 to 2010–11)
• Mahmuduzzaman (2007–08)
• A. K. M. Mahtabuddin (1999–00)
• Maksudul Hasan (2011–12 to 2013–14)
• Marshall Ayub (2009–10)
• Masumud Dowla (2000–01 to 2008–09)
• Mazharuddin (2007–08)
• Mehedi Hasan Rana (2013–14 to 2015–16)
• Merajul Hoque (2011–12 to 2015–16)
• Minhajul Abedin (1999–00 to 2003–04)
• Mobashir Khan (2009–10)
• Mohammad Robin (2005–06)
• Mohammad Saifuddin (2013–14 to 2015–16)
• Mohammad Sukran (2008–09)
• Mohammad Younus (2006–07 to 2014–15)
• Mominul Haque (2009–10 to 2015–16)
• Moni (1999–00)
• Monirul Haque (2003–04)
• Monirul Islam (1999–00 to 2009–10)
• Moniruzzaman (2013–14 to 2015–16)
• Monowar Hossain (2012–13 to 2013)
• Mostafa Aziz (2003–04)
• Mouinuddin (2013–14)
• Mozammel Hossain (2005–06)
• Mukhtar Ali (2008–09)
• Mukhtar Siddique (2003–04)

N

• Nabil Samad (2015–16)
• Nadim Sajjad (2002–03)
• Nadimuddin (2006–07 to 2008–09)
• Naeem Islam jun (2014–15 to 2015–16)
• Nafees Iqbal (1999–00 to 2015–16)
• Nafees Khan (1999–00)
• Nasir Hossain (2009–10)
• Nazimuddin (2001–02 to 2015–16)
• Nazmul Islam (2010–11)
• Niaz Morshed (2005–06)
• Niazuddin Chowdhury (1999–00)
• Noor Hossain (2011–12 to 2014–15)
• Nurul Abedin (1999–00)

O to S

• Obaidul Haque (2003–04)
• Raihanuddin Arafat (2003–04 to 2011–12)
• Rasel Al Mamun (2013)
• Rashed Khan (2004–05 to 2006–07)
• Rashedur Rahman (2008–09)
• Rezaul Hasan (1999–00 to 2000–01)
• Rezaul Karim (2005–06 to 2013–14)
• Rubel Hossain (2007–08 to 2009–10)
• Sabbir Khan (1999–00 to 2007–08)
• Sabibul Azam (2003–04)
• Saddam Hossain (2013 to 2013–14)
• Sadid Hossain (2001–02 to 2013)
• Sajal Chowdhury (1999–00 to 2000–01)
• Sajib Datta (2005–06 to 2007–08)
• Sajjadul Haque (2006–07 to 2015–16)
• Sanwar Hossain (2001–02)
• Saqlain Sajib (2009–10)
• Shafiuddin Ahmed (1999–00 to 2002–03)
• Shahid Mahmood (1999–00 to 2000–01)
• Sharif (2001–02)
• Sharifullah (2009–10)
• Shoaib Akhtar (2009–10)
• Milinda Siriwardene (2012–13)
• Suja Irfan (1999–00 to 2002–03)
• Sumon Barua (2000–01 to 2001–02)

T to Z

• Tamim Iqbal (2004–05 to 2015–16)
• Tareq Aziz (1999–00 to 2010–11)
• Tariq Ahmed (2008–09)
• Tasamul Haque (2014–15 to 2015–16)
• Uttam Sarkar (2009–10)
• Waliul Abedin (1999–00)
• Wascoroni Ahmed (2004–05 to 2006–07)
• Waseluddin Ahmed (2002–03 to 2006–07)
• Yasin Arafat (2003–04 to 2014–15)
• Yasir Ali (2012–13 to 2015–16)
• Zakir Hossain (1999–00 to 2000–01)
• Ziaur Rashid aka Rupam (1999–00)

References

1. CricketArchive lists of Chittagong players.

External links

• CricInfo re Chittagong squad 2015