Moniruzzaman
Bangladesh
INTL CAREER: 2003 - 2003
Full Name
AI Mohammad Moniruzzaman
Born
October 25, 1976, Mymensingh
Age
47y 192d
Also Known As
Tinku
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Other
Umpire
Wisden overview
Not many teams can afford to rest their best player for a series decider; least of all the Bangladeshis. But that is exactly what happened for the second ODI against England at Dhaka's Bangabandhu Stadium in 2003-04, when Habibul Bashar made way for the uncapped Mohammad Moniruzzaman, a compact right-hander with a Test-match temperament. But the move did not exactly pay off. Moni had been topping the domestic averages for the season, but soon discovered international cricket was quite a step up. He fell to James Anderson for a sixth-ball duck, as Bangladesh slumped to 7 for 4, and later dropped a sitter off Andy Flintoff under the lights. It was the continuation of an unhappy series for him: fond hopes of a Test debut had been scuppered when he was felled by a nasty bounce while fielding in England's first warm-up match, on the very same ground a month earlier. Andrew Miller
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