Nurul Abedin

Wisden overview
Nurul Abedin opened the innings in Bangladesh's first-ever official one-day international, against Pakistan at Moratuwa in 1985-86, but sadly his third-ball duck was not the prelude to a glorious ODI career. In four matches over the course of five years, he managed just 15 runs, at a strike rate of barely 1.5 an over. But as a big fish in a smaller pond, Nurul was quite a predator. In the ICC Trophy of 1990-91, he smacked a century against Canada and 85 against Denmark, as Bangladesh were eliminated at the semi-final stage by a strong Zimbabwean side. Andrew Miller