Brothers Union cricket team

Brothers Union cricket team is a Bangladeshi cricket team that plays List A cricket in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League. It is affiliated with the Brothers Union football team. It is one of the oldest extant cricket clubs in Bangladesh, having competed since 1973, when it was one of the clubs that competed in the Dacca Metropolis Knockout Tournament.[1]

Brothers Union
Personnel
CaptainMonir Hossain

List A record
  • 2013–14: 10 matches, won 4, finished seventh
  • 2014–15: 11 matches, won 5, finished eighth
  • 2015–16: 11 matches, won 4, finished tenth
  • 2016–17: 11 matches, won 5, finished eighth
  • 2017–18: 13 matches, won 6, finished tenth
  • 2018–19: 13 matches, won 4, finished tenth
  • 2021–22: 11 matches, won 4, finished ninth
  • 2022–23: 11 matches, won 4, finished ninth
  • 2023–24: 11 matches, won 3, finished eighth

The List A captains have changed from season to season. In 2023–24 the captain was Monir Hossain.

In their last match of the 2017–18 season, Brothers Union needed to score 335 runs to beat Agrani Bank and avoid relegation. At the end, they needed four off the last ball of the 50th over, and Nazmus Sadat hit a boundary to secure victory by four wickets.[2]

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold

Name Nat Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Fazle MahmudLeft-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox
Mizanur RahmanRight-hand batRight-arm off break
Yasir AliRight-hand batRight-arm off break
Junaid SiddiqueLeft-hand batRight-arm off break
Shariful IslamRight-hand batRight-arm off break
All-rounders
SharifullahRight-hand batRight-arm off breakTwenty20 Captain
Habibur RahmanRight-hand batRight-arm off break
Chirag JaniRight-hand batRight-arm medium
Wicketkeepers
ZahiduzzamanLeft-hand bat
Hamidul IslamRight-hand bat
Debabrata DasRight-hand bat
Spin Bowlers
Naeem Islam jnrRight-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox
Shakhawat HossainSlow left-arm orthodox
Rahatul FerdousRight-hand batRight-arm leg break
Bishawnath HalderLeft-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox
Saud ShakeelLeft-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox
Bowlers
Mehedi HasanRight-hand batRight-arm medium-fast
Mohammad ShahzadaRight-hand batRight-arm medium-fast
Mohammad SharifRight-hand batRight-arm medium-fastList A Captain
Sajedul IslamLeft-hand batLeft-arm medium
Ebadot HossainRight-hand batRight-arm medium
AshiquzzamanRight-hand batRight-arm medium

Records

The highest score is 150 not out by Nafees Iqbal in 2013–14, and the best bowling figures are 7 for 25 by Sean Williams, also in 2013–14.

References
  1. "Dacca Metropolis Knockout Tournament 1972/73". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  2. "Brothers save relegation in dramatic fashion". Tiger Cricket. Bangladesh Cricket Board. Retrieved 6 April 2018.


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