Tapash Baisya

Tapash Baisya (Bengali: তাপস বৈশ্য) (born 25 December 1982) is a former Bangladeshi international cricketer.

Tapash Baisya
Personal information
Full name
Tapash Kumar Baisya
Born (1982-12-25) 25 December 1982
Sylhet, Bangladesh
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 27)28 July 2002 v Sri Lanka
Last Test3 June 2005 v England
ODI debut (cap 58)4 August 2002 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI31 March 2007 v Australia
ODI shirt no.19 (previously 12)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC
Matches 21 56 85
Runs scored 384 336 1,878
Batting average 11.29 12.00 15.02
100s/50s 0/2 0/0 1/6
Top score 66 35* 112
Balls bowled 3,370 2,608 11,971
Wickets 36 59 192
Bowling average 59.36 41.55 32.37
5 wickets in innings 0 0 3
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/72 4/16 6/37
Catches/stumpings 6/– 8/– 28/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 July 2020

Tapash Baisya took 36 Test wickets, although they came at a bowling average of nearly 60. Nevertheless, he has taken the third-most wickets of any Bangladeshi fast bowler, behind Mashrafe Mortaza and Shahadat Hossain. He took four wickets in a Test innings only once: four for 72 against West Indies on their 2002–03 tour of Bangladesh.[1] With the bat he scored two Test fifties.

He played first-class cricket for Sylhet Division from 2000–01 to 2012–13. His highest score was 112 off 173 balls, batting at number eight against Chittagong Division in 2006–07.[2] His best bowling figures were 6 for 37 against Dhaka Division in 2012–13.[3]

Personal life

Tapash moved to the US during 2016 with his wife and two kids. Later his wife gave birth another baby girl. Currently he is playing professional cricket for a team in the United States of America in New Jersey. He is also a cricket coach at DAS Cricket in Edison, NJ.[4]

References
  1. "Bangladesh v West Indies, Chittagong 2002–03". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  2. "Chittagong Division v Sylhet Division 2006–07". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  3. "Razzak record gives Khulna third straight win". ESPNcricinfo. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  4. "Sylhet Division v Dhaka Division 2012–13". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2015.


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