Farhad Reza

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playername = Farhad Reza


country = Bangladesh
fullname = Farhad Reza
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dayofbirth = 16
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yearofbirth = 1986
placeofbirth = Rajshahi
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date = 17 September
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/74/74007/74007.html CricketArchive

Farhad Reza ( _bn. ফরহাদ েরজা ) (born 16 June 1986 in Rajshahi) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in July 2006 and is the only batsman from Bangladesh to score a half century on debut. He is a right handed middle order batsman and right arm medium pace bowler and played domestic cricket for Rajshahi Division from 2004 until 2008. Initially Reza was not being picked for the national side by the selectors and Bashar insisted during the tournament that he could have used him. Finally he came to the squad after the injury of Tapash Baisya during the Super Eight stage. Reza retired from international and domestic cricket in September 2008, aged 22, to play in the Indian Cricket League (ICL). He represents the Dhaka Warriors, a team in the ICL made up solely of Bangladeshi players.

International career

In July 2006, following a successful 2005 domestic season when Reza was leading run-scorer in the Bangladesh domestic league, he was selected in the 15-man squad to tour Zimbabwe and Kenya. The then chief selector described Reza and Shakib Al Hasan, who was also chosen in the squad, as "...very good cricketers in all departments of the game. We have high hopes from them and it's time for them to perform at the international level". [cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/story/252258.html |author=Cricinfo staff |title=Bangladesh name young allrounders |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=3 July 2006 Retrieved on 21 September 2008.] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut on 30 July 2006 against Zimbabwe in the second ODI of a five-match series. Coming in when the score was 73/4, Reza scored 50 from 57 balls, guiding the team score to 147/6. He was bowled by Ed Rainsford and finished with bowling figures of 10-0-43-0. Bangladesh won the match by 62 runs. [cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/story/255031.html |author=Jamie Alter |title=Bangladesh level the series |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=30 July 2006 Retrieved on 21 September 2008.] Zimbabwe went on to win the series 3-2, denying Bangladesh their first away-series win. Reza played in the last four matches of the series, averaging 31.66 with the bat and 60.50 with the ball. [cite web |url=http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2006/BDESH_IN_ZIM/STATS/BDESH_IN_ZIM_JUL-AUG2006_ODI_AVS.html |title=Bangladesh in Zimbabwe, 2006 One-Day Series Averages |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=2006 Retrieved on 21 September 2008.] His first ODI wicket was that of Hamilton Masakadza in the third ODI. [cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/zimvbdesh/engine/match/249205.html |title=ODI no. 2394: Bangladesh in Zimbabwe ODI Series - 3rd ODI Zimbabwe v Bangladesh. 2006 season |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=2 August 2006 Retrieved on 21 September 2008.]

Bangladesh progressed onto Kenya, where they won the three match ODI series 3-0. It was their first away-series victory, and in the final ODI, Reza scored an unbeaten 41 to guide the team to victory. [cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/story/256508.html |author=Cricinfo staff |title=Bangladesh complete clean sweep |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=15 August 2006 Retrieved on 21 September 2008.] He topped the batting averages for the series with 90 runs at 90. [cite web |url=http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2006/BDESH_IN_KENYA/STATS/BDESH_IN_KENYA_AUG2006_ODI_AVS.html |title= Bangladesh in Kenya, 2006 One-Day Series Averages |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=2006 Retrieved on 21 September 2008.] After a promising start to his international career, Reza was awarded a central contract on 23 September 2006. [cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/story/260387.html |author=Cricinfo staff |title=Mahmud named Bangladesh team manager |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=23 September 2006 Retrieved on 21 September 2008.]

Indian Cricket League

In September 2008, Reza, along with five other Bangladesh players, informed the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) of his intention to retire from international and domestic cricket at the age of just 22. Reza and the others who decided to retire were summoned by the BCB to explain their decision, [cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/story/369708.html |author=Cricinfo staff |title=BCB receives retirement letters from six players |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=14 September 2008 Retrieved on 21 September 2008.] however they did not turn up to the meeting. [cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/story/369857.html |author=Cricinfo staff |title=Bangladesh 'rebels' fail to meet with board |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=15 September 2008 Retrieved on 21 September 2008.] Reza and 12 other Bangladeshi cricketers joined the Indian Cricket League (ICL), a Twenty20 competition not authorised by the International Cricket Council; they joined the new franchise, the Dhaka Warriors, led by former Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar. The team is only the second team in the tournament to feature only players from one country. [cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/story/369926.html |author=Nagraj Gollapudi |title=Bashar leads Bangladesh exodus |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=16 September 2008 Retrieved on 21 September 2008.] On 17 September 2008, the BCB announced that the 13 Bangladesh cricketers who had joined the ICL were banned for ten years. [cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/story/370016.html |author=Ajay S Shankar |title=Bangladesh bans ICL recruits for 10 years |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=17 September 2008 Retrieved on 21 September 2008.]

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