Mohammad Rafique (cricketer)

Mohammad Rafique
Personal information
Full name
Mohammad Rafique
Born (1970-09-05) 5 September 1970
Dacca, East Pakistan (present-day Dhaka, Bangladesh)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleAllrounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 8)10 November 2000 v India
Last Test29 February 2008 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 27)5 April 1995 v India
Last ODI10 June 2007 v Africa XI
ODI shirt no.77 (previously 9, 11)
Only T20I (cap 5)28 November 2006 v Zimbabwe
T20I shirt no.77
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2000Sylhet Division
2002–2008Dhaka Division
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 33 125 62 164
Runs scored 1,059 1,191 1,748 1,551
Batting average 18.57 13.38 18.02 13.14
100s/50s 1/4 0/2 1/9 0/3
Top score 111 77 111 77
Balls bowled 8,744 6,414 16,304 8,430
Wickets 100 125 237 184
Bowling average 40.76 37.91 28.01 31.85
5 wickets in innings 7 1 12 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 2 0
Best bowling 6/77 5/47 7/52 5/16
Catches/stumpings 7/– 28/– 23/– 43/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 January 2019

Mohammed Rafique (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ রফিক, born 5 September 1970) is a Bangladeshi cricket coach and former cricketer. He was the first Bangladeshi bowler to take 100 wickets in both formats, Test matches and ODI matches.

Rafique is known for his contribution to Bangladesh Cricket. He played for the World XI in the Super Series against Australia in 2005 and the Asia XI for the exhibition series against Africa XI in 2007. He was named captain of Bangladesh Legends cricket team in 2020-21 Road Safety World Series. On 20 January 2022, Rafique joined Asia Lions along with Habibul Bashar in Legends League Cricket, where he took 2 wickets against India Maharajas.