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Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid (born 16 October 1976), also known as Sharfuddoula Saikat, is an international cricket umpire and a former first-class player from Bangladesh.[1]

Sharfuddoula

Personal information
Full name	Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid
Born	(1976-10-16) 16 October 1976 (age 45) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Batting	Left-handed batsman
Bowling	Left-arm orthodox spin
Role	Bowler, Umpire
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2000–2001	Dhaka Metropolis
FC debut	22 November 2000 Dhaka Metropolis v Sylhet Division
Last FC	27 January 2001 Dhaka Metropolis v Chittagong Division
Umpiring information
Tests umpired	6 (2021–2022)
ODIs umpired	48 (2010–2021)
T20Is umpired	38 (2011–2021)
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 10 Runs scored 44 Batting average 7.33 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 14 Balls bowled 2,122 Wickets 31 Bowling average 23 5 wickets in innings 2 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 6-45 Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 23 May 2022

Playing career

In 1994 Sharfuddoula played three matches for Bangladesh at the 1994 ICC Trophy in Kenya.[2] Sharfuddoula played 10 first-class cricket matches for Dhaka Metropolis in 2000 and 2001.[3]

Umpiring career

He made his first-class debut as an umpire in February 2007 in a match between Barisal Division and Sylhet Division.[4]

In January 2010 he umpired his first One Day International match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka becoming the tenth Bangladeshi to umpire at this level.[5][6]

On 17 March 2018 at the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, along with Langton Rusere, he was one of the on-field umpires during the ninth place playoff match between Papua New Guinea and Hong Kong.[7] The fixture at Old Hararians in Harare became the 4,000th ODI match to be played.[8]

In October 2018, he was named as one of the twelve on-field umpires for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20.[9] In October 2019, he was appointed as one of the twelve umpires to officiate matches in the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[10] In January 2020, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup tournament in South Africa.[11]

Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, ICC rescinded its decision of using neutral umpires for test matches, instead allowing local umpires to officiate in test matches. As a result, he was named as an on-field umpires for both test matches played between Bangladesh and West Indies, becoming fifth Bangladeshi umpires to officiate in test matches.[12][13]

In February 2022, he was named as one of the on-field umpires for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[14][15]

See also

• List of Test cricket umpires
• List of One Day International cricket umpires
• List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires

References

External links

• Sharfuddoula at ESPNcricinfo
• Sharfuddoula at CricketArchive (subscription required)

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