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Nafees Iqbal Personal information Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm medium Career statistics Competition Tests ODIs Matches 11 16 Runs scored 518 309 Batting average 23.54 19.31 100s/50s 1/2 -/2 Top score 121 58 Balls bowled - - Wickets - - Bowling average - - 5 wickets in innings - - 10 wickets in match - n/a Best bowling - - Catches/stumpings 2/- 2/- Source: [1], 12 March 2006 Mohammad Nafees Iqbal Khan (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ নাফিস ইকবাল খান) (born January 31, 1985, in Chittagong), better known as Nafees Iqbal, is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman, and a right-arm medium pace bowler. As a young boy, he attended the English medium school, Maple Leaf International, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
He is the nephew of former Bangladesh captain Akram Khan and elder brother of Tamim Iqbal. After scoring a hundred for Bangladesh A against the touring England team in 2003–04, he was disparaging toward the England bowling which he faced, dismissing their spinners as "ordinary". His comments drew more press attention than his batting.
His first test century innings came in January 2005, one which aided Bangladesh towards their first ever series victory, 1-0 against Zimbabwe.He married at the age of 20 only.
Sources
- Nafees Iqbal at Cricinfo
Categories:- 1985 births
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- Bangladeshi cricketers
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- Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
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