Fargana Hoque

Fargana Hoque (Bengali: ফারজানা হক) (born 19 March 1993) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays for the Bangladesh cricket team as a right-handed batter.^[1][2][3]

Fargana Hoque

Fargana Hoque in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Fargana Hoque Pinky
Born	(1993-03-19) 19 March 1993 (age 32) Gaibandha, Bangladesh
Height	5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm off break
Role	Batter
International information
National side	Bangladesh (2011–present)
ODI debut (cap 1)	26 November 2011 v Ireland
Last ODI	27 March 2024 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 1)	28 August 2012 v Ireland
Last T20I	12 May 2024 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008/09–2010/11	Rajshahi Division
2012/13	Rangpur Division
2017–2017/18	Barisal Division
2021/22–present	Southern Zone
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I Matches 65 84 Runs scored 1,507 1,253 Batting average 26.43 18.70 100s/50s 2/10 1/3 Top score 107 110* Catches/stumpings 16/– 21/–
Medal record Representing  Bangladesh Women's Cricket Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Team 2014 Incheon Team 2022 Hangzhou Team South Asian Games 2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara Team Women's Asia Cup Winner 2018 Malaysia
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 October 2024

Early life

Hoque was born in Gaibandha, Bangladesh.

Career

Hoque was a member of the team that won a silver medal in cricket against the China national women's cricket team at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.^[4][5]

Hoque made her ODI and T20I debuts against Ireland on 26 November 2011 and 28 August 2012, respectively. In June 2018, she was part of Bangladesh's squad that won their first ever Women's Asia Cup title, winning the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup tournament.^[6][7][8] Later the same month, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.^[9]

In October 2018, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.^[10][11]

In August 2019, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.^[12] In November 2019, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games.^[13] The Bangladesh team beat Sri Lanka by two runs in the final to win the gold medal.^[14]

In January 2020, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.^[15] In November 2021, she was named in Bangladesh's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.^[16] In January 2022, she was named in Bangladesh's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia.^[17] Later the same month, she was named in Bangladesh's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.^[18] On 25 March 2022, in Bangladesh's World Cup match against Australia, she became the first batter for Bangladesh Women to score 1,000 runs in WODIs.^[19] In December 2023, she became the first Bangladeshi women cricketer to score an overseas century.^{[citation needed]}

Hoque was part of the Bangladesh squad for the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Pakistan in April 2025.^[20]