Mehrab Hossain (cricketer, born 1978)

This article is about the older Bangladeshi cricketer. For the younger Bangladeshi cricketer, see Mehrab Hossain Jnr.

Mehrab Hossain (Bengali: মেহরাব হোসেন; born 22 September 1978) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 9 Test matches and 18 One Day Internationals from 1998 to 2003.

Mehrab Hossain

Personal information
Full name	Mehrab Hossain
Born	(1978-09-22) 22 September 1978 (age 46) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nickname	Opee
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
International information
National side	Bangladesh (1998–2003)
Test debut (cap 7)	10 November 2000 v India
Last Test	1 May 2003 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 42)	14 May 1998 v India
Last ODI	17 April 2003 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.	(previously 5)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2001/02–2008	Dhaka Division
2000/01	Dhaka Metropolis
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 9 18 58 69 Runs scored 241 449 2,805 1,583 Batting average 13.38 24.49 28.91 24.73 100s/50s 0/1 1/2 5/13 2/8 Top score 71 101 169 155* Balls bowled 12 30 1,121 721 Wickets 0 0 19 21 Bowling average – – 32.63 25.38 5 wickets in innings – – 0 1 10 wickets in match – – 0 0 Best bowling – – 2/6 5/19 Catches/stumpings 6/– 6/– 38/– 22/–
Source: Cricinfo.com, 14 February 2009

His 101 against Zimbabwe at Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka in 1999 made him the first Bangladeshi cricketer to score a century in ODIs.

Mehrab is associated with an extremely unfortunate incident. On 20 February 1998, Raman Lamba, formerly a Delhi swashbuckling opening batsman, fielding close to the bat, copped one on the skull off the bat of Mehrab Hossain. Lamba died of the injury later in the day. Mehrab was deeply affected by the incident and took a spell off the game. He came back later to play for Bangladesh.

External links

• Memories of a Dhaka hero – Crincinfo