Niamur Rashid

Neeyamur Rashid Rahul, also known as Niamur Rashid, (Bengali: নিয়ামুর রশিদ রাহুল; born 1 January 1975) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in two One Day Internationals in 1999. Post retirement from cricket he became a match referee.

Neeyamur Rashid

Personal information
Born	January 1, 1975 (1975-01) (age 50) Pabna, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
International information
National side	Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 48)	25 March 1999 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	31 May 1999 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	7
Career statistics
Competition FC ODI Matches 37 2 Runs scored 1,064 5 Batting average 22.16 5.00 100s/50s 0/7 0/0 Top score 72 4* Balls bowled 3,483 78 Wickets 64 1 Bowling average 24.70 66.00 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 4/59 1/46 Catches/stumpings 24/– 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 February 2021

Playing career

In 1999, he made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe.^[1] He was also a part of the playing XI of Bangladesh's famous victory over Pakistan in 1999 Cricket World Cup, which was his last match in international cricket.^[2]

Career as a match referee

After retiring from cricket, he became a match referee. He first officiated as match referee in 2020 Nepal Tri-Nation Series, officiating all 6 matches of the tournament.^[3]

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, ICC rescinded its decision to use neutral match referee, instead allowing local match officials to officiate in international cricket.^[4] and subsequently, he was named as the match referee for all matches played between Bangladesh and West Indies in 2020-21. Thus, he became the first Bangladeshi match referee to officiate in test matches.^[5]

In January 2023, he was named as one of the match referees for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.^[6][7]