Tapash Baisya

Tapash Baishya (Bengali: তাপস বৈশ্য) (born 25 December 1982) is a former Bangladeshi international cricketer.

Tapash Baishya

Personal information
Full name	Tapash Kumar Baishya
Born	(1982-12-25) 25 December 1982 (age 42) Sylhet, Bangladesh
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Bangladesh
Test debut (cap 27)	28 July 2002 v Sri Lanka
Last Test	3 June 2005 v England
ODI debut (cap 58)	4 August 2002 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	31 March 2007 v Australia
ODI shirt no.	19 (previously 12)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC Matches 21 56 85 Runs scored 384 336 1,878 Batting average 11.29 12.00 15.02 100s/50s 0/2 0/0 1/6 Top score 66 35* 112 Balls bowled 3,370 2,608 11,971 Wickets 36 59 192 Bowling average 59.36 41.55 32.37 5 wickets in innings 0 0 3 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/72 4/16 6/37 Catches/stumpings 6/– 8/– 28/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 July 2020

Domestic career

He played first-class cricket for Sylhet Division from 2000–01 to 2012–13. His highest score was 112 off 173 balls, batting at number eight against Chittagong Division in 2006–07.^[1] His best bowling figures were 6 for 37 against Dhaka Division in 2012–13.^[2]

International career

Tapash Baishya took 36 Test wickets, although they came at a bowling average of nearly 60 runs apiece. Nevertheless, he has taken the third-most wickets of any Bangladeshi fast bowler, behind Mashrafe Mortaza and Shahadat Hossain. He took four wickets in a Test innings only once, four for 72 against the West Indies on their 2002–03 tour of Bangladesh.^[3] In his batting career, he scored two Test fifties.