Full name Mohammad Sanwar Hossain
Born August 5, 1973, Mymensingh, Dhaka
Current age 35 years 23 days
Major teams Bangladesh,Barisal Division,Biman Bangladesh,Chittagong Division
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
9
18
0
345
49
19.16
743
46.43
0
0
40
0
1
0
ODIs
27
27
2
290
52
11.60
597
48.57
0
1
23
0
11
0
First-class
42
70
3
2103
117*
31.38
4
9
31
0
List A
63
58
8
940
76
18.80
0
4
27
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
9
6
444
310
5
2/128
2/128
62.00
4.18
88.8
0
0
0
ODIs
27
13
383
327
10
3/49
3/49
32.70
5.12
38.3
0
0
0
First-class
42
2073
1156
42
4/12
27.52
3.34
49.3
0
0
List A
63
639
567
17
3/49
3/49
33.35
5.32
37.5
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v Bangladesh at Hamilton, Dec 18-22, 2001 scorecard
Last Test
Pakistan v Bangladesh at Karachi, Aug 20-24, 2003 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Bangladesh v India at Dhaka, Jan 10, 1998 scorecard
Last ODI
Pakistan v Bangladesh at Multan, Sep 9, 2003 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1997/98
Last First-class
Dhaka Division v Barisal Division at Dhaka, Nov 27-30, 2005 scorecard
List A debut
1996/97
Last List A
Dhaka Division v Sylhet Division at Dhaka, Nov 19, 2005 scorecard
Profile
Wisden overview
Sanwar Hossain is the Stuart Law of Bangladeshi cricket. He caught the selectors' eye in 1994 by scoring a mature 76 against Sri Lanka A, but his international opportunities were strictly rationed thereafter five inglorious outings in the ICC Trophy of 1997, and a handful of matches against India and Pakistan the
following year. A crease-occupier in principle, it was only when the middle-order stalwarts Akram Khan and Aminul Islam were dropped for the home one-dayers against Zimbabwe in 2001-02 that Sanwar earned a second chance. He is an increasingly
useful offspinner, though his maiden over in international cricket was nothing of the sort - it went for 17 runs.
Andrew Miller
