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Mashrafe Bin Mortaza () ( born 5 October 1983 in Narail District, Jessore ) is a Bangladeshi cricketer.

Mortaza is one of the most successful pace bowlers to have emerged from Bangladesh.

At the end of the tour, Mortaza was described as " Bangladesh's solitary cutting edge ", underlining how important his bowling is to the team.

Preity Zinta, a stake holder in the Kings XI Punjab team, said " Mortaza is a great player, an all-rounder and we wanted him ".

With bowler Mashrafe Mortaza, he was one of two Bangladeshi players in the 15-man squad.

The opening partnership eventually was worth 148, as Strauss was nearly lbw on 69 with an inswinging ball on one ball and then finally lbw on the next, Mashrafe Mortaza getting rewards for his patient bowling.

Mortaza captained his country in one Test and seven One Day Internationals ( ODIs ) between 2009 and 2010, however injury meant he was in and out of the side and Shakib Al Hasan was appointed captain in Mortaza's absence.

He was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for the 2009 Indian Premier League ; although KKR paid US $ 600, 000 for Mortaza, he played just one match for them.

After one match for Bangladesh A ( to date his only Bangladesh A match ), Mortaza made his Test debut on 8 November 2001 against Zimbabwe in the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka.

Mortaza also made his first appearance for Bangladesh's one day team on 23 November 2001 along with fellow debutants Fahim Muntasir and Tushar Imran.

After the Test series against Zimbabwe and one against New Zealand, Mortaza missed the series against Pakistan in January 2002 as he was suffering from a back injury.

Along with spin bowler Mohammad Rafique, Mortaza was one of two Bangladesh players in the squad.

Mortaza played in two of the three matches, taking one wicket at an average of 108 runs as Asia won the series 3 – 0.

In a match against Australia in the tournament, Mortaza became one of three victims of the first T20I hat-trick.

After Bangladesh lost the opening match of the series, Mortaza returned for the final two ODIs and took one wicket for 45 runs ; Bangladesh went on to lose the series 3 – 0.

Mortaza played just one match for the Kolkata Knight Riders ; in the most expensive spell of the 2009 IPL, he bowled the final over of the match, conceding 21 runs to allow the Deccan Chargers to secure victory.

However, Nazmul Hossain and Mashrafe Mortaza frustrated the English bowlers, with Darren Gough eventually ending the resistance as he got Nazmul for 6 to end the innings for 190.

When Bangladesh beat New Zealand in a warm-up match before the World Cup, Mortaza produced what was described as a " fine all-round display ".

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Mortaza hit back by inducing an outside edge from Matthew Hayden to wicketkeeper Mashud for 1, and four balls later a ball from Mortaza hit captain Ricky Ponting on the pads-but too high to be given out.

Opening the bowling with Mohammad Sharif, Mortaza finished with figures of 2 / 26 from 8. 2 overs as Zimbabwe won the match by five wickets.

In the 3rd ODI, Mortaza was hit for six off the final ball of the match by Brendan Taylor, giving the Zimbabweans victory.

In September 2008, Mortaza was approached by the Indian Cricket League to join the newly formed Dhaka Warriors.

Most people would have expected Australia to swamp Bangladesh, especially after the 10-wicket defeat the Bangladeshi Tigers endured in the opening match with England, but a maiden from Mortaza gave them some hope, at least.

Bangladesh had Adam Gilchrist in some trouble early on, especially through fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza, who had him beaten several times in the opening overs, but Matthew Hayden was imposing at the crease, punishing the inevitable bad balls from Nazmul Hossain who was taken off after three overs, having conceded 29 runs.

Most people would have expected Australia to swamp Bangladesh, especially after the 10-wicket defeat the Bangladeshi Tigers endured in the opening match with England, but a maiden from Mortaza gave them some hope, at least.

Bangladesh had Adam Gilchrist in some trouble early on, especially through fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza, who had him beaten several times in the opening overs, but Matthew Hayden was imposing at the crease, punishing the inevitable bad balls from Nazmul Hossain who was taken off after three overs, having conceded 29 runs.

Most people would have expected Australia to swamp Bangladesh, especially after the 10-wicket defeat the Bangladeshi Tigers endured in the opening match with England, but a maiden from Mortaza gave them some hope, at least.

Bangladesh had Adam Gilchrist in some trouble early on, especially through fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza, who had him beaten several times in the opening overs, but Matthew Hayden was imposing at the crease, punishing the inevitable bad balls from Nazmul Hossain who was taken off after three overs, having conceded 29 runs.

Mortaza was born in the district of Narail in south-west Bangladesh.

The pace and aggression Mortaza displayed as an under-19 player impressed Andy Roberts, the former West Indian fast bowler, who was acting as a temporary bowling coach for Bangladesh.

Under Roberts ' recommendation, Mortaza was drafted into the Bangladesh A team.

Bangladesh failed to progress past the round-robin stage, and Mortaza played in two matches collecting two wickets at an average of 38. 00.

Despite challenging England in the series, Bangladesh lost 2 – 0, Mortaza finished the series with 8 wickets at an average of 21. 25.

Mortaza returned from his career threatening injury and, after impressing in Bangladesh domestic cricket, he was selected in the 13-man squad to face India in a home two-Test series during December 2004.

Mortaza finished the series with five wickets at an average of 37. 00, although Bangladesh lost 2 – 0.

In a close ODI series, Bangladesh won 3 – 2 after being 2 – 0 down, Mortaza played in four matches and took four wickets at an average of 40. 00.

Sultan Rana, the Asia team manager, described Mortaza as " a very promising prospect, a terrific asset to the Bangladesh team ".

Australia visited Bangladesh in April 2006 and Mortaza played the whole series.

With Zimbabwe already winning the series 3 – 1, Mortaza was dropped for the final match, which Bangladesh went on to win.

Mortaza took career best bowling figures of 6 / 26 from his 10 overs in the final ODI, ensuring Bangladesh were chasing a low target.

Mortaza recovered in time to play in all three of Bangladesh's matches, taking two wickets at 50. 50, as Bangladesh failed to progress beyond the first round.

Bangladesh won the four match series 3 – 1, and Mortaza finished as Bangladesh's leading wicket-taker with 8 wickets at 16. 50.

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