Tapash Baisya
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Tapash Baishya (Bengali: তাপস বৈশ্য) (born 25 December 1982) is a former Bangladeshi international cricketer.
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| Full name | Tapash Kumar Baishya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 December 1982 Sylhet, Bangladesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. 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 West Indies on their 2002–03 tour of Bangladesh.[3] In his batting career he scored two Test fifties.
Personal life
Tapash moved to the US during 2016 with his wife and two kids. Later his wife gave birth to another baby girl. Currently he is playing professional cricket for a team in the United States of America, based in New Jersey. He is also a cricket coach at DAS Cricket in Edison, NJ.[4]
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