Gazi Ashraf played in 20 ICC Trophy matches for Bangladesh in 1982, 1986, and 1990. His best performance came in the opening match against West Africa.Gazi Ashraf Hossain was born 29 December 1960), also known as Lipu, is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who captained the Bangladesh national cricket team in its first seven One Day International (ODI) matches, two in the 1986 Asia Cup, three in the 1988 Asia Cup, and two in the 1990 Austral-Asia Cup.
ODI Performance
Lipu’s highest ODI score (18) came in his very final ODI against Australia at Sharjah in 1990. He also has two ODI wickets in his bag. He dismissed Javed Miandad at Moratuwa in the Asia Cup in 1986.
ICC Trophy Matches
Gazi Ashraf Hossain played in 20 ICC Trophy matches for Bangladesh in 1982, 1986, and 1990. He was a member of the team captained by Shafiq-ul-Haq that lost its Semi Final against Zimbabwe and then also lost the Consolation Final against Papua New Guinea in the 1982 ICC Trophy in England. He was the captain in the 1986 ICC Trophy also held in England, but the team failed to progress pass the group stage. His 77 helped Bangladesh beat their opponents by 76 runs. His best performance came in the opening match against West Africa. Unfortunately, he was unable to keep up his good form, and at the end of the trophy he finished with 126 runs from 7 innings, with an average of 21.00. Bangladesh defeated Kenya and Argentina, but lost against Zimbabwe (the eventual winners), Malaysia, East Africa and Denmark. Lipu’s top score (41) came against Malaysia. He also took 6 wickets in the trophy at an average of 29.66. His best bowling was 3/26 against Kenya.
Gazi Ashraf Lipu was captain again in the ICC Trophy of 1990, in Netherlands. Though he was out of form, (he scored only 106 runs in 7 innings, his highest, 40 coming in the first match against Kenya), the team performed admirably under his leadership to reach the semi-finals. Thus Gazi Ashraf Lipu ended his international career on a high.