Marufa Akter

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Marufa Akter
Personal information
Full name
Marufa Akter
Born (2005-01-01) 1 January 2005 (age 19)
Nilphamari, Bangladesh
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium fast
Role Bowler
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  31)11 December 2022 v  New Zealand
Last ODI21 March 2024 v  Australia
T20I debut(cap  35)4 December 2022 v  New Zealand
Last T20I8 December 2023 v  South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Representing Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Women's Cricket
Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Team

Marufa Akter (born 1 January 2005) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays for the Bangladesh women's national cricket team as a right-arm medium fast bowler. [1] [2]

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Early life

She born in Nilphamari District of Bangladesh and she lives in Saidpur, a small town in the Nilphamari district. [3] Her father is a farmer. Her older brother encouraged her to play cricket. Her favorite player is Hardik Pandya. [4] In the perior of lock down she handed over her first earnings from cricket in Cox's Bazaar training camp of US$ 412. [3] Marufa went on to attend the country's biggest sports institution: Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP) where she learnt some of the skills she showed off on the world's biggest stage. [4]

International career

In November 2022, Marufa was earned maiden call-up for national team of Bangladesh to ODI and T20I squad for the series against New Zealand. [5] [6] She made her Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against New Zealand in the same series on 4 December 2022. [7] She made her One Day International (ODI) debut against New Zealand on 11 December 2024. [8]

In December 2022, she was selected to Bangladesh women's under-19 cricket team for the 2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. [9] [10] [11] She took 8 wickets from that tournament with best bowling figure 2/16 in 4 overs against United Arab Emirates women's under-19 cricket team.

In January 2023 she was named in Bangladesh's T20I squad for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. [12] [13] She took 4 wickets in that tournament with best bowling figure 3/23 in 4 overs against Sri Lanka.

On 16 July 2023, she took 4 wickets of 29 runs in her 7 overs in the first ODI again India, [14] helping Bangladesh to first win against India in ODIs by 40 runs, [15] and she got Player of the Match award. [16]

In August 2023, she was selected to the national team for the 2022 Asian Games. [17] She was the part of Bronze medal winning team of Bangladesh in that tournament. [18] [19]

In January 2024, Marufa was nominated for ESPNcricinfo Awards 2023 Women's ODI bowling for her maiden four-wicket haul against India, [20] and won that award in the following month. [21]

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