Shoriful Islam

Bangladesh lose by 87 runs against Netherlands 

Netherlands skipper Scott Edwards scored his second fifty of the tournament to help his side post 229 in their World Cup encounter against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday. 

Tigers spoilt for choice over pacers  

From a team that only ever tried to ‘spin to win’, Bangladesh have now evolved into a pace-centric attack heading into the ICC World Cup in India.

Liton, Tamim to be rested for third ODI against NZ

Captain Liton Das and Tamim Iqbal has asked for rest in the third and final ODI against New Zealand, confirmed selector Habibul Bashar on Sunday.

Shoriful steps up to remove Nissanka, Mendis  

Bangladesh pacer Shoriful Islam returned in his second spell to grab two much-needed wickets for the Tigers in the two side’s Super Four match of the Asia Cup in Colombo today.

Shoriful ‘excited’ for his maiden franchise-league experience abroad

“The first time in any league is exciting for everyone,” Shoriful told reporters at the airport today.  

Shoriful credits seniors, Taskin for improvement

According to Shoriful, the seniors helped them, making it easy for the youngsters to gel. 

Shoriful finds balance in skill and aggression

Aggression is what keeps fast bowlers ticking and when the left-arm paceman played the U-19 World Cup for Bangladesh there was plenty of that on view, especially in their triumph against India in the final.

Afghanistan lose top five within 16 overs

The visitors, who opted to rest marquee spinner Rashid Khan for the dead rubber, were 14 for three after six overs. 

Shoriful gives Tigers first breakthrough 

Bangladesh left-arm pacer Shoriful Islam gave the Tigers their first breakthrough when he nicked off Afghanistan opener Ibrahim Zadran for six in the sixth over of the innings in the morning session of the second day of the only Test at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Thursday.

October 28, 2023
October 28, 2023

Bangladesh lose by 87 runs against Netherlands 

Netherlands skipper Scott Edwards scored his second fifty of the tournament to help his side post 229 in their World Cup encounter against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday. 

October 5, 2023
October 5, 2023

Tigers spoilt for choice over pacers  

From a team that only ever tried to ‘spin to win’, Bangladesh have now evolved into a pace-centric attack heading into the ICC World Cup in India.

September 24, 2023
September 24, 2023

Liton, Tamim to be rested for third ODI against NZ

Captain Liton Das and Tamim Iqbal has asked for rest in the third and final ODI against New Zealand, confirmed selector Habibul Bashar on Sunday.

September 9, 2023
September 9, 2023

Shoriful steps up to remove Nissanka, Mendis  

Bangladesh pacer Shoriful Islam returned in his second spell to grab two much-needed wickets for the Tigers in the two side’s Super Four match of the Asia Cup in Colombo today.

July 29, 2023
July 29, 2023

Shoriful ‘excited’ for his maiden franchise-league experience abroad

“The first time in any league is exciting for everyone,” Shoriful told reporters at the airport today.  

July 15, 2023
July 15, 2023

Shoriful credits seniors, Taskin for improvement

According to Shoriful, the seniors helped them, making it easy for the youngsters to gel. 

July 12, 2023
July 12, 2023

Shoriful finds balance in skill and aggression

Aggression is what keeps fast bowlers ticking and when the left-arm paceman played the U-19 World Cup for Bangladesh there was plenty of that on view, especially in their triumph against India in the final.

July 11, 2023
July 11, 2023

Afghanistan lose top five within 16 overs

The visitors, who opted to rest marquee spinner Rashid Khan for the dead rubber, were 14 for three after six overs. 

June 15, 2023
June 15, 2023

Shoriful gives Tigers first breakthrough 

Bangladesh left-arm pacer Shoriful Islam gave the Tigers their first breakthrough when he nicked off Afghanistan opener Ibrahim Zadran for six in the sixth over of the innings in the morning session of the second day of the only Test at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Thursday.

May 28, 2023
May 28, 2023

'Eager to express myself in every condition'

Shoriful Islam has been a part of Bangladesh's confident pace-bowling unit that has been improving leaps and bounds in recent years. The left-arm seamer has emerged as a multi-format pacer for the Tigers since making his debut in 2021 and spoke to The Daily Star's Mazhar Uddin about his bowling and a few other topics during an exclusive interview. The excerpts are below:

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