CityCell Zimbabwe Tour of Bangladesh 2004-05
Spinning past records
Sports Reporter
When he bowls records roll, qui-pped an enthusiastic cricket fan after young left-arm spinner Enamul Haque had just dismissed another Zimbabwe batsman on the fourth day of the second Test at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. This statement might sound like an exaggeration, but considering what the 18-year-old has done over the last one week it is amazing in every sense. Playing only his fifth Test, the wonder boy from Sylhet took 12-200 in the Dhaka Test, a first of its kind achievement by any Bangladeshi in a Test match. Having finished with 6-45 in the second innings of the first Test at Chittagong, which was the best innings bowling figures by a Bangladeshi, Enamul improved the mark in the first innings at Dhaka. His 7-95 was not only the best effort by a Tiger but also earned him the fabulous feat of becoming the youngest bowler in Test history to achieve the landmark surpassing former Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Younis. And when the tweaker trapped Zimbabwe's Graeme Cremer leg before on Sunday, he became the first Bangladeshi bowler to capture ten wickets in a match. The wicket of Cremer also made Enamul the youngest bowler to take ten wickets in a match surpassing great left-arm paceman Wasim Akram. The former Pakistan captain captured ten wickets against New Zealand at the age of 18 years and 256 days while Enamul achieved it in 18 years and 43 days. Besides, his series haul of 18 wickets was also the best performance by a Bangladeshi erasing fellow left-arm spinner Mohammad Rafique's mark of 17 wickets in the three-match series against Pakistan in 2003. But Enamul, a mature head on a young shoulder, said that this was just the beginning. "It is nice to break some world records but I think it is just the start. I have to work really hard to be a good bowler," said Enamul, who also won a brand new Nissan Sunny from title sponsors CityCell. The cellular operators put on display two luxury cars at the start of the series, one for the first Bangladeshi to hit a Test century and other for a bowler to take eight or More wicket in a match. But Enamul said that the members of the team would share the vehicle. "It's a fantastic team decision whoever won, the cars would be shared by each member of the team. I always believe in team effort and I would not have come this far without the support of the senior members," he said. "I'm happy with my performance but it will only be meaningful if we win tomorrow."
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