Brothers Union cricket team
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Brothers Union cricket team is a Bangladeshi cricket team that plays List A cricket in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League.
When the Brothers Union organisation was founded in Dacca in 1949, it concentrated on cultural activities. Sport came later, most prominently the Brothers Union football team and the cricket team.{{cite web |title=Brothers Union Club Limited |url=https://www.bplfootball.com/club-details.php?id=8 |website=BPL Football |access-date=29 April 2025}} The cricket club is one of the oldest extant in Bangladesh, having competed since 1973, when it was one of the clubs that played in the Dacca Metropolis Knockout Tournament.{{cite web |title=Dacca Metropolis Knockout Tournament 1972/73 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/19/Dacca_Metropolis_Knockout_Tournament_1972-73.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=7 May 2024}}
List A record
- 2013–14: 10 matches, won 4, finished seventh
- 2014–15: 11 matches, won 5, finished eighth
- 2015–16: 11 matches, won 4, finished tenth
- 2016–17: 11 matches, won 5, finished eighth
- 2017–18: 13 matches, won 6, finished tenth
- 2018–19: 13 matches, won 4, finished tenth
- 2021–22: 11 matches, won 4, finished ninth
- 2022–23: 11 matches, won 4, finished ninth
- 2023–24: 11 matches, won 3, finished eighth
- 2024–25: 13 matches, won 4, finished tenth
The List A captains have changed from season to season. In 2024–25 the captain was Myshukur Rahaman.
In their last match of the 2017–18 season, Brothers Union needed to score 335 runs to beat Agrani Bank and avoid relegation. At the end, they needed four off the last ball of the 50th over, and Nazmus Sadat hit a boundary to secure victory by four wickets.{{cite web|title=Brothers save relegation in dramatic fashion|url=http://www.tigercricket.com.bd/2018/04/04/brothers-survive-relegation-in-dramatic-fashion/|website=Tiger Cricket|publisher=Bangladesh Cricket Board|accessdate=6 April 2018}} In 2018–19 they again avoided relegation by winning their final match, defeating Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan by six wickets, Fazle Mahmud scoring 127 not out.{{cite news |title=BKSP vs Brothers, Relegation League at Fatullah, Apr 21 2019 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/dhaka-premier-division-2018-19-1176900/brothers-union-vs-bangladesh-krira-shikkha-protisthan-relegation-league-1181395/full-scorecard |access-date=30 April 2025 |publisher=Cricinfo}} In 2024–25 they again avoided relegation by winning their final match, this time defeating Partex Sporting Club by 113 runs.{{cite news |title=Brothers safe, Partex, Shinepukur relegated from DPL |url=https://www.newagebd.net/post/cricket/263141/brothers-safe-partex-shinepukur-relegated-from-dpl |access-date=25 April 2025 |work=New Age |date=24 April 2025}}
Records
The highest List A score is 150 not out by Nafees Iqbal in 2013–14, and the best bowling figures are 7 for 25 by Sean Williams, also in 2013–14.
References
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External links
- [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/10/10229/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Brothers Union]
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Category:Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League teams
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