Chottogram Division cricket team represents the

Chittagong Division Chittagong Division (), officially Chattogram Division, is geographically the largest of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It covers the southeasternmost areas of the country, with a total area of and a population according to th ...

, one of the seven administrative regions in

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

. The team was founded in 1999 to compete in the

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(NCL) and plays

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. For the short-lived National Cricket League Twenty20 in 2010, the team adopted the name Cyclones of Chittagong. The equivalent team in the Bangladesh Premier League is the Chittagong Kings. Chittagong Division play most of their home games at the Bir Shrestho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Cricket Stadium (BSFLMRCS) in the port city of

Chittagong Chittagong ( ), officially Chattogram, (, ) (, or ) is the second-largest city in Bangladesh. Home to the Port of Chittagong, it is the busiest port in Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal. The city is also the business capital of Bangladesh. It ...

. The ZACS has superseded the older District Stadium, Chottogram (DSC) as Chittagong's main cricket venue. The MAA is now used primarily for football.

Honours

* National Cricket League (1) – 1999–2000 * One-Day Cricket League (1) – 2003–04

History

Before Bangladesh became independent,

was part of

East Pakistan East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, restructured and renamed from the province of East Bengal and covering the territory of the modern country of Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Burma, wit ...

and it had a cricket team which was scheduled to take part in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy in both 1959–60 and 1964–65, and in the Ayub Trophy in 1962–63. None of the scheduled matches took place as all were abandoned without any start of play. East Pakistan cricket had a chequered history and it was only after independence that cricket in Bangladesh gained any real significance. The earliest known match involving a Chittagong Division team was in March 1980 when they played

Rajshahi Division Rajshahi Division () is one of the eight first-level administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of and a population at the 2022 Census of 20,353,119. Rajshahi Division consists of 8 districts, 70 upazilas (the next lower administrat ...

in an Inter-Divisional Championship competition. In March 1986, they took part in a National Cricket Championship and reached the quarter-final stage. These were not first-class competitions and it was not until the late 1990s, after Bangladesh had made progress in international cricket, that there was any possibility of first-class cricket at the domestic level. Bangladesh won the 1997 ICC Trophy and so qualified for the 1999 Cricket World Cup. There was then the very real prospect (realised in 2000) of the country being admitted to full membership of the

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(the ICC) and so steps were taken to create an organised national championship. The result was the NCL which began in the 1999–2000 season, though it did not have first-class status until the 2000–01 season. It was decided that the NCL teams should represent each of the country's six (at that time) administrative divisions and so a Chittagong Division team was formed, playing its matches at the M. A. Aziz Stadium in Chittagong, the Comilla Stadium in

Comilla Comilla (), officially spelled Cumilla, is a metropolis on the banks of the Gomti River in eastern Bangladesh. Comilla was one of the cities of ancient Bengal. It was once the capital of Tripura kingdom. Comilla Airport is located in the Duli ...

and the Niaz Mohammad Stadium in Brahmanbaria. Chittagong Division won the 1999–2000 championship. In 2000–01, Chittagong Division became a first-class team and has continued to compete in the NCL but with no further titles to 2016. The

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One-Day Cricket League began in 2000–01 and ran until 2010–11 when it was terminated. Chittagong Division won the competition once, in 2003–04. Chittagong played in the Bangladesh NCL (National Cricket League) Twenty20 tournament which was staged for one season only, 2009–10, and used the name Cyclones of Chittagong (CC). The team's official colours were blue and white. Though captained by Nafees Iqbal and featuring Tamim Iqbal, the Cyclones were unsuccessful. They lost four of their five games and finished fifth in the six-team league.

Results in National Cricket League

* 1999–2000: seven wins in 10 matches, champions * 2000–01: five wins in 10 matches, finished second * 2001–02: two wins in 10 matches, finished third * 2002–03: three wins in six matches, finished third * 2003–04: one win in 10 matches, finished fifth * 2004–05: two wins in 10 matches, finished fourth * 2005–06: four wins in 10 matches, finished second * 2006–07: one win in 10 matches, finished third * 2007–08: four wins in 10 matches, finished fourth * 2008–09: one win in 10 matches, finished fifth * 2009–10: five wins in nine matches, finished second * 2010–11: no wins in five matches, finished sixth (last) * 2011–12: three wins in seven matches, finished fifth * 2012–13: two wins in seven matches, finished sixth * 2013–14: one win in seven matches, finished sixth * 2014–15: no wins in seven matches, finished eighth (last) * 2015–16: no wins in six matches, finished third in Tier 2 * 2016–17: no wins in six matches, finished fourth (last) in Tier 2 * 2017–18: no wins in six matches, finished equal fourth in Tier 2 * 2018–19: one win in six matches, finished third in Tier 2 * 2019-20: one win in six matches, finished fourth in Tier 2

Current squad

, The current squad for 2019–20 season

References

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