Imran Parvez (born 28 December 1977, in

Rajshahi Rajshahi (, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city and a major Urban area, urban, administrative, commercial and educational centre of Bangladesh. It is also the administrative seat of the eponymous Rajshahi Division, division and Rajshahi Distr ...

) is a Bangladeshi former

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adju ...

er active 2000–2004, who is also known by his nickname 'Ripon'. After retiring from cricket he became an umpire and officates matches domestic cricket.

Career

Playing career

He made his debut for

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 2000/01, playing for them until 2003/04. He took 76 first-class wickets with his off breaks, with a best of 5 for 35 against Barisal Division. His other five wicket haul, 5 for 82, came against

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 ...

. A tail end right-handed batsman, his best score of 37* came against Barisal Division.

Umpiring career

He is now an

umpire An umpire is an official in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The term derives from the Old French , , and , : (as evidenced in cricke ...

and stood in matches in Bangladesh's

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Controversies

In a group match between Abahani Limited and Mohammedan Sporting Club in the

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, Abahani cricketer

Shakib Al Hasan Shakib Al Hasan (; born 24 March 1987) is a former Bangladeshi international cricketer who played Test cricket, Test, One Day International, ODI and Twenty20 International, T20I cricket for the Bangladesh national cricket team, Bangladeshi cr ...

, firstly, kicked the stumps and argued with him for a wrongful decision and later Shakib again ran from his mid-off position to uproot all the stumps at the non-striker's end when both the match officials called for a rain break and Shakib again got involved in a heated argument with them.Shakib claimed there's biased umpiring in DPL.

References

1977 births Living people Bangladeshi cricketers Bangladeshi cricket umpires Rajshahi Division cricketers People from Rajshahi District Cricketers from Rajshahi Division {{Bangladesh-cricket-bio-1970s-stub