Mohammad Javed Omar Belim (born 25 November 1976), known in the early days of his career by the nickname Gullu is a former Bangladeshi

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er who has played

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and ODI cricket since 1995, and a former captain in both formats. He retired from the game after a friendly domestic match on January 3, 2014.

Career

On his Test debut in April 2001, he carried his bat for 85 not out becoming only the third player in history to achieve this on debut. He is the second person in the history to carry the bat through entire innings in both forms of cricket. Moreover, he is one of the twenty two cricketers in the history of 137 years of test cricket who scored half centuries in both innings of a test as a debutant. The opener has gained a reputation for being able to occupy the crease as his Test strike rate of 36 shows. On 28 August 2003, Jawed scored his maiden Test century against

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. During the second Test between

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and

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in May 2007 he achieved the very rare feat of grabbing a king pair as he got out to the bowling of

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in the first ball of both innings of the Test Match.

Early years

Still in his early teens, Jawed toured England during the summer of 1989 with the

U-19 side. Later that year, he played in the Asian U-19 cup in Afghanistan and scored 55 in the match against

.: Rafiqul Ameer."Looking Back: Bangladesh Cricket in the 80's". Retrieved on 18 December 2007. The transformation from the youth team to the national side, however, took a bit of time, and it was not until the 1994–95 season that he got his chance in the national colours. This delay was partly because during the period 90–94 Bangladesh was mainly involved with One-Day Cricket while Jawed's batting technique is always more suitable for the longer version. Jawed was part of the team that won the

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in 1997. However, he spent most of the tournament as a reserve player, as the coach

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decided to push hard hitting middle-order bat Naimur Rahman to the opening position.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Omar, Javed 1976 births Living people Bangladesh One Day International cricketers Bangladesh Test cricketers 21st-century Bangladeshi sportsmen Bangladeshi cricketers Dhaka Division cricketers Cricketers from Dhaka Biman Bangladesh Airlines cricketers Barisal Division cricketers