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Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is a Bangladeshi cricketer and current captain of Bangladesh national cricket team for One Day match. Mashrafe Mortaza was born in the district of Narail in south-west Bangladesh. He was more interested in cricket from childhood specially batting. His bowling is now his main attribute and his pace has gained him the nickname of the "Narail Express".
 
Mashrafe Mortaza broke into the national side in late 2001 against Zimbabwe and represented Bangladesh before having played a single first-class match. Mashrafe Mortaza captained his country in one Test and seven One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 2009 and 2010, whatever injury meant he was in and out of the side and Shakib Al Hasan was appointed captain in Mortaza's absence.
 
Mashrafe Mortaza is considered one of the fastest bowlers of Bangladesh. Mashrafe Mortaza is usually bowling in the mid-80s mph (130s km/h)  and regularly opens the bowling. Mortaza is useful lower-middle order batsman with a first-class century and three Test half centuries to his name. The cricket career of Mortaza has been hampered by injuries. As on December 2014, he has undergone a total of ten operations on his knees and ankles.
 
He played for Kolkata Knight Riders for the 2009 Indian Premier League. Although Kolkata Knight Riders paid him US$600,000 for playing, he played just one match for them. In this match, he went for 58 runs in 4 over. Mortaza has also played for Khulna Division in Bangladesh's domestic cricket.
 
While Mashrafe Mortaza has represented Bangladesh 36 times in Tests and in 124 ODIs between 2001 and 2012. Mashrafe Mortaza has played only 11 first-class and 9 list A matches for Khulna Division in same period. Mortaza joined the Dhaka Gladiators in 2012 in the newly formed Bangladesh Premier League twenty20 competition and captained them to the tournament title.
 
In April 2008, he became the second Bangladesh bowler to take 100 wickets in ODIs and the first fast bowler from the Bangladesh team to pass this landmark. Mortaza was acclaimed as the fastest bowler for a long time that Bangladesh had produced. At present Shahadat Hossain is considered quicker bowler of Bangladesh Team. 
 
Mashrafi Mortaza uses aggressive bowling to challenge batsmen. As a naturally aggressive player of Bangladesh team, his accurate bowling has led to comparisons with the Australian fast-bowler Glenn McGrath. After his knee injury, Mortaza was forced to alter his bowling action slightly and lost some pace. Mortaza has tried to develop his use of reverse swing in an attempt to become a more effective bowler. To know more about Mashrafe Mortaza’s career statistics, you can visit www.cricinfo.com or other sites.
 
The short life profile of Mashrafe Mortaza is-
Full name
:
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza
Born
:
5 October 1983 (age 31) in Narail, Bangladesh
Nickname
:
Koushik, Narail Express
Height
:
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Batting style
:
Right handed
Bowling style
:
Right arm fast medium
Role
:
Bowler, Bangladesh Captain
Test debut (cap 19)
:
8 November 2001 v Zimbabwe
ODI debut (cap 53)
:
23 November 2001 v Zimbabwe







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Michael John Clarke or Michael Clarke is a professional Australian cricketer and the captain of the Australian cricket team. He was born in 2 April 1981. His Nick name is "Pup". Michael John Clarke is a right-handed middle-order batsman. He is an occasionally left-arm orthodox spin bowler and also a slip catcher. 
 
Michael Clarke represents New South Wales at a domestic level cricket. Clarke stood down as captain of the Australian Twenty-20 cricket team to concentrate on his Test and ODI performance In January 2011.
 
Clarke scored a double century at the Adelaide Oval on 22 November 2012. Clarke is an only Test batsman to ever achieve four double centuries in a calendar year. Clarke won the “Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy” thereby winning the Cricketer of the Year 2013 and also the Test Cricketer of the Year 2013.
In the 2013–14 Ashes series, Clarke led Australia to a 5–0 whitewash of England. In 2010, he was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year. He was named Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for the year 2012 in 2013 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. To see Michael John Clarke’s career statistics, you can visit www.cricinfo.com or other sites.
 
The short life profile of Michael John Clarke is-
Name
:
Michael John Clarke
Born
:
2 April 1981 (age 33) at Liverpool of New South Wales in Australia
Nickname
:
Pup
Height
:
178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Batting style
:
Right-handed
Bowling style
:
Slow left-arm orthodox
Test debut
:
6 October 2004 v India
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Brendon Barrie McCullum  is a international cricketer of New Zealand. He was born at 27 September in 1981. Brendon McCullum is the current captain in all three forms of the international game for New Zealand. At provincial level, McCullum plays for the Otago Volts and he played for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League.
Brendon McCullum was a wicket-keeper until 2013. He is an aggressive batsman who opens in One-day Internationals and is known for his fast scoring rate. Brendon McCullum currently plays for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL. His brother Nathan McCullum is also a first-class and international cricket player and their father Stuart McCullum was a long-serving first-class player of Otago. 
Brendon McCullum is the leading career scorer in Twenty-20 International cricket and only player to have scored two Twenty-20 International centuries and 2000 runs in T20 Internationals. Brendon McCullum was the previous record holder for the highest individual score in a Twenty-20 International (123 against Bangladesh in 2012) and highest individual score in all Twenty-20 cricket (158 not out for the Kolkata Knight Riders against Bangalore Royal Challengers in 2008). On 18 February 2014, Brendon McCullum scored 302 runs against India making him the first New Zealand cricketer to score a triple hundred in Test cricket.
Brendon McCullum played in a Test series against England in 2003 and scored an innings of 96 at Lord's what was then his highest score. His maiden Test century came several months later when he scored 143 against Bangladesh. 
Brendon McCullum fell just short of his second Test hundred in a game against Sri Lanka when dismissed one short of his hundred. The second century would later come with a run a ball 111 against Zimbabwe. In 2005, He was selected in the 20-man ICC World XI squad for the ICC Super Series in July.
On 20 February 2007, Brendon McCullum scored 86 not out as New Zealand went on to be the first team to whitewash Australia in a 3 match ODI series since 1997. In his match winning innings he partnered Craig McMillan to a world record equaling 6th wicket partnership of 165.
On 21 March 2007, Brendon McCullum set a new World Cup record by smashing 50 runs from just 20 balls against Canada in St Lucia by finishing his innings with 52 runs from 21 balls which is decorated by 1 four and 5 sixes with a strike rate of 247.61. The previous record of such playing had been set by Mark Boucher (South Africa) against The Netherlands on 16 March 50 runs from 21 balls. To know more about Brendon Barrie McCullum’s career statistics, you can visit www.cricinfo.com or other sites.
The short life profile of Brendon Barrie McCullum is-
Full name
:
Brendon Barrie McCullum
Born
:
27 September 1981 in Dunedin of Otago in New Zealand
Nickname
:
Bazz
Height
:
1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Batting style
:
Right-handed
Bowling style
:
Right arm medium
Role
:
Batsman, Wicket-Keeper
New Zealand captain
Test debut (cap 224)
:
10 March 2004 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 126)
:
17 February 2002 v Australia
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