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Full name Mohammad Javed Omar Belim
Born November 25, 1976, Dhaka
Current age 31 years 174 days
Major teams Bangladesh, Biman Bangladesh, Dhaka Division
Also known as Omar Belim
Nickname Gulla
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	40	80	2	1720	119	22.05	4509	38.14	1	8	240	1	10
ODIs	59	59	4	1312	85*	23.85	2528	51.89	0	10	139	5	12
First-class	88	167	2	4662	173	28.25			9	20			29
List A	100	100	8	2175	85*	23.64			0	12			26

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	40	1	6	12	0	-	-	-	12.00	-	0	0	0
ODIs	59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	88		240	153	2	2/75		76.50	3.82	120.0		0	0
List A	100		73	64	0	-	-	-	5.26	-	0	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Bulawayo, Apr 19-22, 2001 scorecard
Last Test	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Kandy, Jul 11-14, 2007 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Bangladesh v India at Sharjah, Apr 5, 1995 scorecard
Last ODI	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (RPS), Jul 25, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1997/98
Last First-class	Dhaka Division v Rajshahi Division at Dhaka (SBNS), Jan 4-7, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	1994/95
Last List A	Dhaka Division v Rajshahi Division at Dhaka (SBNS), Jan 8, 2008 scorecard

Profile

With a priceless ability to occupy the crease, Javed Omar Belim has developed into the closest thing to a Test-class opener that Bangladesh have produced in their torrid early years of senior international cricket. A glut of one-day internationals early in his career did not help his development, but all complaints that he scores his runs too slowly were offset by a historic Test debut n April 2001, when he carried his bat for 85 not out, only the third player in history to achieve this in his first match. "Gulla" underlined his limpet-like qualities later the same year with a painstaking 80, compiled over 100 overs, in his sixth Test, against Zimbabwe at Chittagong. His maiden international hundred, against Pakistan at Peshawar in August 2003, gave Bangladesh a first-innings lead for the first time and showed the first glimpse of a new steelier attitude from his side. He has chalked up a half-century of one-day caps, with a highest score of 85 not out against Sri Lanka back in the pre-Test days of 2000, but it in the five-day arena that his obduracy is best received, and Omar was the only man to come to terms with England's early-season conditions on a traumatic tour in 2005. He reached double figures in all four innings of the Test series, including a brave 71 at the final attempt at Chester-le-Street. He remained in the Test frame, although big scores were elusive. However, Omar has been in and out of the one-day side and after a poor start to the tour of Zimbabwe in July 2006, he was dropped for the remaining matches and excluded from the tour of Kenya that followed. He also missed the Champions Trophy in October-November and the subsequent one-day series against Zimbabwe and Scotland. However, his vast experience and a good showing against Zimbabwe A ensured that he got a World Cup ticket to the West Indies
Andrew Miller February 2007

Oct 23, 2007

Mashrafe Mortaza belts an unsuccessful appeal against Javed Omar
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Jul 15, 2007

Javed Omar and Habibul Bashar arrive at the team hotel in Colombo
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Jul 14, 2007

Sujeewa de Silva appeals a lbw decision against Javed Omar
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