Jahangir Alam - Early Days

Early Days

Jahangir first came into prominence during the U-19 tour of England in the summer of 1989. He started the tour with a hundred and continued to score consistently after that. his 132 against Wycombe was the highest score in the tour. In the process he shared a 210 run opening partnership with Javed Omar. Jahangir Alam scored 35 against Homestead & 40 against Wakeham Overall in 5 matches he scored 219 runs at an average of 43.80.

Top Batsmen (At least 100 runs on the tour)
Name Matches Runs Average Highest Score 100/50
Ziauddin Ahemd Shovon 4 160 80.00 60* 0/1
Habibul Bashar 4 115 57.50 45* 0/0
Jahangir Alam 5 219 43.80 132 1/0

. In contrast, he was a big failure in the Asian U-19 Cup in Dec. 1989. His highest score of 38 in 4 mathces came against Sri Lanka at Chittagong.

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