Lipu in ICC Trophy Cricket
He played in 20 ICC Trophy matches for Bangladesh in 1982, 1986, and 1990. He was a member of the team captained by Shafiq-ul-Haq that lost its Semi Final against Zimbabwe and then also lost the Consolation Final against Papua New Guinea in the 1982 ICC Trophy in England. His best performance came in the opening match against West Africa. His 77 helped Bangladesh beat their opponents by 76 runs. Unfortunately, he was unable to keep up his good form, and at the end of the trophy he finished with 126 runs from 7 innings, with an average of 21.00. He was the captain in the 1986 ICC Trophy also held in England, but the team failed to progress pass the group stage. Bangladesh defeated Kenya and Argentina, but lost against Zimbabwe (the eventual winners), Malaysia, East Africa and Denmark. Lipu's top score (41) came against Malaysia. He also took 6 wickets in the trophy at an average of 29.66. His best bowling was 3/26 against Kenya.
Ashraf Lipu was captain again in the ICC Trophy of 1990, in Netherlands.Though Lipu himself was out of form, (he scored only 106 runs in 7 innings, his highest, 40 coming in the first match against Kenya), the team performed admirably under his leadership to reach the semi-finals. Thus Lipu ended his international career on a high.
| Batting | Bowling | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Matches | Runs | Average | High Score | 100 / 50 | Runs | Wickets | Average | Best |
| 1982 | 7 | 126 | 21.00 | 77 | 0/1 | 30 | 2 | 15.00 | 2/30 |
| 1986 | 6 | 123 | 20.50 | 41 | 0/0 | 178 | 6 | 29.67 | 3/26 |
| 1990 | 7 | 106 | 15.14 | 40 | 0/0 | - | - | - | - |
| Overall | 20 | 355 | 18.68 | 77 | 0/1 | 208 | 8 | 26.00 | 3/26 |
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