Early Years
Still in his early teens, Javed toured England during the summer of 1989 with the Bangladesh U-19 side. Later that year, he played in the Asian U-19 cup in Bangladesh and scored 55 in the match against Pakistan.
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 colors. This delay was partly because during the period 90-94 Bangladesh was mainly involved with One-Day Cricket while Javed's batting technique is always more suitable for the longer version. Javed was part of the team that won the ICC Trophy in 1997. However, he spent most of the tournament as a reserve player, as the coach Gordon Greenidge decided to push hard hitting middle-order bat Naimur Rahman to the opening position.
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