TESTS M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 15 30 0 683 71 22.76 51.39 0 4 10 0 O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ Bowling - - - - - - - - - - ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 29 29 1 374 62* 13.35 52.75 0 2 7 0 O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ Bowling - - - - - - - - - - FIRST-CLASS M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 39 72 2 2141 128* 30.58 2 13 22 0 O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ Bowling 67.2 4 261 3 87.00 1-46 0 0 134.6 3.87 LIST A LIMITED OVERS M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 65 63 3 1071 107 17.85 1 5 23 0 O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ Bowling 16 0 102 4 25.50 2-20 0 0 24.0 6.37

A tall, talented but frustratingly enigmatic young middle order batsman, (frequently described as "flighty" in Bangladeshi newspapers) who struggled at international level until sound performances against the West Indies and England 'A' late in 1999 helped strengthen his claim to a place in the National side. 

Injuries to Shahriar Hussein and Mehrab Hussein during Bangladesh's unsuccessful tour of South Africa in October 2000 meant that al-Shahriar was pushed up the order to open, a task which he performed with mixed results.  Like a number of his colleagues he urgently needs to tighten up his back foot technique when faced with seam bowling - he looked all at sea when confronted by Gough and Caddick in an ODI in 2000.

Raquib-ul-Hassan, the Bangladeshi cricket administrator and former National captain who was once twelth man in a Test for Pakistan, rates al-Shahriar particularly highly and sees him as the natural candidate for taking up the middle order mantle of Amin-ul-Islam and Akram Khan when they retire.