Sharfuddoula


Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid, also known as Sharfuddoula Saikat, is an international cricket umpire and a former first-class player from Bangladesh.

Playing career

In 1994 Sharfuddoula played three matches for Bangladesh at the 1994 ICC Trophy in Kenya.
Sharfuddoula played 10 first-class cricket matches for Dhaka Metropolis in 2000 and 2001.

Umpiring career

He made his first-class debut as an umpire in February 2007 in a match between Barisal Division and Sylhet Division.
In January 2010 he umpired his first One Day International match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka becoming the tenth Bangladeshi to umpire at this level.
On 17 March 2018 at the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, along with Langton Rusere, he was one of the on-field umpires during the ninth place playoff match between Papua New Guinea and Hong Kong. The fixture at Old Hararians in Harare became the 4,000th ODI match to be played.
In October 2018, he was named as one of the twelve on-field umpires for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20. In October 2019, he was appointed as one of the twelve umpires to officiate matches in the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates. In January 2020, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup tournament in South Africa.