Mashrafe awarded MCC Honorary Life Membership

Former Bangladesh national team skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has been awarded honorary life membership of Marylebone Cricket Club.

He is the second Bangladeshi to receive this honour following former Bangladesh Cricket Board President Saber Hossain Chowdhury, who received it in 2003.

“Congratulations Masrafe Bin Mortaza on being awarded Honorary Life Membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC),” BCB congratulated Mashrafe.

“Congratulations Mashrafe on being awarded MCC Honorary Life Membership,” Saber tweeted.

He was one of the 17 players awarded the life membership on Wednesday.

The other 16 players are - Merissa Aguilleira (West Indies), MS Dhoni, Jhulan Goswami, Suresh Raina, Mithali Raj, Yuvraj Singh (India),

Jenny Gunn, Laura Marsh, Eoin Morgan, Kevin Pietersen, Anya Shrubsole (England), Dale Steyn (South Africa), Muhammad Hafeez (Pakistan) Rachael Haynes (Australia) Ross Taylor, and Amy Satterthwaite (New Zealand).

Regarding Mashrafe, MCC wrote, “Mashrafe Mortaza enjoyed a 19-year career with Bangladesh as an impactful bowling all-rounder.”

Mashrafe picked up 270 wickets for Bangladesh in One-Day Internationals and over 400 wickets across formats. He is widely regarded as the most successful Bangladesh ODI captain, with 50 wins in 88 matches.