The Barisal Division cricket team or Barisal Blazers is a Bangladeshi first-class team representing the Barisal Division, one of the eight administrative regions in Bangladesh. The team competes in the National Cricket League and was formerly a participant in the now-defunct National Cricket League One-Day. While the team originally adopted the name Barisal Blazers for the inaugural NCL T20 season in 2010, it returned to the format under the divisional name for the 2024–25 NCL T20 revival. Barisal played in their official green and black colors. The equivalent team in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is the Fortune Barishal.
Barisal's home ground is the Barisal Divisional Stadium which has a 30,000 capacity. They have only won one competition in their history, the 2008–09 National Cricket League One-Day.
Honours National Cricket League (0) – One-Day Cricket League (1) – 2008–09
Summary by season Season NCL One-Day NCL T20 1999-2000 6th 2000-01 6th 2001-02 6th 6th 2002-03 5th 6th 2003-04 6th 6th 2004-05 5th 6th 2004-05 3rd 5th 2006-07 4th 4th 2007-08 5th 5th 2008-09 2nd 1st 2009-10 5th not held 6th 2010-11 4th 2nd 2011-12 7th 2012-13 8th 2013-14 8th 2014-15 7th 2015-16 1st in Tier 2 2016-17 3rd in Tier 1 2017-18 3rd in Tier 1 2018-19 4th in Tier 1 2019-20 3rd in Tier 2 2020-21 abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021-22 2nd in Tier 2 2022-23 4th in Tier 2 2023-24 4th in Tier 2 2024-25 8th 8th
At the end of the 2024–25 season, Barisal Division had played 178 first-class matches, with 27 wins, 79 losses and 72 draws.
Notable players The following is a list of players who have played for both Barisal and Bangladesh.
Anisur Rahman Habibul Bashar Hannan Sarkar Harunur Rashid Javed Omar Mafizur Rahman Mazharul Haque Mohammad Sharif Moniruzzaman Mosharraf Hossain Nadif Chowdhury Nasir Hossain Nazimuddin Ranjan Das Raqibul Hasan Robiul Islam Sajidul Islam Sanwar Hossain Shahriar Nafees Sohag Gazi Syed Rasel Talha Jubair Ziaur Rahman
Barisal players who have played for countries other than Bangladesh: Jeevantha Kulatunga
See also National Cricket League of Bangladesh
References
Other source Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)
External links Barisal Division at CricketArchive CricInfo team profile