BSS, Dhaka :
Farhad Hossain, a domestic stalwart has retired from the first class cricket, he announced on Tuesday.
The 37-year-old was one of the most prolific batters in the domestic circuit but was never called up in the national team.
He played 161 first class matches for Rajshahi and scored 9065 runs, averaging 35.97. He hit 18 centuries and 46 half-centuries.
Farhad who made his debut in 2005, played his last first class match against Rangpur Division in the ongoing National Cricket League in Rajshahi.
His team however tasted 101-run defeat in what was his last first class match. He scored 26 and 9 in two innings of the match.
He scored 3304 runs in 135 List A matches, averaging 28.23. He hit 20 fifties but could never hit a century. In 35 T20 matches, he scored 376.