Tareq Aziz started his career at the age of 18 and was a hit in his first month for Chittagong Districts. In the first game he dug up the stumps of Andy Flower, who was then rated the world's leading Test batsman and followed up with consecutive five-wicket pulls in his next game. He made his one-day debut two months later, collecting 3 for 19 against Pakistan. He returned as a cannier bowler, and took three wickets - two in the final over - to help Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe in March 2004, their first one-day international win for five years.