The opener has gained a reputation for being able to occupy the crease as his Test strike rate of 36 shows.

Still in his early teens, Jawed toured England during the summer of 1989 with the Bangladesh U-19 side.

[1] Later that year, he played in the Asian U-19 cup in Afghanistan and scored 55 in the match against Pakistan.

This delay was partly because during the period 90–94 Bangladesh was mainly involved with One-Day Cricket while Jawed's batting technique is always more suitable for the longer version.

However, he spent most of the tournament as a reserve player, as the coach Gordon Greenidge decided to push hard hitting middle-order bat Naimur Rahman to the opening position.