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Revision as of 08:45, 8 January 2014

Azhar Hossain
Cricket information
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs
Matches - 7
Runs scored - 96
Batting average - 13.71
100s/50s - -/1
Top score - 54
Balls bowled - 263
Wickets - 4
Bowling average - 52.25
5 wickets in innings - -
10 wickets in match - n/a
Best bowling - 1/20
Catches/stumpings -/- 2/-
Source: [2], 13 February 2006

Azhar Hossain (born March 15, 1964, Dhaka) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 7 ODIs from 1988 to 1990. Though, in and out of the national squad, Azhar was still a very dominant figure in domestic cricket arena throughout the 80's. The highlight of his international career was his 54 against NZ at Sharjah in 1990.[1] That is the first 50 scored by a Bangladeshi in ODI. Later on, in 1999, his nephew Mehrab Hossain became the first Bangladeshi to score a century in ODI (at Dhaka against Zimbabwe).[2] An opening batsman, He also picked up 4 wickets in ODIs bowling gentle off-breaks.[3]

In ICC trophy

Azhar represented Bangladesh in the 1990 ICC Trophy in Netherlands.He scored 83 runs with the bat in 7 innings, with a highest of 28 against the Netherlands. With the ball, he took 7 wickets for 285 runs, with his best figures,2/24 against Bermuda.[4]

References

  1. ^ Cricinfo Scorecard(1990-04-28) (Retrieved on 2007-12-25)
  2. ^ Cricinfo Scorecard (1999-03-25) (Retrieved on 2007-12-25)
  3. ^ Cricinfo Player Page : Azhar Hossain (Retrieved on 2007-12-25)
  4. ^ [1] Banglacricket: Bangladesh in ICC Trophy (1900) (retrieved on 2008-07-12)

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