Azhar Hossain
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Azhar Hossain | ||||
Bangladesh | ||||
Personal information | ||||
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Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
Bowling style | Right-arm offbreak | |||
Career statistics | ||||
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/- | ||
As of 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 centruy in ODI (at Dhaka against Zimbabwe)[2]. An opening batsman, He also picked up 4 wickets in ODIs bowling gentle off-breaks.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Cricinfo Scorecard(1990-04-28) (Retrieved on 2007-12-25)
- ^ Cricinfo Scorecard (1999-03-25) (Retrieved on 2007-12-25)
- ^ Cricinfo Player Page : Azhar Hossain (Retrieved on 2007-12-25)