Azhar Hossain

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Azhar Hossain
Personal information
Born15 March 1964 (1964-03-15) (age 59)
Dacca, East Pakistan (present-day Dhaka, Bangladesh)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  14)27 October 1988 v  India
Last ODI31 December 1990 v  Sri Lanka
Source: CricInfo, 13 February 2006

Azhar Hossain (born 15 March 1964) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in seven One Day Internationals 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]

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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. Bangladesh in ICC Trophy 1990, Netherlands BanglaCricket (Retrieved on 2008-07-12)