List of international cricket centuries at M. A. Aziz Stadium

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M. A. Aziz Stadium is a sports ground in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It has a capacity of 30,000. The ground have been hosted Test cricket since its first match in 2001 when Bangladesh played Zimbabwe. [1] 8 Test matches have been played at the ground [2] along with 10 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of which was in 2006 when Bangladesh played India. [3]

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South African batsman Jacques Rudolph became the first man to score a Test century at MA Aziz Stadium when he made unbeaten 222 against Bangladesh in 2003. This still stands as the highest Test individual score at the ground. Three double centuries have been scored at the venue. Overall, there are 12 Test centuries have been scored at the ground. [4]

Only two ODI centuries have been scored at MA Aziz Stadium, and the first by Pakistani Ijaz Ahmed who scored unbeaten 124 from 87 deliveries against Bangladesh in 1988. [5]

Key

SymbolMeaning
*denotes that the batsman was not out.
Inngs.the number of the innings in the match.
Ballsdenotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
(X/X)Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at the venue
Daterefers to the date the match started.
Resultrefers to whether the player's team won, lost or if match was drawn

Test Centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at MA Aziz Stadium. [6]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.OpponentDateResult
1222* Jacques Rudolph Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3832Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 24 April 2003Won
2204* Mohammad Yousuf Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 243216 January 2002Won
3202 Stephen Fleming Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 318126 October 2004Won
4177* Boeta Dippenaar Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 369224 April 2003Won
5160 Rahul Dravid Flag of India.svg  India 304117 December 2004Won
6158* Mohammad Ashraful Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 1942Flag of India.svg  India 17 December 2004Won
7139 Gautam Gambhir Flag of India.svg  India 1961Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 17 December 2004Won
8119 Younis Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 217216 January 2002Won
9114* Andy Flower Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 150115 November 2001Won
10114 Craig Wishart 145115 November 2001Won
11112 Trevor Gripper 263115 November 2001Won
12108 Habibul Bashar Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 2092Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 15 November 2001Lost

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at MA Aziz Stadium. [7]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.OpponentDateResult
1124* Ijaz Ahmed Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 871Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 29 October 1988Won
2105 Moin-ul-Atiq Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1251Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 29 October 1988Won

References

  1. "MA Aziz Stadium – Cricinfo profile". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  2. "Records / MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong / Test matches / Match results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  3. "Records / MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong / One-Day Internationals / Match results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  4. "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  5. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  6. Records/ Centuries/ Test/ MA Aziz Stadium, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 20 October 2018
  7. Records/ High Scores/ ODI/ MA Aziz Stadium, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 20 October 2018