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

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]

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

  • * denotes that the batsman was not out.
  • Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
  • Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
  • NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
  • Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at MA Aziz Stadium.
  • The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
  • The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won

One Day International centuries

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

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1124*Ijaz Ahmed Pakistan871 Bangladesh29 October 1988Won
2105Moin-ul-Atiq Pakistan1251 Bangladesh29 October 1988Won

References

  1. "MA Aziz Stadium — Cricinfo profile". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  2. "Records / MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong / Test matches / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  3. "Records / MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong / One-Day Internationals / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  4. "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  5. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
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