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
SymbolMeaning
* denotes that the batsman was not out.
Inngs. the number of the innings in the match.
Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
(X/X) Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at the venue
Date refers to the date the match started.
Result refers 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 South Africa3832 Bangladesh24 April 2003Won
2204*Mohammad Yousuf Pakistan243216 January 2002Won
3202Stephen Fleming New Zealand318126 October 2004Won
4177*Boeta Dippenaar South Africa369224 April 2003Won
5160Rahul Dravid India304117 December 2004Won
6158*Mohammad Ashraful Bangladesh1942 India17 December 2004Won
7139Gautam Gambhir India1961 Bangladesh17 December 2004Won
8119Younis Khan Pakistan217216 January 2002Won
9114*Andy Flower Zimbabwe150115 November 2001Won
10114Craig Wishart145115 November 2001Won
11112Trevor Gripper263115 November 2001Won
12108Habibul Bashar Bangladesh2092 Zimbabwe15 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 Pakistan871 Bangladesh29 October 1988Won
2105Moin-ul-Atiq Pakistan1251 Bangladesh29 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
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