Azhar Hossain is a former Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

i cricket

Cricket

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er 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

Sharjah (city)

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 in 1990. That is the first 50 scored by a Bangladeshi in ODI. Later on, in 1999, his nephew Mehrab Hossain

Mehrab Hossain

Mehrab Hossain is a Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 9 Tests and 18 ODIs from 1998 to 2003.Mehrab is associated with an extremely unfortunate incident. On 20 February 1998, Raman Lamba, formerly a Delhi swashbuckling opening batsman, fielding close to the bat, copped one on the skull off the...

 became the first Bangladeshi to score a century in ODI (at Dhaka

Dhaka

Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...

 against Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

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). An opening batsman, He also picked up 4 wickets in ODIs bowling gentle off-breaks.

In ICC trophy

Azhar represented Bangladesh in the 1990 ICC Trophy

ICC Trophy

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 in Netherlands.He scored 83 runs with the bat in 7 innings, with a highest of 28 against Holland. With the ball, he took 7 wickets for 285 runs,
with his best figures,2/24 against Bermuda

Bermuda

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External links

• http://www.articlesbase.com/cricket-articles/the-middle-ages-2022784.html The Middle Ages by Rafiqul Ameer
• http://www.articlesbase.com/cricket-articles/the-spinners-2090427.html by Rafiqul Ameer
• http://www.articlesbase.com/cricket-articles/the-original-tigers-2244729.html The Original Tigers by Rafiqul Ameer