List of international cricket centuries at the Bangabandhu National Stadium
Bangabandhu National Stadium, (Bengali: বঙ্গবন্ধু জাতীয় স্টেডিয়াম) also known as Dhaka Stadium, and formerly known as Dacca Stadium, is the national stadium and a multipurpose sports arena in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1] It became a Test cricket venue on 1 January 1955 when it hosted a Test match between Pakistan and India. It staged the opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. It has seating capacity of over 55,000 & is the largest stadium of the country. Since 1 March 2005, the stadium has not hosted any cricket match, and is now used exclusively for football. There have been 18 Test centuries scored at the ground,[2] and 20 in One Day Internationals.[3]
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 the Bangabandhu National Stadium.
- The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
- The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won, lost or the match was drawn
Test centuries
The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.[2]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 103 | Hanif Mohammad (1/3) | Pakistan | NR | 2 | New Zealand | 7 November 1955 | Drawn |
2 | 111 | Hanif Mohammad (2/3) | Pakistan | NR | 1 | England | 19 January 1962 | Drawn |
3 | 140 | Javed Burki | Pakistan | NR | 1 | England | 19 January 1962 | Drawn |
4 | 165 | Geoff Pullar | England | NR | 2 | Pakistan | 19 January 1962 | Drawn |
5 | 104 | Hanif Mohammad (3/3) | Pakistan | NR | 3 | England | 19 January 1962 | Drawn |
6 | 114* | Basil D'Oliveira | England | NR | 2 | Pakistan | 28 February 1969 | Drawn |
7 | 110 | Glenn Turner | New Zealand | NR | 1 | Pakistan | 8 November 1969 | Drawn |
8 | 119* | Mark Burgess | New Zealand | NR | 3 | Pakistan | 8 November 1969 | Drawn |
9 | 211 | Ijaz Ahmed | Pakistan | 372 | 2 | Sri Lanka | 12 March 1999 | Won |
10 | 200* | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Pakistan | 397 | 2 | Sri Lanka | 12 March 1999 | Won |
11 | 145 | Aminul Islam | Bangladesh | 380 | 1 | India | 10 November 2000 | Lost |
One Day International centuries
The following table summarises the ODI centuries scored at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.[3]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 100 | Mohammad Azharuddin | India | 111 | 1 | Pakistan | 11 January 1998 | Won |
2 | 140 | Saeed Anwar | Pakistan | 132 | 1 | India | 18 January 1998 | Lost |
3 | 117 | Ijaz Ahmed | Pakistan | 112 | 1 | India | 18 January 1998 | Lost |
4 | 124 | Sourav Ganguly | India | 138 | 2 | Pakistan | 18 January 1998 | Won |
5 | 100 | Alistair Campbell | Zimbabwe | 143 | 1 | New Zealand | 24 October 1998 | Lost |