The first hundred for Bangladesh (26 March 1999)

26 March 1999

The first hundred for Bangladesh

Atul Kahate

Mehrab Hossain has become the first batsman for Bangladesh to score a hundred in Limited Overs International (LOI) cricket with his 101 against Zimbabwe on 25 March. Bangladesh had played their first LOI match on 31 March 1986. Thus, it took almost 13 years for anybody from that country to reach this mark. They have played only 30 matches during this period.

The following table lists the first hundred for each team in LOI matches.

103 DL Amiss Eng v Aus Manchester 1972 24 Aug 1972 105 RC Fredericks WI v Eng The Oval 1973 07 Sep 1973 104 KJ Wadsworth NZ v Aus Christchurch 1973-74 31 Mar 1974 109 Majid Khan Pak v Eng Nottingham 1974 31 Aug 1974 101 A Turner Aus v SL The Oval 1975 11 Jun 1975 102 RL Dias SL v Ind Delhi (1) 1982-83 15 Sep 1982 175* Kapil Dev Ind v Zim Turnbridge Wells 1983 18 Jun 1983 142 DL Houghton Zim v NZ Hyderabad (Ind) 1987-88 10 Oct 1987 108 AC Hudson SA v Ind Bloemfontein 1992-93 15 Dec 1992 122 D Chudasama Ken v Ban Nairobi (1) 1997-98 10 Oct 1997 101 Mehrab Hossain Ban v Zim Dhaka 1998-99 25 Mar 1999

Note: For Kenya, another hundred was scored in the same match, as follows:

144 K Otieno Ken v Ban Nairobi (1) 1997-98 10 Oct 1997

Contributed by: Atul Kahate (AKahate@yahoo.com)

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