Azharuddin's world record 300th One-day appearance (29 October 1998)

In the 3rd Quarter-Final match of the Wills International Series against Australia, Mohammed Azharuddin became the first player to appear in 300 Limited Overs International Matches

29-Oct-1998

29 October 1998

Azharuddin's world record 300th One-day appearance

By Atul Kahate

In the 3rd Quarter-Final match of the Wills International Series against Australia, Mohammed Azharuddin became the first player to appear in 300 Limited Overs International Matches. It took him 14 years and 64 days to achieve this landmark since his debut. Here is an analysis of Azhar's feat.

Milestones

Match Runs Vs Ground Date

1 47* Eng Bangalore 20 Jan 1985 50 12 Pak Nagpur 24 Mar 1987 100 26 Aus Christchurch 03 Mar 1990 150 23 Eng Jamshedpur 01 Mar 1993 200 4 NZ Bombay (Wankhede) 29 Nov 1995 250 111 SL Colombo (Khettarama) 17 Aug 1997 300 0 Aus Dhaka 28 Oct 1998

Matches against each Opponent

Pak - 57, SL - 48, Aus - 42, WI - 42,
NZ - 34, SA - 26, Eng - 22, Zim - 19,
Ban - 6, Ken - 3, UAE - 1

Matches in each Season

84/85 - 10, 85/86 - 22, 86/87 - 22, 87/88 - 16, 88/89 - 16, 89/90 - 20, 90/91 - 6, 91/92 - 25, 92/93 - 17, 93/94 - 20, 94/95 - 21, 95/96 - 22, 96/97 - 28, 97/98 - 46, 98/99 - 9

Total at Home: 108, Abroad: 192

Career record

8554 runs in 276 innings @38.02 with 7 hundreds (HS 153*)

Contributed by: Atul Kahate (atul.kahate@db.com)

Source :: CricInfo

Mohammad Azharuddin