Azharuddin's world record 300th One-day appearance

By Atul Kahate
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. 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
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