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.

The maiden hundred for all teams

Runs  Batsman          Teams       Venue            Season   Date

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)