MA Aziz Stadium

MA Aziz Stadium in numbers

MA Aziz Stadium, in Chattogram, Bangladesh, has staged 8 Tests and 10 one-day internationals in CricArcade's archives. The first was an ODI between Bangladesh and India in 1988, and the most recent international here was in 2005. The scorecards know it by 2 names: Chittagong Stadium (1988 to 2002) and MA Aziz Stadium (2002 to 2005).

None of the 8 Tests played at MA Aziz Stadium has been drawn, 5 won by the side batting first and 3 by the side batting second. Bangladesh have played 8 of those Tests and won 1, lost 7, a win rate of 13%. Habibul Bashar has made more Test runs here than anyone, 602 in 14 innings with 1 hundred, and Mashrafe Mortaza has taken the most wickets, 17 in 5 Tests. The highest total is New Zealand's 545 for 6 in 2004; the lowest completed innings Bangladesh's 124 in 2004; the highest individual score Jacques Rudolph's 222 not out against Bangladesh in 2003; the best bowling Enamul Haque jnr's 6 for 45 in 2005. The heaviest defeat was Bangladesh's, by an innings and 169 runs against Pakistan in 2002.

Of the 10 ODIs played at MA Aziz Stadium, sides batting first have won 6 and chasing sides 3; 1 produced no result. Bangladesh have played 10 of those ODIs and won 1, lost 8 and tied or had no result in 1, a win rate of 10%. The most frequent visitors have been Zimbabwe (3). Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 8 ODIs. Habibul Bashar has made more ODI runs here than anyone, 213 in 7 innings, and Nazmul Hossain has taken the most wickets, 8 in 3 ODIs. The highest total is Pakistan's 284 for 3 in 1988; the lowest completed innings Bangladesh's 86 in 2004; the highest individual score Ijaz Ahmed's 124 not out against Bangladesh in 1988; the best bowling Andrew Flintoff's 4 for 14 in 2003. The widest margin by runs was Pakistan's 173-run win over Bangladesh in 1988.

Tests at MA Aziz Stadium

8 Tests, 2001 to 2005. The first was Zimbabwe v Bangladesh on 15 November 2001: Zimbabwe won by 8 wickets.

First-innings totals by decade

ODIs at MA Aziz Stadium

10 ODIs, 1988 to 2005. The first was Bangladesh v India on 27 October 1988: India won by 9 wickets (with 114 balls remaining).

First-innings totals by decade

Most recent matches

• Bangladesh v Zimbabwe (ODI, 26 January 2005): Bangladesh won by 40 runs
• Zimbabwe v Bangladesh (ODI, 24 January 2005): Zimbabwe won by 31 runs
• Bangladesh v Zimbabwe (Test, 6 January 2005): Bangladesh won by 226 runs
• India v Bangladesh (ODI, 23 December 2004): India won by 11 runs
• India v Bangladesh (Test, 17 December 2004): India won by an innings and 83 runs
• New Zealand v Bangladesh (ODI, 2 November 2004): New Zealand won by 138 runs
• New Zealand v Bangladesh (Test, 26 October 2004): New Zealand won by an innings and 101 runs
• Bangladesh v England (ODI, 7 November 2003): England won by 7 wickets (with 147 balls remaining)
• England v Bangladesh (Test, 29 October 2003): England won by 329 runs
• Bangladesh v South Africa (Test, 24 April 2003): South Africa won by an innings and 60 runs

Names in the scorecards

Grounds are renamed and sponsors change; the archive keeps the name each scorecard used. This page brings them together as one ground.