| Azhar Hossain | |
| Birth Place: | Dacca, East Pakistan (present-day Dhaka, Bangladesh) |
| Country: | Bangladesh |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm offbreak |
| International: | true |
| Odidebutagainst: | India |
| Odidebutdate: | 27 October |
| Odidebutyear: | 1988 |
| Lastodiagainst: | Sri Lanka |
| Lastodidate: | 31 December |
| Lastodiyear: | 1990 |
| Odicap: | 14 |
| Date: | 13 February |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Source: | http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/56229.html CricInfo |
Azhar Hossain (born 15 March 1964) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in seven One Day Internationals from 1988 to 1990. Though, in and out of the national squad, Azhar was still a very dominant figure in domestic cricket arena throughout the 80's. The highlight of his international career was his 54 against NZ at Sharjah in 1990.[1] That is the first 50 scored by a Bangladeshi in ODI. Later on, in 1999, his nephew Mehrab Hossain became the first Bangladeshi to score a century in ODI (at Dhaka against Zimbabwe).[2] An opening batsman, He also picked up 4 wickets in ODIs bowling gentle off-breaks.[3]
Azhar represented Bangladesh in the 1990 ICC Trophy in Netherlands. He scored 83 runs with the bat in 7 innings, with a highest of 28 against the Netherlands. With the ball, he took 7 wickets for 285 runs,with his best figures,2/24 against Bermuda.[4]