Cricket stadium
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
(
Bengali
:
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), abbreviated as
ZAC Stadium
or
ZACS
and previously known as
Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium
, is a cricket stadium located in the
port city
of
Chattogram
, in south-eastern
Bangladesh
.
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It became a
Test cricket
venue on 27 February 2006 when it hosted a Test match between
Sri Lanka
and
Bangladesh
. It hosted two group matches of the
2011 ICC Cricket World Cup
.
[3]
It has a
seating capacity
of around 20,000. The stadium was initially named after
Zahur Ahmad Chowdhury
on 17 June 2001 by the
Bangladesh Awami League
government. It was renamed after
Ruhul Amin
by the
Bangladesh Nationalist Party
government in October 2001. It was returned to its original name in 2009 of Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium after Bangladesh Awami League returned to power.
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[5]
Currently, it is the main cricket venue of the port city. Previously, the
M. A. Aziz Stadium
was the main cricket venue of Chittagong; however, it focuses on football now. It is also home to the
Chattogram Challengers
, the local franchise in the
Bangladesh Premier League
.
History
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Situated about half-an-hour's drive outside the city centre, the Chittagong Divisional Stadium was one of the five purpose-built cricket grounds established in the run-up to the
2004 Under-19 World Cup
.
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It was finally granted full international status in January 2006, ahead of Sri Lanka's tour to the country. The stadium itself is a concrete bowl set in acres of prime agricultural land, with a three-tier pavilion providing the focal point. The stadium provides views of lush trees, the port, and ships on the coast. It had
floodlights
installed prior to the
world cup
, only the fourth cricket ground in Bangladesh, giving the ability to host
day/night cricket
matches.
[7]
The venue has also hosted group stage matches of
2004
and
2016
Under-19 Cricket World Cup
matches.
In February 2021, in the
first test between Bangladesh and West Indies
, West Indies won the match by 3 wickets chasing 395 runs, courtesy of debutant
Kyle Mayers
's 210
*
, which was
fifth-highest successful run chase
in test cricket and highest successful run chase on Asian soil, while Mayers became the first batsman to score a double century in the fourth innings of a test on debut and overall sixth batsman to score a double hundred in the fourth innings.
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Stats and records
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Stats
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Ground Figures
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Format
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Inaugural Match
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Latest Match
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Refs
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Test
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21
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2
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13
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?
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6
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25 May 2007
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26 November 2021
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[10]
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ODIs
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23
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15
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8
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0
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0
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8 December 2006
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28 February 2021
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[11]
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T20Is
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20
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3
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3
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17
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0
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12 February 2014
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21 September 2019
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Last updated:30 November 2021
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Records
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- In 2013
Mominul Haque
made his highest individual score against
New Zealand
in this venue, he scored 181, which is 5th highest by any Bangladeshi batsmen in
Test cricket
.
- In the same Test
Sohag Gazi
became the world's only cricketer to take a
hat-trick
and hit a century in same Test match. He scored 101
*
and a six wicket-haul with a hat-trick.
- In the
ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
Bangladesh
first time defeated
England
in World Cup history.
- Winning the 3rd ODI on 15 July 2015,
Bangladesh
first time won a series against
South Africa
. In this match South Africa scored their lowest total (168/9) in ODI without being all out. This is also 2nd lowest total for South Africa against Bangladesh. This series win was 4th successive series win for Bangladesh since November 2014.
- On 4 January 2018, in the first test between
Bangladesh
and
Sri Lanka
Mominul Haque
scored centuries in both innings, becoming the first Bangladeshi batsman to do so and overall 67th batsman in Test cricket. He scored 176 and 105 runs in two innings and with that he holds the record of most runs in a test (281 runs) by a Bangladeshi batsman surpassing previous record of
Tamim Iqbal
who scored a total of 231 runs against
Pakistan
in Khulna in 2015.
- On 31 January
Mominul Haque
became 66th batsman to score
centuries in both innings of a test
. He achieved this feat
against Sri Lanka
scoring 176 & 105 in two innings.
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- On 22 November 2018, scoring a century (120)
against West Indies
,
Mominul Haque
came to the no. 5 position in the list of scoring most centuries (6) in Tests at any single ground.
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[15]
- Against West Indies in 2018
by picking up the wicket of
Kieran Powell
,
Shakib Al Hasan
became first Bangladeshi player to pick up 200 Test wickets and in this process he also became the fastest cricketer, in terms of matches, to score 3,000 runs and take 200 wickets in Tests (54 matches).
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2011 ICC Cricket World Cup
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It was the second venue in
Bangladesh
of the
2011 ICC Cricket World Cup
, the other being
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium
in
Dhaka
.
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It hosted two matches, the historic match between Bangladesh and
England
, where the home team nail-bitingly beat England,
[18]
and the other being between the
home side
and
Netherlands
.
[19]
- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.
See also
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