Career
Though, in and out of the national squad, Azhar was still a very dominant figure in domestic cricket arena throughout the 80"son The highlight of his international career was his 54 against New Zealand at Sharjah in 1990. That is the first 50 scored by a Bangladeshi in ODI. An opening batsman, He also picked up 4 wickets in ODIs bowling gentle off-breaks.
Azhar represented Bangladesh in the 1990 Interstate Commerce Commission 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.