Who scored first century in ODI @ whene against whom?

Question

Player name Against which team?

Answer 1

The first century in ODI's is scored by DL Amiss. He scored 103 Runs (161 Minutes) in 134 Balls with 9 fours and 0 Sixes. He got out by Watson (Bowled).

He achieved this feat in the second ODI in the history of cricket.

Here are the details of that match :

ODI # 2
Prudential Trophy, 1972, 1st One-day International
England v Australia
Old Trafford, Manchester
24 August 1972 (55-overs match)

Result: England won by 6 wickets
England leads the 3-ODI series 1-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: CS Elliott and AEG Rhodes
ODI Debuts: DL Amiss, GG Arnold, DB Close, AW Greig, RA Woolmer (Eng); R Edwards, DK Lillee, RAL Massie, AP Sheahan, GD Watson (Aus).
Man of the Match: DL Amiss
Man of the series: DL Amiss and KR Stackpole

Australia innings (55 overs maximum) R M B 4 6
KR Stackpole c D'Oliveira b Greig 37 66 62 6 0
GD Watson b Arnold 0 5 1 0 0
*IM Chappell b Woolmer 53 104 75 5 0
GS Chappell b Woolmer 40 77 66 3 0
R Edwards run out 57 99 84 6 0
AP Sheahan b Arnold 6 9 9 0 0
KD Walters lbw b Woolmer 2 5 7 0 0
+RW Marsh c Close b Snow 11 26 17 1 0
AA Mallett not out 6 17 15 0 0
Extras (b 2, lb 3, nb 5) 10
Total (8 wickets, 55 overs) 222

DNB: DK Lillee, RAL Massie.

FoW: 1-4 (Watson), 2-66 (Stackpole), 3-125 (IM Chappell),
4-156 (GS Chappell), 5-167 (Sheahan), 6-170 (Walters),
7-205 (Marsh), 8-222 (Edwards).

Bowling O M R W
Snow 11 1 33 1
Arnold 11 0 38 2
Greig 11 0 50 1
Woolmer 10 1 33 3
D'Oliveira 9 1 37 0
Close 3 0 21 0

England innings (target: 223 runs from 55 overs) R M B 4 6
G Boycott c Marsh b Watson 25 35 38 3 0
DL Amiss b Watson 103 161 134 9 0
KWR Fletcher b Massie 60 86 76 8 0
*DB Close run out 1 2 1 0 0
JH Hampshire not out 25 40 41 5 0
BL D'Oliveira not out 5 7 5 1 0
Extras (b 1, lb 6) 7
Total (4 wickets, 49.1 overs) 226

DNB: AW Greig, +APE Knott, RA Woolmer, JA Snow, GG Arnold.

FoW: 1-48 (Boycott), 2-173 (Fletcher), 3-174 (Close),
4-215 (Amiss).

Bowling O M R W
Lillee 11 2 49 0
Massie 11 1 49 1
Watson 8 1 28 2
Mallett 11 1 43 0
GS Chappell 3 0 20 0
Walters 3 1 16 0
Stackpole 2.1 0 14 0

FACTS :
Amiss (134 balls, 161 minutes, 9 fours) completed the first century at this level off 130 balls in the 46th over. He shared the first hundred partnership with Fletcher, the pair addind 125 in 86 minutes (26.4 overs)

For this Score card in detail please visit, http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1972/AUS_IN_ENG/AUS_ENG_PRT_ODI1_24AUG1972.html

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Answer 2

DL Amiss 103 of 134 balls.

He was playing for England against Australia.
Date: 24 August, 1972.

More Details.
First century was scored in only 2nd ODI of the ODI history. The match was a 55 over a side affair. England won the match by 6 wickets and DL Amiss was man of the match.

Score Card:
http://ind.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1972/AUS_IN_ENG/AUS_ENG_PRT_ODI1_24AUG1972.html

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Answer 3

Dude...... Sachin Tendulkar notwithstanding a draw close blaster, took virtually 4 and a 1/2 years to score his first ODI century. He scored his first century hostile to Australia.He scored one hundred ten in his 79th adventure at Colombo on 09/09/ninety 4 be conscious:- i'm not bluffing or joking, it is genuine, coz i'm also prepared on Sachin Tendulkar.

Answer 4

DL Amiss 103

Answer 5

THE FIRST CENTURY OF ODI'S WAS SCORED IN 1ST GAME ONLY.
LATER AN EARLIER MATCH WAS ADDED SO IT BECAME 2ND ODI IN CRICKET HISTORY............

THE CENTURY MAKER WAS ""dennis amis"", ENGLISH OPENER IN A MATCH AGAINST AUSTARALIA on august 24th 1972...
he scored 103 in 134 balls and was named man of the match

Answer 6

First hundred - by English opener Dennis Amiss.