New Zealand cricket team recorded a comfortable win against Scotland in the only ODI match between the countries. New Zealand’s Mark Chapman was named Man of the Match for his performance as he scored a match winning century.
With that Century from Chapman, he became just the 3rd player in the world to score Century while playing for two different countries.
Mark Chapman, born in Hong Kong, represented the country in International cricket, but later switched to New Zealand and is now playing for them. Today in this article, let us take a look at all 3 of the players who have scored century while playing for two different countries.
Ed Joyce
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Ed Joyce is the first name in our list to score century while playing for two different countries. Joyce started off his career playing for the England team. On 2007, while representing the England team, he scored his first International ton against Australia in a One Day match against England’s arch-rival. After switching to play for Ireland, Joyce scored his first century for the country in a ODI match against Pakistan.
Eoin Morgan
England’s World Cup winning captain Eoin Morgan is another player to have played for 2 different countries and even scored a century while playing for both the countries. He started off his career with Ireland and scored his first century against Canada where he scored 115 runs from 106 balls. He later switched to play for the England team and scored his first century against Bangladesh, scoring 110 runs not out from 104 balls. He also led the England team to their first ever World Cup win in 2019.
Mark Chapman
Hong Kong born Mark Chapman is the 3rd only player to score century while playing for two different countries. Chapman started off his career while playing for the Hong Kong team. He scored his first century for the country against UAE when he scored a brilliant 124 runs and remained not out. He made his New Zealand debut in 2018 and scored his first Century for the country against Scotland.
