There is a special similarity in the careers of batsmen who scored centuries in their debut and last ODI

In the history of ODI cricket which is more than five decades old, only two batsmen – England's Dennis Amiss and West Indies' Desmond Haynes have been able to score a century in their first and last ODI. The special thing is that both these batsmen have been equally successful in both Test and ODI formats. Both started their ODI career by scoring a century against Australia and both played as openers. Amiss also holds the record of scoring the first century in ODI International and World Cup.

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Both batsmen have an average of 40+ in Test-ODI format
In his international career that lasted from 1966 to 1977, Amiss played 50 Tests and 18 ODIs and scored at an average of more than 40 in both formats. In Test cricket, he scored 3612 runs (11 centuries, highest 262*) at an average of 46.30, while in 18 ODIs he scored 859 runs (4 centuries) at an average of 47.72. On the other hand, Hans played 116 Tests and 238 ODIs for the West Indies team between 1978 and 1994. He has 7487 runs (average 42.29) to his name in Tests, which includes 18 centuries. In ODIs, this Caribbean batsman scored 8648 runs at an average of 41.37, which includes 17 centuries.

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Amis played his first and last ODI against Australia
Talking about the technically proficient batsman Amis, he started his ODI career by scoring a century against Australia on 24 August 1972. In this match of 55-55 overs, he scored 103 runs with the help of 9 fours in 134 balls. In the early days of ODI cricket, he scored runs in this innings at a strong strike rate of 76.86 and played an important role in England's victory by 6 wickets. In July 1973, Amis scored 100 against New Zealand at Swansea and then scored 137 against India on 7 June 1975, which was his first century of the World Cup and also his highest score in this format.

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He made the highest score in ODI against India
In this match played at Lord's, England opener Amis scored 137 runs with the help of 18 fours in 147 balls, while India opener Sunil Gavaskar scored only 36 runs by playing more balls (174 balls) than Amis. Amis, who made his ODI debut against Australia, played his last ODI against the same team and scored 108 runs with the help of 7 fours in 146 balls. However, despite this century, England's team had to face defeat by 2 wickets against its arch rival in this match.

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Hans was named Player of the Match in the first and last ODIs

Desmond Haynes started playing cricket at a time when the West Indies team was called the powerhouse of world cricket. However, the status of Caribbean cricket declined in the last phase of his career. On 22 February 1978, Haynes made his ODI debut against Australia in St. John's and impressed everyone by scoring 148 runs in 136 balls with the help of 16 fours and two sixes in the very first match. The West Indies team won this match and Haynes was the Player of the Match. On 5 March 1994, he played his last ODI in Port of Spain. In this match against England, he scored 115 runs in 114 balls with the help of 14 fours and again became the Player of the Match by making a significant contribution to the team's victory.

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Hans once held the record for most runs and most centuries in ODIs, later broken by India's Mohammad Azharuddin for runs and Sachin Tendulkar for centuries. In the 1983-84 ODI series against Australia, Hans remained unbeaten three times and scored 340 runs with the help of three centuries. His average in this series was 340.00 and his highest score was 133*. After scoring unbeaten 133 in the first match of the series, he scored 1, unbeaten 102 and unbeaten 104 in the next three matches. West Indies won the series 3-1.

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