A partnership that provides hope
Statistical highlights for the third day’s play of the second Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Colombo
Mathew Varghese05-Jul-2007
is the best for any wicket for Bangladesh in Tests, bettering the 187-run stand between Habibul
Bashar and Shahriar Nafees against Australia at Fatullah in 2006.
soil, behind the unbeaten stand
of 246 between Jeff Crowe and Sir Richard Hadlee in Colombo in 1987
and the 218-run partnership
between Justin Langer and Simon Katich in Colombo in 2004.
centuries in Test cricket. Habibul Bashar is second on the list, having
scored three hundreds for Bangladesh. Ashraful and Bashar are the only
players to have made a hundred while captaining Bangladesh in Test
cricket. This is also Ashraful’s second hundred in Sri Lanka.
bowler now has eight ducks in 44 innings. After 45 innings, Courtney
Walsh had eight ducks as well in Test cricket. Walsh tops the chart for
most ducks.
innings, his worst performance against them in a Test innings. He has
picked up eight five-wicket hauls in eight Tests against Bangladesh. His previous worst of 2 for 62 came at Bogra in 2006.Some of the information was provided by HR Gopalakrishna.