Statistical highlights of Pakistan v Bangladesh 3rd Test 2003/04

[Tintin]

by Rajneesh Gupta

*This was the 1658th Test match in cricket history.

*This was the sixth Test match between these two sides. Pakistan have won all six.

*Salman Butt, Farhan Adil and Yasir Ali were making their Test debut. Pakistan have now capped 179 players in Test cricket.

*Pakistan?s first innings total of 175 was the lowest by any side against Bangladesh. The previous lowest was also achieved by Pakistan as they were dismissed for 295 in the first innings of second Test at Peshawar.

*Mohammad Rafique?s first innings figures of five for 36 were the best for Bangladesh against Pakistan. Rafique himself had ended with the figures of five for 118 in the second Test of this series at Peshawar.

*Pakistan?s one wicket win provided the tenth such instance in Test annals. The details :



Winner Loser Venue Series Inns1 Inn2 Inns3 Inns4
Eng Aus The Oval 1902 Aus 324 Eng 183 Aus 121 Eng 263-9
SA Eng Johannesburg 1905-06 Eng 184 SA 91 Eng 190 SA 287-9
Eng Aus Melbourne 1907-08 Aus 266 Eng 382 Aus 397 Eng 282-9
Eng SA Cape Town 1922-23 SA 113 Eng 183 SA 242 Eng 173-9
Aus WI Melbourne 1951-52 WI 272 Aus 216 WI 203 Aus 260-9
NZ WI Dunedin 1979-80 WI 140 NZ 249 WI 212 NZ 104-9
Pak Aus Karachi 1994-95 Aus 337 Pak 256 Aus 232 Pak 315-9
WI Aus Bridgetown 1998-99 Aus 490 WI 329 Aus 146 WI 311-9
WI Pak St. John's 1999-00 Pak 269 WI 273 Pak 219 WI 216-9
Pak BD Multan 2003 BD 281 Pak 175 BD 154 Pak 262-9



*This was the second occasion Pakistan were winning a Test by one wicket. The first was against Australia at Karachi in 1994-95. On that occasion too, Inzamam-ul-Haq was involved in tenth wicket match winning partnership !

*Inzamam-ul-Haq (138*) scored 18th hundred of his career. Only six of them have been scored on home soil.
Inzamam has played a significant part in Pakistan?s Test wins since making his Test debut. He has aggregated 6440 runs in 88 matches at an average of 49.54.But in ?won? matches, his performance is truly remarkable.Inzamam has scored 3561 runs in 38 ?won? matches with 13 hundreds at a whopping average of 74.19 !

*Khaled Mahmud?s match figures of seven for 105 were the best match figures by a Bangladeshi bowler. Mohammad Rafique also returned with figures of seven for 116 in this match. Prior to this,four bowlers had six wicket match hauls apiece for Bangladesh.

*At the end of the series
Pakistan?s overall Test record : played 295, won 90, lost 74, drawn 131.
Bangladesh?s overall Test record : played 24,won 23, drawn one.

(Article: Copyright © 2003 Rajneesh Gupta)

Copyright © 2003 CricketArchive



Did you notice that one about Mahmud ?

[chinaman]

Bangladesh?s overall Test record : played 24, won 23, drawn one.


Wow wow..

[capslock]

We have the best test record in the world!!!!

[Zobair]

all those horrible defeats...all a nightmare...lol!

[Carte Blanche]

In the other order.

[Tehsin]

Challenge any team to beat our record and they will accept defeat without even trying. Muhahahhahaha.

[Tintin]

My intention of posting it was to celebrate the glory of Mahmud