The first test against England is only a couple of weeks away. Rain has forced
the Bangladesh teams preparation indoors with the visitors due on October 8.
Both teams have been busy with international schedules with England drawing
South Africa at home 2-2 and Bangladesh getting better and better with each
test as they came close to beating hosts Pakistan in the
last series.
It is a good time to look back at our test record at home. We have lost all
our home matches starting with the inaugural match against India only 3 years
ago. We are up against a team who have played more cricket in the subcontinent
and enjoyed some success in their recent tours in the area. On the other hand,
Bangladesh has played 9 matches at home, with 5 of them in Dhaka and 4 in Chittagong.
There was only one draw out of those 9 matches but rain was the winner in that
match.
Here are the results of those nine matches:
Test |
Opponent |
Venue |
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1 |
India |
Dhaka |
loss by 9 wickets |
BD 400/10, 153.3ov |
IN 429/10, 141.3ov |
BD 91/10, 46.3 ov |
IN 64/1, 15ov |
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Zimbabwe |
Dhaka |
Draw |
BD 107/10, 48.2ov |
ZB 431/10, 150ov |
BD 125/3, 46.4ov |
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3 |
Zimbabwe |
Chittagong |
loss by 8 wickets |
ZB 542/7d, 160ov |
BD 251/10, 95.3ov |
BD 301/10, 126.4ov |
ZB 11/2, 2.4ov |
4 |
Pakistan |
Dhaka |
loss by Inn & 178 runs |
BD 160/10, 53.2ov |
PK 490/9d, 140.4ov |
BD 152/10, 43.4ov |
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5 |
Pakistan |
Chittagong |
loss by Inn & 169 runs |
BD 148/10, 56.4ov |
PK 465/9d, 134.5ov |
BD 148/10, 38.5ov |
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6 |
West Indies |
Dhaka |
loss by Inn & 310 runs |
BD 139/10, 54.1ov |
WI 536/10, 160ov |
BD 87/10, 31.5ov |
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7 |
West Indies |
Chittagong |
loss by 7 wickets |
BD 194/10, 63.1ov |
WI 296/10, 93.3ov |
BD 212/10, 72ov |
WI 111/3, 21.3 ov |
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South Africa |
Chittagong |
loss by Inn & 60 runs |
BD 173/10, 65.3ov |
SA 470/2d, 130.5ov |
BD 237/10, 82.4ov |
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South Africa |
Dhaka |
loss by Inn & 18 runs |
SA 330/10, 113.2ov |
BD 102/10, 35.5ov |
BD 210/10, 83ov |
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Some of the HIGHs and LOWs and IN BETWEENs:
Results:
- Best Result: Draw against Zimbabwe in a rained match.
- Worst Result (runs): An innings and 310 runs against West Indies.
- Worst Result (wickets): By 9 wickets against India.
- Innings Loss: 5. 2 each against South Africa (inn & 60 runs; inn &
18 runs) and Pakistan (inn & 178 runs; inn & 169 runs) and 1 against
West Indies (inn & 310 runs)
Batting:
- Highest Score (batting first): 400 for 10 in 153.3 overs against India.
- Highest Score (batting second): 400 for 10 in 153.3 overs against India.
- Lowests Score (batting first): 107 for 10 in 48.2 overs against Zimbabwe.
- Lowests Score (batting second): 87 for 10 in 31.5 overs against West Indies.
- Scores past 300: Twice (400 for 10 in 153.3 overs against India & 301
for 10 in 136.4 overs against Zimbabwe)
- Scores under 100: Twice (87 for 10 in 31.5 overs against West Indies &
91 for 10 in 46.3 overs against India)
Bowling:
- Best Bowling: 251 for 10 in 95.3 overs against Zimbabwe.
- Worst Bowling: 536 for 10 in 160 overs against West Indies.
- Score under 300: Once.
- Scores over 500: Once. 536 for 10 in 160 overs by West Indies.
- Most wickets taken in a test: 13. 296 for 10 in 93.3 overs & 111 for
3 in 21.3 overs by West Indies.
Results courtesy of CRICINFO (stats
guru)