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1st Test, Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh, Statistical Highlights
Rajneesh Gupta - 25 April 2001
- It was the 1543rd Test match in cricket history.
- It was Zimbabwe's 49th and Bangladesh's second Test match.
- It was the first ever Test between these two sides. Zimbabwe
became second country after India to play against all other Test
playing countries.
- Seven players were making their Test debut in this match- Andy
Blignaut, Dion Ebrahim and Brighton Watambwa for Zimbabwe and Javed
Omar, Manjural Islam, Mohammed Sharif and Mushfiqur Rahman for
Bangladesh.
- At 15 years 128 days Mohammed Sharif became the third youngest
player to play in Test cricket after Pakistan's Hasan Raza (14 years
227 days) and Mushtaq Mohammad (15 years 124 days). The accompanying
table lists the youngest Test debutants. Incidentally Bikash Das at 18
years 119 days (v India at Dhaka in Bangladesh's inaugural Test) was
the previous record holder for being the youngest debutant for
Bangladesh.
Age |
Player |
For |
Vs |
Test |
Venue |
Season |
(Yrs-days) |
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14-227 |
Hasan Raza |
Pak |
Zim |
2nd |
Faisalabad |
1996-97 |
15-124 |
Mushtaq Mohammad |
Pak |
WI |
3rd |
Lahore LG |
1958-59 |
15-128 |
Mohammed Sharif |
Ban |
Zim |
1st |
Bulawayo QC |
2000-01 |
16-189 |
Aaqib Javed |
Pak |
NZ |
2nd |
Wellington |
1988-89 |
16-205 |
SR Tendulkar |
Ind |
Pak |
1st |
Karachi NS |
1989-90 |
16-221 |
Aftab Baloch |
Pak |
NZ |
3rd |
Dhaka (Dacca) |
1969-70 |
16-248 |
Nasim-ul-Ghani |
Pak |
WI |
1st |
Bridgetown |
1957-58 |
16-352 |
Khalid Hassan |
Pak |
Eng |
2nd |
Nottingham |
1954 |
17- 5 |
Zahid Fazal |
Pak |
WI |
1st |
Karachi NS |
1990-91 |
17-68 |
Ata-ur-Rehman |
Pak |
Eng |
1st |
Birmingham |
1992 |
17-78 |
Imran Nazir |
Pak |
SL |
1st |
Lahore GS |
1998-99 |
17-118 |
L Sivaramakrishnan |
Ind |
WI |
5th |
St. John's |
1982-83 |
17-122 |
JED Sealy |
WI |
Eng |
1st |
Bridgetown |
1929-30 |
17-129 |
Fazl-e-Akbar |
Pak |
SA |
2nd |
Durban |
1997-98 |
17-189 |
CDUS Weerasinghe |
SL |
Ind |
2nd |
Colombo PSS |
1985-86 |
17-193 |
Maninder Singh |
Ind |
Pak |
2nd |
Karachi NS |
1982-83 |
17-239 |
ID Craig |
Aus |
SA |
5th |
Melbourne |
1952-53 |
17-245 |
GStA Sobers |
WI |
Eng |
5th |
Kingston |
1953-54 |
17-265 |
VL Mehra |
Ind |
NZ |
2nd |
Bombay BS |
1955-56 |
17-265 |
Harbhajan Singh |
Ind |
Aus |
3rd |
Bangalore |
1997-98 |
17-300 |
Hanif Mohammad |
Pak |
Ind |
1st |
Delhi |
1952-53 |
17-341 |
Intikhab Alam |
Pak |
Aus |
3rd |
Karachi NS |
1959-60 |
17-364 |
Waqar Younis |
Pak |
Ind |
1st |
Karachi NS |
1989-90 |
- Rudi Koertzen was officiating in his 25th Test. He became first
umpire from South Africa and 30th in the world to stand in 25 or more
matches. The other umpire Kevin Barbour was officiating in his second
match.
- Andy Flower (73) has now made atleast a fifty in last consecutive
seven innings. With this he equalled West Indian Everton Weekes' world
record of most consecutive fifties which was set in 1947-48. Flower's
scores in his last seven innings have been : 65 (v NZ at Harare), 183*
and 70 (v India at Delhi), 55 and 232* (v India at Nagpur), 79 (v New
Zealand at Wellington)……and now 73. The following table gives details
of players with most consecutive half-centuries :
Inns |
Batsman |
For |
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Scores |
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Series |
Runs |
Ave |
7 |
EdeC Weekes |
WI |
141 |
128 |
194 |
162 |
101 |
90 |
56 |
1947-48 to 1948-49 |
872 |
124.57 |
7 |
A Flower |
Zim |
65 |
183* |
70 |
55 |
232* |
79 |
73 |
2000-01 |
757 |
151.40 |
6 |
J Ryder |
Aus |
78* |
58 |
56 |
142 |
201* |
88 |
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1921-22 to 1924-25 |
623 |
155.75 |
6 |
EH Hendren |
Eng |
85 |
172 |
70 |
99 |
93 |
52 |
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1929-30 |
577 |
115.40 |
6 |
GA Headley |
WI |
80 |
65* |
76 |
51* |
50 |
56 |
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1934-35 to 1938-39 |
680 |
136.00 |
6 |
A Melville |
SA |
91 |
126 |
52 |
215 |
186 |
168 |
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1938-39 to 1947 |
658 |
131.60 |
6 |
GStA Sobers |
WI |
108 |
52 |
101 |
77 |
59 |
101* |
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1957-58 |
783 |
195.75 |
6 |
ER Dexter |
Eng |
63 |
132* |
101 |
94 |
126 |
76 |
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1962 to 1962-63 |
571 |
95.17 |
6 |
KF Barrington |
Eng |
76 |
118 |
110 |
50 |
242 |
103 |
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1962-63 |
592 |
118.40 |
6 |
KD Walters |
Aus |
77 |
205* |
56 |
123 |
61 |
55 |
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1968-69 |
699 |
116.50 |
6 |
GS Chappell |
Aus |
93 |
53 |
270* |
106 |
107 |
51 |
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1975-76 to 1976-77 |
432 |
86.40 |
6 |
GR Viswanath |
Ind |
68 |
54* |
52 |
70 |
121 |
67 |
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1977-78 to 1978-79 |
499 |
83.17 |
6 |
Zaheer Abbas |
Pak |
59 |
54 |
79 |
89 |
73 |
145 |
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1982-83 |
838 |
139.67 |
6 |
AR Border |
Aus |
67 |
78 |
103 |
189 |
104* |
117 |
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1989 to 1989-90 |
378 |
94.50 |
6 |
MA Taylor |
Aus |
52 |
52 |
80 |
365* |
125 |
109* |
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1989-90 |
498 |
99.60 |
6 |
RS Dravid |
Ind |
92 |
93 |
85 |
52 |
56 |
86 |
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1997-98 |
464 |
77.33 |
- Andy Blignaut, by returning the figures of 5 for 73 in first
innings, now holds the record of best figures by a Zimbabwean in an
innings on debut. The previous record was on the name of Brian Murphy
who took 3 for 32 against West Indies at Port-of-Spain in 1999-00
(Though John Traicos finished with 5 for 86 against India in
Zimbabwe's first ever Test, this was not his debut Test as he had
previously played in three Tests for South Africa in 1969-70)
- Blignaut's match figures of 8 for 110 was the best by a debutant
for Zimbabwe bettering Bryan Strang's 5 for 50 against Pakistan at
Bulawayo QC in 1994-95.
- The ninth wicket partnership of 56 runs between Murphy and Nkala
was the highest for Zimbabwe for this wicket at home soil. This
obliterated the previous highest of 49 between Grant Flower and Andy
Whittall against Pakistan at Bulawayo in 1997-98.
- The partnership was also the second best for Zimbabwe in all
Tests- home or away- after the 87 run-partnership between Strang
brothers against Pakistan at Sheikhupura in 1996-97.
- Manjural Islam's analysis of 6 for 81 is the best by a bowler in
an innings for Bangldesh. He bettered Naimur Rahman's six for 132
against India at Dhaka. Interestingly both Rahman and Islam were
playing their first Test.
- Javed Omar (85*) became first Bangladesh batsman to carry his bat
through the completed innings. He also became the 35th batsman in Test
chronicles to perform this feat on 41st occasion.
- Omar also became only the second batsman to carry his bat in debut
Test after Australia's Jack Barrett who made 67* out of team's total
of 176 against England at Lord's in 1890.
- Omar's contibution of 50.60 % in Bangladesh's second innings was
the second highest by any batsman against Zimbabwe. The record is held
by Pakistan's Mohammad Wasim who contributed 54.24 % (192/354) in
first innings of Harare Test in 1997-98.
- Omar became first Bangladeshi and only the 18th batsman in Test
annals to score a fifty in each innings on debut. The list includes
five West Indians -Bryan Davis, Frank de Caires, Jackie Grant, Clive
Lloyd and Sew Shivnarine, three Australians -Wick Darling,Bruce Laird
and Peter Toohey, three Englishmen –Tony Greig, Cyril Poole and Peter
Richardson, three New Zealanders -Graham Dowling,Noel Harford and
Mervyn Wallace, two Indians –Dilawar Hussain and Sunil Gavaskar and a
South African- Bruce Mitchell.In addition, seven batsmen have scored
half-centuries in their first two innings but not in debut Test. They
are West Indians Sherwin Campbell, Desmond Haynes and Desmond Lewis,
Australia's Darren Lehmann and Ricky Ponting , England's David Gower
and India's Rahul Dravid (Kepler Wessels also scored two fifties in
his debut Test for South Africa after having appeared in 24 Tests for
Australia.
- The victory was second for Zimbabwe by an innings margin. The
first such instance took place in 1994-95 when Zimbabwe defeated
Pakistan by an innings and 64 runs at Harare in January 1995.Overall
it was the 247th occasion of a side winning a Test by innings margin.
© CricInfo
Teams
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Bangladesh,
Zimbabwe.
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Players/Umpires
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Andy Blignaut,
Dion Ebrahim ,
Brighton Watambwa,
Javed Omar,
Manjural Islam,
Mushfiqur Rahman,
Hasan Raza,
Rudi Koertzen,
Grant Flower,
Andy Flower,
Sachin Tendulkar,
Aaqib Javed,
Waqar Younis,
Brian Murphy,
Mluleki Nkala,
Sunny Gavaskar,
Desmond Haynes,
Clive Lloyd,
Andrew Whittall.
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Tours
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Bangladesh in Zimbabwe
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Scorecard
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1st Test: Zimbabwe v Bangladesh, 19-23 Apr 2001 |
Grounds
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Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
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