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Stats Analysis

Taijul, Bangladesh's bowling topper

Stats highlights from the third day of the first Test between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh, in Mirpur

Bishen Jeswant
Bishen Jeswant
27-Oct-2014
Taijul Islam's figures of 8 for 39 were the third-best by a left-arm spinner in Tests  •  AFP

Taijul Islam's figures of 8 for 39 were the third-best by a left-arm spinner in Tests  •  AFP

8/39 Taijul Islam's figures during Zimbabwe's second innings, the best ever for a Bangladesh bowler in Tests. The previous record, which stood for six years, was held by Shakib Al Hasan, who had taken 7 for 36 against New Zealand in Chittagong.
1 Number of international games that Bangladesh have won against any Full Member in 2014. Their only other victories in 2014 have come in T20Is against Nepal and Afghanistan.
62 Number of years since the top three batsmen have all scored ducks in a Test innings. Tamim Iqbal, Shamsur Rahman and Mominul Haque scored ducks during Bangladesh's second innings. The only other teams to have suffered this fate are Australia and India, in 1888 and 1952 respectively.
5 Number of times that a team has lost three wickets without scoring a run in a Test innings. Apart from Bangladesh today, India, Pakistan, Australia and Zimbabwe have also found themselves in such a situation.
2 Number of left-arm spinners who have better figures than Taijul Islam in Tests. Rangana Herath and Johnny Briggs have returned figures of 9 for 127 and 8 for 11, making Taijul's performance the third-best by a left-arm spinner in a Test innings.
4 Number of wickets taken by Elton Chigumbura during the fourth innings. His figures of 4 for 21 are the second-best by a pacer in the fourth innings of a Test in Bangladesh. Only Tino Best has taken five wickets.
17 Number of wickets to fall on the third day - seven Bangladesh wickets and ten Zimbabwe wickets. The most wickets to fall in a single day during a Test match played in Bangladesh is 18 - on the third day of the Test between South Africa and Bangladesh, at Dhaka, in 2003.
2 Number of Tests Bangladesh have won in the last five years, the fewest for any team. Bangladesh have played 25 Tests in this period. Zimbabwe, who have won the next fewest, have won three of their 12 Tests in this period.
16 Number of wickets taken by Bangladesh's left-arm spinners - seven by Shakib and nine by Taijul. This is the second-most wickets taken by left-arm spinners from one team in a Test. The most wickets by left-arm spin is 17, by England, against India, in 1934.
3 Number of wickets by which Bangladesh won. This is the joint-smallest margin of victory, in terms of wickets, for a Test match in Bangladesh. Bangladesh have previously lost at home to New Zealand and Australia by three wickets.
5 Number of double-wicket maidens bowled by Zimbabwe bowlers in 2013 and 2014, in eight Tests. Elton Chigumbura bowled one today, dismissing Mahmudullah and Shuvagata Hom. From 2001 to 2012 Zimbabwe played 39 Tests, and their bowlers only bowled four double-wicket maidens in that period.

Bishen Jeswant is a stats sub editor at ESPNCricinfo. @bishen_jeswant