Stats AnalysisA partnership that provides hope
Statistical highlights for the third day's play of the second Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Colombo
The sixth-wicket partnership of 191 between Mohammad Ashraful and Mushfiqur Rahim
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. The stand is also the third best for the sixth wicket on Sri Lankan
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. Mohammad Ashraful became the first Bangladesh batsman to score four
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. Ashraful's century was preceded by a duck in the first innings. This was the 14th instance of a captain scoring a duck and a century in the same Test, with only Billy Murdoch, Garry Sobers and now Ashraful having scored unbeaten centuries. Mashrafe Mortaza bagged his second pair in Test cricket. The opening
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. Muttiah Muralitharan picked up only one wicket in Bangladesh's second
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.
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