Bangladesh will take on South Africa in the first
Test, a match of the ICC World Test Championship, at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla
National Cricket Stadium tomorrow (Monday).
The two teams are facing off each other for the first time in the third
edition of the Test Championship.
With both team have the chance to make it final, the series is crucial for
them. So both of them will be eyeing full 24 points from two Test matches.
Let’s take a look at the statistics of the two teams before battle starts.
14
The two teams have faced each other in 14 Tests so far where South Africa won
12 to keep them unbeaten against Bangladesh. The rest of the two Tests were
drawn due to rain and inclement weather.
583-7
South Africa scored the highest 583-7 between the two sides in a Test match
in February 2008. Bangladesh’s highest score against South Africa is 326,
what they made Chattogram in 2015.
53
53 is the lowest total of Bangladesh against South Africa. Apart from this,
the Tigers have the record of all
outs below 100 twice (80 and 90).
1153
In 2017, the Potchefstroom Test turned into a festival of runs. 1153 runs
were scored and 29 wickets were fallen.
254
The biggest win. South Africa won by an innings and 254 runs in Bloemfontein
and it is the biggest margin win between the two teams. Bangladesh lost seven
more matches against the Proteas by innings margin. In addition, they lost
three times by the margin of runs where the highest margin is 333 runs.
743
Graeme Smith scored the most runs among the batsmen of the two teams. Smith’s
743 runs came in nine innings of eight matches and he averaged 67.91.
232
Smith’s personal innings of 232 runs is the highest individual total. Smith
scored this run in Chattogram in 2008, playing 277 balls. He decorated the
innings with 33 fours and 1 six.
3
Hashim Amla and Smith scored the maximum three centuries among the batsmen of
the two teams. Gary Kirsten (2) and Dean Elgar (2) have two centuries.
3
Among the cricketers of the two teams, Khaled Ahmed
and Mohammad Rafiq have
three ducks, meaning they were dismissed three times with 0.
330
Dean Elgar scored the most runs in a series. Elgar’s 330 came in three
innings of two Tests, averaging 110.00.
35
Pacer Makhaya Ntini has taken the most wickets among the bowlers of the two
teams. He got the 35 wickets wicket with an economy rate of 2.54 and average
of 16.37 in 16 innings of eight matches.
7
Keshav Maharaj holds the record for best bowling. The left-arm spinner has
taken 7 wickets twice.
2
Five bowlers took five wickets twice in an innings. For Bangladesh, Shakib Al
Hasan is the only Bangladeshi bowler to take five-wicket haul. Proteas
bowlers taking five-wicket haul against Bangladesh include Paul Adams, Kagiso
Rabada, Jacques Kallis and Keshav Maharaj.
16
Keshav Maharaj took 16 wickets in a series. He had average of 12.12 and an
economy rate of 2.33 in two matches.
415
The historic opening pair of 415 runs remains the highest even today. Graeme
Smith and Neil McKenzie scored 415 ru
ns in the opening partnership in
February 2008.
429*
The unbroken 429-run partnership between Bangladesh and South Africa series
is the highest for any wicket partnership. In 2003 Jacques Rudolph and Botea
Diepenner scored those 429 runs.
10
Mushfiqur Rahim has played 10 Tests and holds the record for the most number
of matches between the two teams.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha