Bangladesh v England, 1st Test, Day 1 – Statistical Highlights

Bangladesh started off brilliantly against England before Moeen Ali rescued his side with a fifty after overcoming a string of LBW decisions overturned by DRS. He got a good support from Jonny Bairstow who scored a fifty continuing his good form in the longer format. Debutant Mehedi Hasan picked up a 5-fer for his side as England ended the day at 258/7 after a slight recovery. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the day.

1 – Jonny Bairstow is now the first player to score 1000+ Test runs in a calendar year while batting at no. or lower. Previous highest was 984 runs by VVS Laxman in 2002.

3 – Number of debutants featured in Bangladesh XI in this game. Last time 3 or more debutants played for Bangladesh in a test was in 2008 against New Zealand.

5 – Wickets taken by Mehedi Hasan Miraz on the first day of the test. He became only the 3rd bowler to take 5 wickets on the opening day of his Test career.

6 – Number of fifty-plus stands between Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali have between them in Tests in 2016 for 6th or lower wicket. These are the most fifty-plus stands by a pair in a calendar year for 6th or lower wicket.

7 – Mehedi Hasan became the 7th Bangladeshi to take a 5-wicket haul on test debut. He is the youngest among the 7.

17 – Number of consecutive tosses non-Asian teams lost in Tests in Asia before this game. Last time a non-Asian team won a toss in a test in Asia was during last year’s Bangladesh-South Africa, which was also at Chittagong.

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18y 361d – Age at which Mehedi Hasan has taken a 5-fer on test debut, the 4th youngest to do so. He is the 2nd youngest spinner to do after Shahid Afridi (18y 235d).

21 – Score at which England lost their 3rd wicket, the lowest score at which they lost their 3rd wicket in the first innings of a test in Asia. Previous lowest was 22 vs Sri Lanka at Galle in 2007.

134 – Number of Teest matches Alastair Cook has played for England, the most by any player for his country. He went past Alex Stewart who featured in 133 Tests for England.

142 – Number of Tests missed by Gareth Batty since his last Test and the current test, the most by any player. Batty’s last Test in June 2005 which was also against Bangladesh.

337 – Number of international matches Gareth Batty missed since his last game and the current test, the 3rd most by any player. His last game for England was in March, 2009.

1044 – Runs scored by Bairstow as wicketkeeper in this year in Tests. He became the 2nd keeper after Andy Flower (1045) to score 1000+ test runs in a calendar year.