SA Footy

Just a random stat fact.

364 -Len Hutton vs Australia 1938 The Oval
261*-Ramnaresh Sarwan vs Bangladesh 2003-04 Kingston
400*-Brian Lara vs England 2003-04 Antigua (St John's)
111 -Matthew Hayden vs ICC WXI 2005-06 Sydney
340 -Sanath Jayasuriya vs India 1997-98 Colombo (Premadasa)
336 -Walter Hammond vs New Zealand 1932-33 Auckland
365*-Garfield Sobers vs Pakistan 1957-58 Kingston
374 -Mahela Jayawardena vs South Africa 2006 Colombo (SSC)
299 -Martin Crowe vs Sri Lanka 1990-91 Wellington
337 -Hanif Mohammad vs West Indies 1957-58 Bridgetown
380 -Matthew Hayden vs Zimbabwe 2003-04 Perth

Interesting that the highest score against Bangladesh is 'only' 261 - when everyone was predicting batsmen would churn out world record scores against them.
One can only assume batsmen get bored against them and get out.....
Or captains don't feel they need to bat too long to secure victory against them.

111 -Matthew Hayden vs ICC WXI 2005-06 Sydney

SPELLY

where is this country?

Dogwatcher wrote:Interesting that the highest score against Bangladesh is 'only' 261 - when everyone was predicting batsmen would churn out world record scores against them.
One can only assume batsmen get bored against them and get out.....
Or captains don't feel they need to bat too long to secure victory against them.

As a test nation, Bangladesh has a bowling average of 51.7, it has only contested 44 tests and has only managed eight matches against Australia and England, the current top two nations in test cricket. Most teams don't need to bat twice against the Bangers at this stage..let's just say that the jury...and the stats are out on the Tigers at this stage.

Bangladesh play a lot of ODI's and don't play another test until May 2007!

regards,

REB