da gbg bet： Statistical highlights for the third day’s play of the second Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Colombo

da dobrowin： Mathew Varghese05-Jul-2007 The sixth-wicket partnership of 191 between Mohammad Ashraful and Mushfiqur Rahimis the best for any wicket for Bangladesh in Tests, bettering the 187-run stand between HabibulBashar and Shahriar Nafees against Australia at Fatullah in 2006. The stand is also the third best for the sixth wicket on Sri Lankansoil, behind the unbeaten standof 246 between Jeff Crowe and Sir Richard Hadlee in Colombo in 1987and the 218-run partnershipbetween Justin Langer and Simon Katich in Colombo in 2004. Mohammad Ashraful became the first Bangladesh batsman to score fourcenturies in Test cricket. Habibul Bashar is second on the list, havingscored three hundreds for Bangladesh. Ashraful and Bashar are the onlyplayers to have made a hundred while captaining Bangladesh in Testcricket. 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 openingbowler now has eight ducks in 44 innings. After 45 innings, CourtneyWalsh had eight ducks as well in Test cricket. Walsh tops the chart formost ducks. Muttiah Muralitharan picked up only one wicket in Bangladesh’s secondinnings, his worst performance against them in a Test innings. He haspicked 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.