Mominul stands beside Don Bradman:Daily Sun

Bangladesh batsman Mominul Haque plays a shot against Zimbabwe during the fourth day of the third Bashundhara Cement Test match at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Saturday. habibur rob Bangladeshi batsman Mominul Haque ended up unbeaten on 131 off 189 balls and reached a new milestone in the cricket history on the fourth day of the third and final Bashundhara Cement Test match a
gainst Zimbabwe in Chittagong on Saturday. The 23-year-old left-hander with an amalgam of rock-solid technique and true grit scored his fourth test century and also has a unique record with the second highest test average amongst all batsmen so far in the test cricket. Mominul played 12 tests and 23 innings with a stunning 63.5 average that is second only to Don Bradman�s 99.94. Mominul has also scored seven half-centuries in his short span in Test cricket. His two centuries came against New Zealand�s superior bowling attacks. He has also joined Everton Weekes, Alec Stewart, Matthew Hayden, Jacques Kallis, Simon Katich and Kumar Sangakkara as batsmen with 50-plus scores in nine consecutive Tests. He has also become the fourth batsman after Weekes, Sunil Gavaskar and Mark Taylor to score 50-plus eleven times in his first 12 Tests. Mominul struck 13 boundaries in his 189 balls knock and played some eye-catching off-drives during the innings of the test match at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. Apart from picking up fours regularly, he ensured that singles and twos were hardly missed throughout his stay on the fourth day. He had a nervous moment when on 89 as an lbw appeal was reviewed after it was turned down. But the ball was too high and the on-field umpire�s decision stood. He was stuck in the nineties for 23 deliveries but finally reached the milestone with a dangling bat that guided the ball through the gap between point and short third-man. Mominul began with two drives that beautifully threaded through extra-cover and mid-off. There were two drives through mid-on, as well as standard fours with sweeps, pulls and cuts. He is proving to be their dependable batsman in his short Test career. He made his Test debut only in 2013 against Sri Lanka and essayed a fine half-century in his very first test match to show that he has the Test match temperament to come to the party in the bubbling cauldron of the Test cricket. Mominul took his game to another level with a tenacious knock of 181 a few months later against New Zealand in Chittagong. However, Mominul�s ton raises Bangladesh�s hope to sweep the series 3-0 as the tourists are chasing a world record 449-run target to win the third and final Test. Earlier, Bangladesh declared their second innings with putting on a challenging 319-5 on the scoreboard with overall an enormous 448-run lead. In response, Zimbabwe finished the day 71-1 still required 378 runs more with nine wickets in hand to record an improbable win in the final day. This was the first time Bangladesh scored 300-plus in both innings as well as scoring an aggregate of 822 runs, their highest for a Test match. They ended the series with 1,858 runs, their highest in a single series. The highest fourth innings total so far that won a Test was 418-7 by the West Indies against Australia in Antigua in 2003. The Test series between the two lowest-ranked teams will be followed by five one-day internationals.