e being trapped leg-before by Zulfiqar Babar off the last ball of the day. The Cox’s Bazar born Mominul, who struck eight fours in his 162 ball-knock, joined Sachin Tendulkar and England’s John Edrich in scoring a half-century in 10 successive tests. AB de Villiers holds the record of 12 straight Tests. Mominul has scored a half-century or more in his last 10 Tests. Only four batsmen Viv Richards of the West Indies, South Africa’s AB de Villiers and the Indian duo of Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag have scored more 50s in consecutive Test matches. In fact, in his 13-match career, only once he was not able to reach a half-century. The 23 years old with an amalgam of rock-solid technique and true grit, Mominul Haque scored his fourth Test century during the first Test against Zimbabwe in Dhaka last year and also created a unique record with the second highest Test average amongst all batsmen so far in Test cricket history. Mominul played 13 Tests and 24 innings so far with a stunning 66.68 average. With this outstanding average he wrote his name as the second highest average holder playing more than 20 innings following Aussie legend Sir Donald Bradman’s unbelievable 99.98. There are only there more players in the world who had 60 above avenger playing more than 20 innings. They are South Africa’s Graeme Pollock (60.97) West Indies’s George Headley (60.83) and England’s Herbert Sutcliffe (60.73). Among the recent players Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara is holding the seventh place with an average of 58.66 while Pakistan’s Younis Khan has an average of 53.37 to secure 19th position. Mominul Haque proved to be their dependable batsman in his short career. He made his Test debut only in 2013 against Sri Lanka and hit 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 Test cricket. Mominul took his game to another level with a tenacious knock of 181 a few months later against New Zealand at Chittagong. He has four centuries and eight half-centuries in his short span in Test cricket. His two centuries came against New Zealand’s superior bowling attack. Mominul 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 also became the fourth batsman after Weekes, Sunil Gavaskar and Mark Taylor to score 50-plus eleven times in his first 12 Tests. However, opener Imrul Kayes contributed 51, and Mahmudullah 49 to help Bangladesh recover from a cautious start on a placid pitch against controlled Pakistan bowling. Shakib Al Hasan was 19 not out when Haque was caught plumb leg before off a magnificent delivery by left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar off the scheduled last ball of the day, and the umpires promptly drew stumps. All four wickets were shared on a day when Pakistan dropped a load of chances but bowled with discipline to keep the run-rate down. Bangladesh predictably elected to bat first on a favourable surface, but struggled against good line-and-length bowling. After Kayes reached his second test half-century, Hafeez dismissed him for his first wicket with his remodeled action. Zulfiqar, Riaz, Hafeez, and Shah took one wicket apiece. The hosts swept the ODI series 3-0 and also defeated Pakistan for the first time in a Twenty20 international.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
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e being trapped leg-before by Zulfiqar Babar off the last ball of the day. The Cox’s Bazar born Mominul, who struck eight fours in his 162 ball-knock, joined Sachin Tendulkar and England’s John Edrich in scoring a half-century in 10 successive tests. AB de Villiers holds the record of 12 straight Tests. Mominul has scored a half-century or more in his last 10 Tests. Only four batsmen Viv Richards of the West Indies, South Africa’s AB de Villiers and the Indian duo of Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag have scored more 50s in consecutive Test matches. In fact, in his 13-match career, only once he was not able to reach a half-century. The 23 years old with an amalgam of rock-solid technique and true grit, Mominul Haque scored his fourth Test century during the first Test against Zimbabwe in Dhaka last year and also created a unique record with the second highest Test average amongst all batsmen so far in Test cricket history. Mominul played 13 Tests and 24 innings so far with a stunning 66.68 average. With this outstanding average he wrote his name as the second highest average holder playing more than 20 innings following Aussie legend Sir Donald Bradman’s unbelievable 99.98. There are only there more players in the world who had 60 above avenger playing more than 20 innings. They are South Africa’s Graeme Pollock (60.97) West Indies’s George Headley (60.83) and England’s Herbert Sutcliffe (60.73). Among the recent players Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara is holding the seventh place with an average of 58.66 while Pakistan’s Younis Khan has an average of 53.37 to secure 19th position. Mominul Haque proved to be their dependable batsman in his short career. He made his Test debut only in 2013 against Sri Lanka and hit 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 Test cricket. Mominul took his game to another level with a tenacious knock of 181 a few months later against New Zealand at Chittagong. He has four centuries and eight half-centuries in his short span in Test cricket. His two centuries came against New Zealand’s superior bowling attack. Mominul 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 also became the fourth batsman after Weekes, Sunil Gavaskar and Mark Taylor to score 50-plus eleven times in his first 12 Tests. However, opener Imrul Kayes contributed 51, and Mahmudullah 49 to help Bangladesh recover from a cautious start on a placid pitch against controlled Pakistan bowling. Shakib Al Hasan was 19 not out when Haque was caught plumb leg before off a magnificent delivery by left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar off the scheduled last ball of the day, and the umpires promptly drew stumps. All four wickets were shared on a day when Pakistan dropped a load of chances but bowled with discipline to keep the run-rate down. Bangladesh predictably elected to bat first on a favourable surface, but struggled against good line-and-length bowling. After Kayes reached his second test half-century, Hafeez dismissed him for his first wicket with his remodeled action. Zulfiqar, Riaz, Hafeez, and Shah took one wicket apiece. The hosts swept the ODI series 3-0 and also defeated Pakistan for the first time in a Twenty20 international.
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