List of Bangladesh Test cricket records
is the oldest form of cricket played at international level. A Test match is scheduled to take place over a period of five days, and is played by teams representing full member nations of the International Cricket Council. Bangladesh became a full-member in 2000 after playing there first Test match against India at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. They have played a total of 119 matches.
Key
The top five records are listed for each category, except for the [|team wins, losses, draws and ties] and the [|partnership records]. Tied records for fifth place are also included. Explanations of the general symbols and cricketing terms used in the list are given below. Specific details are provided in each category where appropriate. All records include matches played for Australia only, and are correct as of 2020.Symbol | Meaning |
Player or umpire is currently active in Test cricket | |
* | Player remained not out or partnership remained unbroken |
♠ | Test cricket record |
d | Innings was declared |
Date | Starting date of the Test match |
Innings | Number of innings played |
Matches | Number of matches played |
Opposition | The team Bangladesh was playing against |
Period | The time period when the player was active in Test cricket |
Player | The player involved in the record |
Venue | Test cricket ground where the match was played |
Team records
Overall Record
Team wins, losses, draws and ties
, Bangladesh played 119 Test matches resulting in 14 victories, 89 defeats and 16 draws for an overall winning percentage of 11.76.Team scoring records
Most runs in an innings
The highest innings total scored in Test cricket came in the series between Sri Lanka and India in August 1997. Playing in the first Test at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, the hosts posted a first innings total of 6/952d. This broke the longstanding record of 7/903d which England set against Australia in the final Test of the 1938 Ashes series at The Oval. The first Test of the 2012–13 series against the Sri Lanka saw Bangladesh set their highest innings total of 638.Highest successful run chases
Bangladesh's highest successful run chase in Test cricket came in the 2nd Test of the 2009 Series at Grenada. Bangladesh reached the target of 215 runs with four wickets in handFewest runs in an innings
The lowest innings total scored in Test cricket came in the second Test of England's tour of New Zealand in March 1955. Trailing England by 46, New Zealand was bowled out in their second innings for 26 runs. The lowest score in Test history for Bangladesh is 43 scored in their first innings against West Indies in the first Test of the Bangladesh in the West Indies in 2018.Result records
A Test match is won when one side has scored more runs than the total runs scored by the opposing side during their two innings. If both sides have completed both their allocated innings and the side that fielded last has the higher aggregate of runs, it is known as a win by runs. This indicates the number of runs that they had scored more than the opposing side. If one side scores more runs in a single innings than the total runs scored by the other side in both their innings, it is known as a win by innings and runs. If the side batting last wins the match, it is known as a win by wickets, indicating the number of wickets that were still to fall.Greatest win margins (by innings)
Greatest win margins (by runs)
Greatest win margins (by wickets)
Narrowest win margins (by runs)
Narrowest win margins (by wickets)
Greatest loss margins (by innings)
Greatest loss margins (by runs)
Greatest loss margins (by 10 wickets)
Narrowest loss margins (by runs)
Narrowest loss margins (by wickets)
Individual records
Batting records
Most career runs
A run is the basic means of scoring in cricket. A run is scored when the batsman hits the ball with his bat and with his partner runs the length of of the pitch.Most runs in each batting position
Highest individual score
Highest individual score – progression of record
Highest career average
A batsman's batting average is the total number of runs they have scored divided by the number of times they have been dismissed.Highest Average in each batting position
Most half-centuries
A half-century is a score of between 50 and 99 runs. Statistically, once a batsman's score reaches 100, it is no longer considered a half-century but a century.Most centuries
A century is a score of 100 or more runs in a single innings.Most double centuries
A double century is a score of 200 or more runs in a single innings.Most triple centuries
A triple century is a score of 300 or more runs in a single innings.No Bangladesh player has scored a triple century yet.
Most Sixes
Most Fours
Most runs in a series
Most ducks
A duck refers to a batsman being dismissed without scoring a run. Glenn McGrath has scored the equal third-highest number of ducks in Test cricket behind Courtney Walsh with 43 and Chris Martin with 36.Bowling records
Most career wickets
A bowler takes the wicket of a batsman when the form of dismissal is bowled, caught, leg before wicket, stumped or hit wicket. If the batsman is dismissed by run out, obstructing the field, handling the ball, hitting the ball twice or timed out the bowler does not receive credit.Best figures in an innings
refers to the number of the wickets a bowler has taken and the number of runs conceded.Best figures in a match
A bowler's bowling figures in a match is the sum of the wickets taken and the runs conceded over both innings.Best career average
A bowler's bowling average is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of wickets they have taken.Best career economy rate
A bowler's economy rate is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of overs they have bowled.Best career strike rate
A bowler's strike rate is the total number of balls they have bowled divided by the number of wickets they have taken.Most five-wicket hauls in an innings
A five-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking five wickets in a single innings.Most ten-wicket hauls in a match
A ten-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking ten or more wickets in a match over two innings.Worst figures in an innings
Worst figures in a match
Most wickets in a series
Hat-trick
In cricket, a hat-trick occurs when a bowler takes three wickets with consecutive deliveries. The deliveries may be interrupted by an over bowled by another bowler from the other end of the pitch or the other team's innings, but must be three consecutive deliveries by the individual bowler in the same match. Only wickets attributed to the bowler count towards a hat-trick; run outs do not count.In Test cricket history there have been just 44 hat-tricks, the first achieved by Fred Spofforth for Australia against England in 1879. In 1912, Australian Jimmy Matthews achieved the feat twice in one game against South Africa. The only other players to achieve two hat-tricks are Australia's Hugh Trumble, against England in 1902 and 1904, Pakistan's Wasim Akram, in separate games against Sri Lanka in 1999, and England's Stuart Broad.
No. | Bowler | For | Against | Inn. | Test | Dismissals | Venue | Date | Ref. |
1 | Alok Kapali | 1 | 2/3 | Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar | 29 August 2003 | ||||
2 | 2 | 1/2 | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong | 13 October 2013 |