CT 2017, Match 9: New Zealand v Bangladesh – Statistical Highlights
Here we look at all the stats and records created during the game.
Bangladesh made one of the greatest comebacks in the ODI cricket to defeat New Zealand and to stay alive in the Champions Trophy 2017. From reeling at 33/4 chasing 266, Bangladesh were rescued by Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah. The pair kept the required run rate in check and played their strokes and the team to a famous win.
They put on 224 runs for the 5th wicket, the maiden double century stand for Bangladesh in ODI cricket. Shakib was dismissed for 114 when they needed 9 runs but Mahmudullah brought up his century and guided his side to a 5-wicket win at Cardiff, the same venue where they defeated the then world no.1 Australia by the same margin.
Here we look at all the stats and records created during the game.
2 – Number of times two Bangladesh batsmen scored a century in the same ODI game. The other occasion was against Pakistan in 2015 at Dhaka with Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim scoring tons.
3 – Number of ODI centuries for Mahmudullah; all the three have come in ICC ODI tournament. He scored two centuries in 2015 World Cup.
3 – Number of fifty-plus stands for Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor pair in this Champions Trophy; the 7th pair to have 3 or more fifty-plus stands in a CT edition. Rohit-Dhawan pair had 4 fifty-plus stands in 2013.
4 – Number of instances in the Champions Trophy including this game where two batsmen scored centuries in the same innings. Last such occasion was in the 2009 edition by Australia vs England.
4 – Number of consecutive fifty-plus scores in the Champions Trophy for Kane Williamson; the first player to score 50+ in 4 consecutive innings in CT. Saeed Anwar and Marcus Trescothick have scored in 3 consecutive innings.
25 – Runs scored by Bangladesh’s top 4 in this game; the lowest by them in an ODI since 18 runs vs Pakistan in December 2011.
32 – Previous lowest score a team has lost their 4th wicket while chasing to win a game in an ICC ODI tournament was 32 by Australia against England in 1975 semi-final.
33 – Runs at which Bangladesh lost their 4th wicket and had a 150+ stand for the 5th wicket; the 4th lowest score at which a 150+ stand has been recorded for the 5th wicket by any team in ODIs.
33 – Runs scored by Bangladesh for the first 4 wickets in this game; the fewest by any team for 1st four wickets in a successful 250+ chase in ODIs. The previous was: 36 by India v Zimbabwe in a 251-run chase in 2005.
148 – Previous highest stand for Bangladesh for the 5th wicket in ODI cricket was 148 between Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan against Zimbabwe in 2014.
176 – Number of ODIs in which Shakib Al Hasan and Mashrafe Mortaza have represented Bangladesh; the most by for the team. They went past Mohammad Ashraful who had 175 ODI caps for Bangladesh.
178 – Previous highest stand for any wicket in ODIs for Bangladesh was 178 between Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim for 3rd wicket against Pakistan in 2015.
235 – Runs scored by Bangladesh after losing their 4th wicket in this game; the 3rd most by any team in a successful run chase in ODI cricket. The highest is 309 by New Zealand vs Australia in 2007.
244 – Runs scored by Kane Williamson in this Champions Trophy; the 10th most by any player and most by a New Zealander in a single CT edition. RG Twose scored 203 runs for New Zealand in 2000 edition.
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