Data check: An epic run-chase by West Indies, a historic double century on debut for Kyle Mayers
No batsman on debut has scored more in the fourth innings of a Test than Kyle Mayers did against Bangladesh. Updated Feb 08, 2021 · 06:19 pm Kyle Mayers was the hero for West Indies | AFP
In what was yet another stunning run-chase in a Test match by an away team in 2021, West Indies created history with a stunning batting performance against Bangladesh on Sunday.
Much like India in Brisbane, a depleted visiting side found unlikely, inexperienced heroes to take them past the finish line. Man of the moment was a debutant, Kyle Mayers. And Mayers is determined not to become a one-hit wonder after a double century on Test debut guided West Indies to an improbable win and arguably one of their greatest of all time.
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Abid Ali becomes the first Pakistani batsman to hit a hundred in both his 1st and 2nd Test match (pic via PCB) #PAKvSLpic.twitter.com/xRNy39yv1g Saj Sadiq (@Saj PakPassion) December 21, 2019
Pakistan s worst fielding performance in the last 5 years If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the
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The Boxing Day cricket test will write a new chapter in New Zealand this summer. After previously being staged at Wellington’s Basin Reserve, then Christchurch’s Hagley Oval, the on-off fixture this year moves to Mt Maunganui’s Bay Oval, with the Black Caps taking on Pakistan in the first test of a two-match series. Ahead of its return to the calendar,
Stuff looks back on the seven previous editions, which have thrown up no shortage of action.
1998 – New Zealand v India, Basin Reserve, Wellington
India 208 (M Azharuddin 103no; S Doull 7-65)
and 356 (S Tendulkar 113; D Nash 3-20) lost to