November 10, 2000 – 16 years from today, a sunny day at Bangabandhu National Stadium. Shahriar Hossain and Meharab Hossain had their white garbs on, their helmet and pad up. They were facing a historic occasion, they were going to open batting for Bangladesh in their first ever test match in cricketing history. It was a historic occasion though we lost that match against India. It took the tigers 5 years and 34 test matches to win their first test match against Zimbabwe and claim their first ever test series win. It has been a long journey in 16 years and 95 test matches.Now we have come to a point that we can win against any big teams at home or even away. As we showed our mettle against England at the last test series. We hope we will continue this great run of form and convert the 16 years of toil and hard work into building a great test playing team admired and loved by all. .
Bangladesh against Test playing Nations:
Team | Total Matches | Home Matches | Away Matches | ||||||||||||
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Mat | Won | Lost | Draw | W/L | Mat | Won | Lost | Draw | W/L | Mat | Won | Lost | Draw | W/L | |
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4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0.11 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
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8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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11 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
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10 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
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10 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
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16 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
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12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0.25 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0.67 |
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14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0.83 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0.2 |
Total | 95 | 8 | 72 | 15 | 0.11 | 53 | 5 | 36 | 12 | 0.14 | 42 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 0.08 |
Summary of Bangladesh’s Test records:
1 | India | Home | India | Dhaka | 10-11-2000 | |
2 | Zimbabwe | Away | Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 19-4-2001 | |
3 | Zimbabwe | Away | Zimbabwe | Harare | 26-4-2001 | |
4 | Pakistan | Away | Pakistan | Multan | 29-8-2001 | |
5 | Sri Lanka | Away | Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 6-9-2001 | |
6 | Zimbabwe | Home | draw | Dhaka | 8-11-2001 | |
7 | Zimbabwe | Home | Zimbabwe | Chittagong | 15-11-2001 | |
8 | New Zealand | Away | New Zealand | Hamilton | 18-12-2001 | |
9 | New Zealand | Away | New Zealand | Wellington | 26-12-2001 | |
10 | Pakistan | Home | Pakistan | Dhaka | 9-1-2002 | |
11 | Pakistan | Home | Pakistan | Chittagong | 16-1-2002 | |
12 | Sri Lanka | Away | Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 21-7-2002 | |
13 | Sri Lanka | Away | Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 28-7-2002 | |
14 | South Africa | Away | South Africa | East London | 18-10-2002 | |
15 | South Africa | Away | South Africa | Potchefstroom | 25-10-2002 | |
16 | West Indies | Home | West Indies | Dhaka | 8-12-2002 | |
17 | West Indies | Home | West Indies | Chittagong | 16-12-2002 | |
18 | South Africa | Home | South Africa | Chittagong | 24-4-2003 | |
19 | South Africa | Home | South Africa | Dhaka | 1-5-2003 | |
20 | Australia | Away | Australia | Darwin | 18-7-2003 | |
21 | Australia | Away | Australia | Cairns | 25-7-2003 | |
22 | Pakistan | Away | Pakistan | Karachi | 20-8-2003 | |
23 | Pakistan | Away | Pakistan | Peshawar | 27-8-2003 | |
24 | Pakistan | Away | Pakistan | Multan | 3-9-2003 | |
25 | England | Home | England | Dhaka | 21-10-2003 | |
26 | England | Home | England | Chittagong | 29-10-2003 | |
27 | Zimbabwe | Away | Zimbabwe | Harare | 19-2-2004 | |
28 | Zimbabwe | Away | draw | Bulawayo | 26-2-2004 | |
29 | West Indies | Away | draw | Gros Islet | 28-5-2004 | |
30 | West Indies | Away | West Indies | Kingston | 4-6-2004 | |
31 | New Zealand | Home | New Zealand | Dhaka | 19-10-2004 | |
32 | New Zealand | Home | New Zealand | Chittagong | 26-10-2004 | |
33 | India | Home | India | Dhaka | 10-12-2004 | |
34 | India | Home | India | Chittagong | 17-12-2004 | |
35 | Zimbabwe | Home | Bangladesh | Chittagong | 6-1-2005 | |
36 | Zimbabwe | Home | draw | Dhaka | 14-1-2005 | |
37 | England | Away | England | Lord’s | 26-5-2005 | |
38 | England | Away | England | Chester-le-Street | 3-6-2005 | |
39 | Sri Lanka | Away | Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 12-9-2005 | |
40 | Sri Lanka | Away | Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 20-9-2005 | |
41 | Sri Lanka | Home | Sri Lanka | Chittagong | 28-2-2006 | |
42 | Sri Lanka | Home | Sri Lanka | Bogra | 8-3-2006 | |
43 | Australia | Home | Australia | Fatullah | 9-4-2006 | |
44 | Australia | Home | Australia | Chittagong | 16-4-2006 | |
45 | India | Home | draw | Chittagong | 18-5-2007 | |
46 | India | Home | India | Dhaka | 25-5-2007 | |
47 | Sri Lanka | Away | Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 25-6-2007 | |
48 | Sri Lanka | Away | Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 3-7-2007 | |
49 | Sri Lanka | Away | Sri Lanka | Kandy | 11-7-2007 | |
50 | New Zealand | Away | New Zealand | Dunedin | 4-1-2008 | |
51 | New Zealand | Away | New Zealand | Wellington | 12-1-2008 | |
52 | South Africa | Home | South Africa | Dhaka | 22-2-2008 | |
53 | South Africa | Home | South Africa | Chittagong | 29-2-2008 | |
54 | New Zealand | Home | New Zealand | Chittagong | 17-10-2008 | |
55 | New Zealand | Home | draw | Dhaka | 25-10-2008 | |
56 | South Africa | Away | South Africa | Bloemfontein | 19-11-2008 | |
57 | South Africa | Away | South Africa | Centurion | 26-11-2008 | |
58 | Sri Lanka | Home | Sri Lanka | Dhaka | 26-12-2008 | |
59 | Sri Lanka | Home | Sri Lanka | Chittagong | 3-1-2009 | |
60 | West Indies | Away | Bangladesh | Kingstown | 9-7-2009 | |
61 | West Indies | Away | Bangladesh | St George’s | 17-7-2009 | |
62 | India | Home | India | Chittagong | 17-1-2010 | |
63 | India | Home | India | Dhaka | 24-1-2010 | |
64 | New Zealand | Away | New Zealand | Hamilton | 15-2-2010 | |
65 | England | Home | England | Chittagong | 12-3-2010 | |
66 | England | Home | England | Dhaka | 20-3-2010 | |
67 | England | Away | England | Lord’s | 27-5-2010 | |
68 | England | Away | England | Manchester | 4-6-2010 | |
69 | Zimbabwe | Away | Zimbabwe | Harare | 4-8-2011 | |
70 | West Indies | Home | draw | Chittagong | 21-10-2011 | |
71 | West Indies | Home | West Indies | Dhaka | 29-10-2011 | |
72 | Pakistan | Home | Pakistan | Chittagong | 9-12-2011 | |
73 | Pakistan | Home | Pakistan | Dhaka | 17-12-2011 | |
74 | West Indies | Home | West Indies | Dhaka | 13-11-2012 | |
75 | West Indies | Home | West Indies | Khulna | 21-11-2012 | |
76 | Sri Lanka | Away | draw | Galle | 8-3-2013 | |
77 | Sri Lanka | Away | Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 16-3-2013 | |
78 | Zimbabwe | Away | Zimbabwe | Harare | 17-4-2013 | |
79 | Zimbabwe | Away | Bangladesh | Harare | 25-4-2013 | |
80 | New Zealand | Home | draw | Chittagong | 9-10-2013 | |
81 | New Zealand | Home | draw | Dhaka | 21-10-2013 | |
82 | Sri Lanka | Home | Sri Lanka | Dhaka | 27-1-2014 | |
83 | Sri Lanka | Home | draw | Chittagong | 4-2-2014 | |
84 | West Indies | Away | West Indies | Kingstown | 5-9-2014 | |
85 | West Indies | Away | West Indies | Gros Islet | 13-9-2014 | |
86 | Zimbabwe | Home | Bangladesh | Dhaka | 25-10-2014 | |
87 | Zimbabwe | Home | Bangladesh | Khulna | 3-11-2014 | |
88 | Zimbabwe | Home | Bangladesh | Chittagong | 12-11-2014 | |
89 | Pakistan | Home | draw | Khulna | 28-4-2015 | |
90 | Pakistan | Home | Pakistan | Dhaka | 6-5-2015 | |
91 | India | Home | draw | Fatullah | 10-6-2015 | |
92 | South Africa | Home | draw | Chittagong | 21-7-2015 | |
93 | South Africa | Home | draw | Dhaka | 30-7-2015 | |
94 | England | Home | England | Chittagong | 20-10-2016 | |
95 | England | Home | Bangladesh | Dhaka | 28-10-2016 |