England's collapse and Mehedi's record series debut

da brwin: Mehedi Hasan’s 12-wicket haul is one of many statistical highlights from Bangladesh’s 108-run win in Mirpur

da bet nacional: Gaurav Sundararaman30-Oct-20168 Number of Test wins for Bangladesh. This is their first win against an opposition other than Zimbabwe and West Indies.19 Number of wickets taken by Mehedi Hasan in this two-match series. This is the highest by a Bangladesh bowler in any Test series; the earlier record was 18, by Enamul Haque and Shakib Al Hasan. Mehedi’s match haul of 12 is also the joint highest by a Bangladesh bowler – it equals Enamul Haque’s haul of 12 for 200 against Zimbabwe in 2005.0 Instances of Bangladesh taking all 20 wickets in a Test against teams other than Zimbabwe and West Indies, before the start of the Test series against England. In each Tests of this series, though, they dismissed England in both innings. This is only the second Test in Bangladesh where all 40 wickets fell.9 Players who have won the man-of-the-series awards in their debut series. Mehedi joins a select group that also includes Rohit Sharma, James Pattinson, Vernon Philander, R Ashwin, Ajantha Mendis, Stuart Clark, Jacques Rudolph and Sourav Ganguly.

Players who have won MoS in their debut series

PlayerSeriesMehedi HasanB’desh v Eng, 2016-17Rohit SharmaWI in Ind, 2013-14James PattinsonNZ in Aus, 2011-12Vernon PhilanderAus in SA, 2011-12R AshwinWI in Ind, 2011-12Ajantha MendisInd in SL, 2008Stuart ClarkAus in SA, 2005-06Jacques RudolphSA in B’desh, 2003Sourav GangulyInd in Eng, 199638 Wickets taken by Bangladesh’s spinners in this series, at an average of 19.92; their seamers took only one wicket at the cost of 124 runs. England’s spinners took 24 wickets at 28.91. Bangladesh’s spinners bowled 90% of the team’s total overs in the series – they sent down 282.1 overs, compared to 31 overs by the seamers.Bangladesh spinners were utterly dominant in both Tests•ESPNcricinfo Ltd1978 The last time England had a century opening stand in the fourth innings of a Test in Asia. Alastair Cook and Ben Duckett added exactly 100 today, before England collapsed in a heap.64 Runs England added after the fall of their first wicket. This is their second lowest aggregate for nine partnerships in Asia – the only time they fared worse was in the fourth innings in Abu Dhabi in 2012, when they collapsed from 21 for 1 to 72 all out to lose by 72 runs. Only twice in a Test innings have fewer runs been added for the last nine wickets after a century stand for the opening wicket.

Least runs for the last 9 wkts after a century opening partnership

TeamVersusInngs1st wktTotalDiffMatch startIndiaEngland2nd1241704620 Jul, 1946New ZealandAustralia4th1071585122 Mar, 1974ZimbabweWest Indies3rd1642286419 Jul, 2001EnglandBangladesh4th1001646428 Oct, 2016PakistanNew Zealand1st1352087308 Dec, 19955 Number of bowlers before Mehedi to take three five-wicket hauls in their first two Tests. He joins Narendra Hirwani, Clarrie Grimmet, Tom Richardson, Sydney Barnes and Rodney Hogg.4 Number of players younger than Mehedi who have taken a ten-wicket haul in Tests. They are Enamul Haque, Wasim Akram, L Sivaramakrishan and Waqar Younis.