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Supersub's Test record
Wisden CricInfo staff - August 31, 2001

  • Young batsman Younis Khan has broken a Test record – in a match where he didn't actually make the starting line-up. Younis took four catches, all off Danish Kaneria, as a substitute in the second innings of the match against Bangladesh at Multan. Three subs had previously held three catches in an innings – Herbert Strudwick (England v Australia, Melbourne, 1903-04), Haroon Rashid (Pakistan v England, Headingley, 1982) and Gursharan Singh (India v West Indies, Ahmedabad, 1983-84). Younis Khan also equalled Gursharan's record of four substitute catches in the same match.
  • Only once before have five centuries been scored in the same Test innings – by Australia against West Indies at Kingston in 1954-55. Colin McDonald made 127, Neil Harvey 204, Keith Miller 109, Ron Archer 128 and Richie Benaud 121 as Australia ran up 758 for 8 declared (still the fifth-highest Test total) in the final Test. They won by an innings and took the series 3-0.
  • Taufeeq Umar is the eighth batsman to score a century on Test debut for Pakistan. The others are Khalid Ibadulla (166 v Australia, Karachi, 1964-65), Javed Miandad (163 v New Zealand, Lahore, 1976-77), Salim Malik (100* v Sri Lanka, Karachi, 1981-82), Mohammad Wasim (109* v New Zealand, Lahore, 1996-97), Ali Naqvi and Azhar Mahmood (115 and 128* v South Africa, Rawalpindi, 1997-98), and Younis Khan (107 v Sri Lanka, Rawalpindi, 1999-2000).
  • For the first time in Test history, eight players reached double figures in Bangladesh's first innings without any of them getting to 20.
  • This is the first Test to be played at the new Multan Cricket Stadium. Multan's previous Test, against West Indies in 1980-81, was played at the Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium. That match, which was drawn, became notorious when West Indian fast bowler Sylvester Clarke heaved a brick boundary-marker into the crowd, injuring a spectator, after he was pelted with oranges while fielding on the boundary.

    Victory losing fewest wickets in Tests

    TWO
    England (531-2d) beat South Africa (273 and 240) at Lord's, 1924
    England (267-2d) beat New Zealand (67 and 129) at Headingley, 1958
    England (459-2d) beat India (165 and 216) at Edgbaston 1974

    THREE
    India (537-3d) beat New Zealand at Madras (Chennai), 1955-56
    West Indies (790-3d) beat Pakistan (328 and 288) at Kingston, 1957-58
    Pakistan (581-3d) beat India (189 and 273) at Hyderabad (Pakistan), 1982-83
    Pakistan (546-3d) beat Bangladesh (134 and 148) at Multan, 2001-02

    FOUR
    England (546-4d) beat New Zealand (193 and 166) at Headingley, 1965
    Australia (632-4d) beat England (205 and 365) at Lord's, 1993
    Zimbabwe (544-4d) beat Pakistan (322 and 158) at Harare, 1994-95
    New Zealand (407-4d) beat Pakistan (104 and 118) at Hamilton, 2000-01
    Australia (641-4d) beat England (432 and 184) at The Oval, 2001

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