South Africa
The second Test match is being played between hosts Bangladesh and South Africa in Chattogram. Like the first Test match, in this match too, South Africa has pushed Bangladesh on the backfoot on the basis of excellent batting. South Africa scored a huge score in the first innings on the second day thanks to centuries from 3 batsmen. South Africa declared its first innings on the score of 577/6 runs. In this way the African team managed to make its third highest Test score in Asia. South Africa scored more than 550 for the fourth time in the history of Test cricket, in which 3 brilliant centuries played an important role.
South Africa’s biggest test score in Asia
- 584/9d vs Pakistan, Abu Dhabi, 2010
- 583/7d vs Bangladesh, Chittagong, 2008
- 577/6d vs Bangladesh, Chittagong, 2024*
- 558/6d vs India, Nagpur, 2010
- 540 vs India, Chennai, 2008
Apart from Tony De Georgi and Tristan Stubbs, Wiaan Mulder scored brilliant centuries for the South African team. Tony De Georgi played the highest innings of 177 runs. He hit 12 fours and 4 sixes in this brilliant innings. At the same time, Tristan Stubbs scored 106 runs with the help of 6 fours and 3 sixes. Whereas, Mulder played an innings of 105 runs on the basis of 8 fours and 4 sixes.
In this first innings of South Africa, all the batsmen together hit a total of 17 sixes and created a new record. Actually, South Africa has made a new record of hitting the most number of sixes in the first innings of a Test match. He broke his own 14 year old record. In the year 2010, South Africa had achieved the feat of hitting 15 sixes in an innings of a test match against West Indies.
Most sixes hit by South Africa in an innings of a test match
- 17 vs Bangladesh, Chittagong, 2024*
- 15 vs West Indies, Basseterre, 2010
- 12 vs Australia, Cape Town, 2009
- 12 vs India, Centurion, 2010
South Africa hit 17 sixes and equaled the record of Australia, which is third in terms of hitting most sixes in a Test innings. Australia had hit 17 sixes in an innings of a Test match against Zimbabwe 21 years ago in 2003. New Zealand holds the record for most sixes in an innings.
Most sixes by a team in a Test innings
- 22 Sixes – New Zealand (vs Pakistan) – Sharjah, 2014
- 18 Sixes – India (vs England) – Rajkot, 2024
- 17 Sixes – Australia (vs Zimbabwe) – Perth, 2003
- 17 Sixes – South Africa (vs Bangladesh) – Chattogram, 2024
- 16 Sixes – Sri Lanka (vs Ireland) – Galle, 2023
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