No other Test-playing country has lost so many times in their first 100 Test matches and the dubious honour highlights Bangladesh’s struggle in the five-day format over the past 17 years.
So far they have won only eight Test matches, one more than New Zealand, who had only seven wins in their first 100 Tests, though the Kiwis managed to eke out 47 draws against Bangladesh’s 15.
Five of Bangladesh’s eight wins came at home including four against fellow strugglers Zimbabwe. And they won just three of their 46 games abroad — two against an under-strength West Indies and one against Zimbabwe.
The Tigers, as they are affectionately called by their fans, lost 21 consecutive Test matches between 2001 and 2004, the worst ever losing run by a team which no other side has even come close to emulating.
They have improved in recent matches, drawing their home series against England before dragging their last four Tests into the fifth day, which many saw as a mark of success.
‘We are doing the right thing, that’s why we have been competitive in all these games,’ coach Chandika Hathurusinghe told reporters in Colombo on Sunday.
-NEWAGE
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