Not a bad first day of the 2nd Test Match: SA vs. Bangladesh.
Smith 223* (254) McKenzie 169* (288)
Smith's 4th double century and McKenzie's first century in 7 years. They are 9 runs off the biggest ever opening partnership which was achieved a number of years ago.
It is easy to dismiss this achievement. It is against `lowly' Bangladesh, but this is the same team that got a first innings lead on us in the first test. It is also a team that is on the up and gave Australia a run in one of the games of their recent series.
It also reminds me of long days fielding... today could not have been a fun day to be a Bangladeshi Test Cricketer
2 comments:
You're right!
It is easy to dismiss the significance of this achievement!
Well... they ended up breaking the 53 year old World Record. Bangladesh have been playing for a while. All the major nations have played them. Zimbabwe played test criket AND Sri Lanka took a while to become test quality... so the opportunities for other teams to do the same have been there.
I think it is impressive.
Cricket is made up of all sorts of records, so they are often broken but I will not be suprised if this one stays for a while.
The track was also not completely flat since we went on to lose 7 wickets for only 170 runs or so.
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