Bangladesh's Mominul Haque hammers his 3rd successive Test fifty: Stats
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Bangladesh batter Mominul Haque hammered his 3rd successive half-century in the two-match Test series against Ireland on Saturday in Dhaka. Bangladesh started Day 4 on 156/1 with Shadman Islam and Mominul at the crease. After Shadman and Najmul Hossain Shanto's dismissals early on, Mominul was joined by Mushfiqur Rahim and the two added 123 runs for the 4th wicket. Here are further details.
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Mominul scores an important 87
Mominul shone alongside the veteran Mushfiqur with a superb century-plus stand. This helped the Tigers declare their innings at 297/4. Mominul missed out on a deserving century. He ended up scoring 87 runs from 118 balls with 10 fours along the way. He was dismissed by Gavin Hoey before Bangladesh declared rightaway. Notably, Mominul hammered twin fifties in this Test.
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3 successive fifties in this Test series
In the 1st Test, Mominul hit 82 runs, recording his 23rd fifty in Tests. And now in the 2nd Test, he bagged a score worth 63 in the 1st innings and 87 in the 3rd to floor Ireland.
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Mominul continues to impress in Test cricket: Stats
Mominul's scores worth 63 and 87 sees him race to 4,859 runs from 75 matches at 37.66. This was his 25th fifty in Tests (100s: 13). As per ESPNcricinfo, Mominul averages 67.25 versus Ireland from three Tests (5 innings). He hammered his 3rd fifty against them (269 runs). Overall, Mominul has surpassed 10,500 runs in First-Class cricket (10,568 runs). He hit his 51st fifty.