1 partnership for the ninth wicket, with over 191 runs added, by Mahmudullah and Taskin Ahmed in Harare. The all-time record is held by Mark Boucher and Pat Simcox, who added 195 runs against Pakistan in Johannesburg in 1998. The Bangladesh pair had missed the record by just four runs. Interestingly, Mahmudullah is in the top four twice: he added 184 runs for the ninth wicket against West Indies in Khulna in 2012 with Abul Hasan.
7 instances of a batsman scoring more than 150 at No. 8 or less in Tests. Mahmudullah is the eighth member of a club that also includes Wasim Akram, Imtiaz Ahmed, Kamran Akmal, Clem Hill, Jason Holder, Ian Smith and Stuart Broad. The previous best score for Bangladesh's No. 8-11 was also from Mahmudullah, when he scored 115 against New Zealand in Hamilton in 2010.
Added 336 runs for Bangladesh from the last four wickets, helping them post 132 for 468 for 6. Only seven times have the last four wickets added more runs in a Test innings - the highest being 450 by Pakistan against New Zealand in Lahore in 1955, when they recovered from 111 to 6 to 561. Bangladesh's previous high was 212 for the last four wickets. .
Bangladesh's last five batsmen scored 320 runs (No. 7-11). There are only five instances of more runs being added by the last five batsmen in an innings. The highest is 363 by Australia against England in 1925.
44.68 Mahmudullah's Test average when batting at No.8 or lower, which is the highest of all batsmen who have batted at least 20 times at these positions. John Goddard of West Indies (42.91 in 20 innings) is the only other batsman to average more than 40. While batting in the top seven positions, Mahmudullah averages 30.36 in 72 innings.
16 batsmen who have scored two or more centuries from number 8-11. Daniel Vettori leads with five centuries, while R Ashwin, Jason Holder and Kamran Akmal have three each. Mahmudullah is one of 12 batsmen to score two centuries in these positions.