Zia-ur-Rehman conceded 150+ runs in both innings in the Test match against Zimbabwe (Credit: Afghanistan Cricket Board)
\n\nAfghanistan's spin-bowling all-rounder Zia-ur-Rehman set an unwelcome Test record on Monday, November 9. In the opening Test match against Zimbabwe at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, the 28-year-old player spearheaded Afghanistan's spin attack and claimed two wickets for 170 runs in the first innings. In the second innings, his final statistics were 2/173. The first and only bowler in history to give up 150 or more runs in both innings of a Test match is Zia-ur-Rehman, who played his sixth Test for Afghanistan in Sharjah.
\n\nBefore Zia-ur-Rehman, no bowler had given up 150 or more runs in both innings in a Test match in the previous 149 years. The first Test match took place between Australia and England in Melbourne in 1877.
\n\nIn addition to being the third most costly bowling figures in a Test match, Zia-ur-Rehman's match figures of 4/343 in the series opener. Zia-ur-Rehman has given up more runs in a Test match than only Jason Krejza of Australia and Tommy Scott of the West Indies. In the 1930 Kingston Test, Scott was crushed for 374 runs by England, while in the…
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