Record Alert: West Indies chased down the highest target in Asia on Kyle Mayers Test Debut

West Indies were looking down and out when Kyle Mayers walked in to bat at 59/3 with his team chasing a target of 395. This was Kyle Mayers Test debut. The highest record chase in Asia at that stage was Sri Lanka’s 391-6 against Zimbabwe chasing 388 in July 2017 at Colombo. Watch the video below:

Mayers joined forces with Nkrumah Bonner (86) and put together a partnership of 216 runs for the fourth wicket. West Indies were 275-4 needing exactly 120 runs to win at the fall of Bonner. Jermaine Blackwood departed for 9 runs as Windies were 292-5. With just half the wickets in hand – West Indies still needed 103 runs to win on a Day 5 pitch at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram.

Wicket keeper batsman Joshua Da Silva (playing just his 2nd Test) was the new man in and he played a very patient knock of 20 runs in 59 balls and put a partnership of exactly 100 runs with Kyle Mayers for the 6th wicket- Mayers brought up his 150 and 200 in the process.

Mayers constantly put pressure on Bangladesh bowlers with his controlled aggression. Bangladesh main paceman Mustafizur Rahman went for 71 runs in 13 overs. Mehidy Hasan who had a dream Test with a century and 4 wicket haul in the Test returned bowling figures of 35-3-113-4 in the second innings.

With just 3 more runs needed to win – Bangladesh picked the wickets of Joshua Da Silva and Kemar Roach – but Kyle Mayers saw the team home in the chase with an exceptional 210* on Test debut. His unbeaten 210 consisted of 20 Fours and 7 Sixes

Bangladesh v West Indies Scores:

Bangladesh 1st innings: 430 – Mehidy Hasan 103 – Joel Warrican 4-133
West Indies 1st innings: 259 – Kraigg Brathwaite 76 – Mehidy Hasan 4-58
Bangladesh 2nd innings: 223-8 declared: Mominul Haque 115 – Joel Warrican 3-57
West Indies 2nd innings: 395-7: Kyle Mayers 210* – Mehidy Hasan 4-113
– West Indies won by 3 wickets –

Records

Highest individual scores on Test debut
287 Tip Foster, Eng v Aus, 1903/04
222* Jacques Rudolph, SA v Ban, 2003
214 Lawrence Rowe, WI v NZ, 1971/72
214 Mathew Sinclair, NZ v WI, 1999/00
210* Kyle Mayers, WI v Ban, 2020/21
201*Brendon Kuruppu, SL v NZ, 1987

Double centuries in fourth innings
223 George Headley v Eng, Kingston 1929/30
222 Nathan Astle v Eng, Christchurch 2001/02
221 Sunil Gavaskar v Eng, The Oval 1979
219 Bill Edrich v SA, Durban 1938/39
214* Gordon Greenidge WI v Eng, Lord’s 1984
210* Kyle Mayers WI v Ban, Chattogram 2020/21

Highest individual scores in fourth innings – coming in a winning cause
214* Gordon Greenidge WI v Eng, Lord’s 1984
210* Kyle Mayers WI v Ban, Chattogram 2020/21
182 Arthurs Morris AUS v Eng, Leeds 1948
173* Don Bradman AUS v Eng, Leeds 1948
173* Mark Butcher ENG v Aus, Leeds 2001

Highest targets successfully chased in 4th innings
418 WI vs Aus, St John’s 2003
414 SA vs Aus, Perth 2008/09
404 Aus vs Eng, Leeds 1948
403 Ind vs WI, Port of Spain 1975/76
395 WI vs Ban, Chattogram 2020/21*

Highest targets successfully chased in Asia
395 WI vs Ban, Chattogram 2020/21*
388 SL vs Zim, Colombo RPS 2017
387 Ind vs Eng, Chennai 2008/09
377 Pak vs SL, Pallekele 2015

• Kyle Mayers became the first ever batsman to score a double century in the 4th innings of a Test match on debut
  
• Mayers’ 210* is the 2nd highest score by a Test batsman in 4th innings in a winning cause. The highest being recorded by his countryman Gordon Greenidge – 214 runs!