[1] A Test match is scheduled to take place over a period of five days,[a][b] and is played by teams representing full member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
[5][6] Bangladesh became a full-member in 2000 after playing their first Test match against India at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.
As of 29 October 2024[update], Bangladesh played 148 Test matches resulting in 21 victories, 109 defeats and 18 draws for an overall winning percentage of 14.18.
[8] M. A. Chidambaram Stadium The highest innings total in a Test match is 952/6d which was posted by Sri Lanka against India in August, 1997 at Colombo.
The first Test of the 2012–13 series against the Sri Lanka saw Bangladesh set their highest innings total of 638.
[76] Glenn McGrath has scored the equal third-highest number of ducks in Test cricket behind Courtney Walsh with 43 and Chris Martin with 36.
[91] A bowler's bowling figures in a match are the sum of the wickets taken and the runs conceded over both innings.
[108] A ten-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking ten or more wickets in a match over two innings.
In Test cricket history there have been just 44 hat-tricks, the first achieved by Fred Spofforth for Australia against England in 1879.
The wicket-keeper is a specialist fielder who stands behind the stumps being guarded by the batsman on strike and is the only member of the fielding side allowed to wear gloves and leg pads.
A fair catch is taken when the ball is caught fully within the field of play without it bouncing after the ball has touched the striker's bat or glove holding the bat,[117][118] while a stumping occurs when the wicket-keeper puts down the wicket while the batsman is out of his ground and not attempting a run.
Aleem Dar of Pakistan holds the record for the most Test matches umpired with 132, as of December 2020[update].
The current active Dar set the record in December 2019 overtaking Steve Bucknor from the West Indies mark of 128 matches.