South Africa (7/10) – Bangladesh (7/1)

• South Africa are undefeated from their 13 men’s Tests against Bangladesh (W11, D2); only Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe (20 - W14, D6) and New Zealand against Zimbabwe (17 - W11, D6) have played an opposition more times in the format without losing.
• South Africa have won four of their last five men’s Tests (L1), including each of their last two; the last time the Proteas won more than two consecutive matches in the format was a three-game span from December 2018 to January 2019.
• Bangladesh have lost each of their last two men’s Tests away from home, after losing only one of their four matches on the road prior (W2, D1); the last time the Tigers lost more such fixtures in succession was a nine-match span from September 2017 to February 2020.
• South Africa have lost each of their last two men’s Tests at St George’s Park, after recording a six-match unbeaten run at the venue prior in the format (W5, D1).
• South Africa have scored 24% of their runs from singles in men’s Tests since the beginning of 2020, the lowest rate of any team in that time and four percentage points fewer than Bangladesh (28%).
• Bangladesh have a bowling average of 37.2 in men’s Tests since the beginning of 2020, the second highest of any team in that time (Zimbabwe – 47.7).
• South Africa have induced a batting false shot percentage of 21% in men’s Tests since the beginning of 2020, the best rate of any team when bowling in that time and six percentage points higher than Bangladesh (15%).
• Temba Bavuma (19) is one away from becoming the 21st player to record 20 scores of 50+ in men’s Tests for South Africa; however, his Test batting average at St George’s Park (11.8) is his lowest at any ground in the format (min. 3 innings).
• Mushfiqur Rahim (4,880) is 120 away from becoming the first player to score 5,000 runs in men’s Tests for Bangladesh; however, his Test batting average against South Africa (21.1) is his lowest against any team (min. 3 innings).
• Mominul Haque (14) is one away from recording the outright third most appearances as captain of Bangladesh in men’s Tests (also Shakib Al Hasan – 14); only Mushfiqur Rahim (34) and Habibul Bashar (18) have made more appearances as captain of the Tigers in the format.