11/01Result

1st Test, Bangladesh tour of New Zealand at Wellington, Jan 12-16 2017

New Zealand won by 7 wkts

Player of the Match

Tom LathamNew Zealand

END OF OVER:
152 | 6 Runs | BAN: 595/8

Kamrul Islam6 (21b)
Sabbir Rahman54 (86b)

Neil Wagner44-8-151-4
Mitchell Santner17-2-62-0

Bangladesh have declared an hour into day three on 595 for 8. Be back in a bit for NZ's reply

Mark: "Bat on for an hour? Check! Declare, to make a statement? Check! 600 up? Not quite, but near enough. 9 sessions left to try to force a result? Check! New Zealand now have to bat probably for more than 5 sessions to make the match safe."

151.6

Wagner to Kamrul Islam Rabbi, 1 run, full and outside off, glided with soft hands towards backward point. They take the single

151.5

Wagner to Kamrul Islam Rabbi, no run, full and angled across off, no shot offered

151.4

Wagner to Kamrul Islam Rabbi, no run, left alone outside off

151.3

Wagner to Sabbir Rahman, 1 run,

151.2

Wagner to Sabbir Rahman, FOUR, Sabbir nails it through the covers. Even fuller and outside off, crunches a drive on the up and in the gap and raises his bat. He becomes the fifth Bangladesh player to make a fifty-plus score in this innings

151.1

Wagner to Sabbir Rahman, no run, full and angling away outside off, mis-times a drive to mid-off. Goes hard at the ball and loses his shape

END OF OVER:
151 | 1 Run | BAN: 589/8

Sabbir Rahman49 (83b)
Kamrul Islam5 (18b)

Mitchell Santner17-2-62-0
Neil Wagner43-8-145-4

150.6

Santner to Sabbir Rahman, 1 run, worked through the vacant spaces at midwicket. Sabbir moves to 49

150.5

Santner to Sabbir Rahman, no run, defended to cover

150.4

Santner to Sabbir Rahman, no run, stabbed out to cover

150.3

Santner to Sabbir Rahman, no run, arm-ball slides in, blocked on the back foot

Bayezid: "And here I am in Dhaka watching this interesting game with my exam waiting for me in the morning.."

150.2

Santner to Sabbir Rahman, no run, tossed up on off, dead-batted

150.1

Santner to Sabbir Rahman, no run, pushed through on off, camps back and defends to leg

END OF OVER:
150 | 7 Runs | BAN: 588/8

Sabbir Rahman48 (77b)
Kamrul Islam5 (18b)

Neil Wagner43-8-145-4
Mitchell Santner16-2-61-0

149.6

Wagner to Sabbir Rahman, 3 runs,

Match Coverage

All Match News

For Bangladesh, time in the middle and not runs was the focus, and 'the execution was perfect'
After losing all their previous nine Tests in New Zealand, the visitors have changed the narrative with solid, fighting cricket in the first Test
Mushfiqur Rahim looks back at seven of his most important innings for Bangladesh
From his debut at Lord's to the double-hundred in Galle, and other match-winning knocks in between
Short balls make fuller ones more effective - Boult
While the short ball that took out Mushfiqur was the most conspicuous aspect of New Zealand's attack in Wellington, Trent Boult has said the reverse swing they achieved was also a valuable addition
Hathurusingha hopes quicks recover from Wellington exertions
Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha has said his team's inexperienced pace attack has to overcome the physical test of playing back-to-back Tests if the team is to compete as hard as it did in Wellington
Williamson pleased with 'huge effort'
Kane Williamson credited Tom Latham, and the partnerships built around him in the first innings, for New Zealand's come-from-behind win

Not enough

No. of bigger totals that have ended in a defeat than Bangladesh's 595 in this match. The previous highest was Australia's 586 vs England at SCG In 1894-95.

Williamson - the chaser

231

Williamson's average while chasing in home Tests, with scores of 102*, 56, 31*, 108*, 61, 104*.

Can they repeat it?

2008

Last instance of NZ successfully chasing in excess of 200 in a Test. It was also against Bangladesh at Chittagong when they scored 317/7 to win.

Tough ask

Number of times teams have successfully chased more than 200 runs in Wellington. New Zealand's highest was 215 against India in 1998.

Superb Shabbir

2013

The last time a Bangladesh batsman scored 2 fifty plus scores in an away Test before Shabbir Rahman. Shakib scored 81 and 59 in Harare.

Rare Double

Number of batsman to be dismissed for a double hundred and a duck in a Test match. Shakib was dismissed for a duck after scoring 217 in the first innings.

Rare Lead

Number of instances when Bangladesh have taken the lead against New Zealand in 12 Tests.This is the first time they have done it in NZ.

New Record

No of catches taken by Imrul Kayes - Most number of catches taken by a substitute keeper in an innings of a Test.

Hunting ground

Number of centuries for BJ Watling at the Basin Reserve. In addition to this he has 2 fifties and has been involved in two 300 plus partnerships.

Long time coming

1953

The last time when an opener had scored more than Tom Latham's 177 at the Basin Reserve. DJ Mcglew from SA scored 255 not out

a rare club

New Zealand openers to have made a Test hundred in 59 Tests at the Basin Reserve. Latham joins Dempster (1 100s), Mills (1) and Wright (3).

only the second

First-innings fifties by NZ openers at the Basin Reserve in 26 inns in the last-ten years. Before Latham, Guptill had made 59 v SA in 2012.

END OF OVER:152 | 6 Runs | BAN: 595/8

END OF OVER:151 | 1 Run | BAN: 589/8

END OF OVER:150 | 7 Runs | BAN: 588/8

For Bangladesh, time in the middle and not runs was the focus, and 'the execution was perfect'

Mushfiqur Rahim looks back at seven of his most important innings for Bangladesh

Short balls make fuller ones more effective - Boult

Hathurusingha hopes quicks recover from Wellington exertions

Williamson pleased with 'huge effort'

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152 | 6 Runs | BAN: 595/8

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151 | 1 Run | BAN: 589/8

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150 | 7 Runs | BAN: 588/8