New Zealand were 38 for two, trailing Bangladesh by 173 at stumps on day three of the rain-shortened second Test in Wellington on Sunday. New Zealand openers Tom Latham and Jeet Raval went cheaply, leaving Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor to hold the fort until the return of rain brought an early end to the day less than 12 overs after tea. Taylor, the only top-order New Zealand batsman to fail in the first Test, was in a particularly aggressive mood with boundaries off the first two balls he faced. By the time the players left the field he had 19 from 13 deliveries with Williamson on 10 from 17 as New Zealand set about reeling in Bangladesh's 211. Tamim Iqbal gave the tourists a sound start with 74 before they wilted in the face of a barrage from New Zealand's short-ball king Neil Wagner who took four for 28.
Bangladesh, having reached 119 for one, saw the next nine wickets fall for just 92 runs. New Zealand, in reply, were two for eight before Williamson and Taylor began their rescue mission. After rain prevented any play on the first two days, the weather cleared enough to allow more than 72 overs on a green wicket on day three with 13 wickets falling before the rain returned.
But it was more shot selection than the surface that accounted for the dismissals. Tamim showed there were no demons in a confident 75-run stand with Shadman Islam for the first wicket.
Scoreboard
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Bangladesh first innings
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T. Iqbal c Southee b N Wagner 74
S. Islam c Taylor b de Grandhomme 27
M. Haque c Watling b Wagner 15
M. Mithun c Watling b Wagner 3
S. Sarkar c Watling b Henry 20
Mahmudullah c de Grandhomme b Wagner 13
L. Das c Williamson b Southee 33
T. Islam lbw Boult 8
M. Rahman b Boult 0
A. Jayed b Boult 4
E. Hossain not out 0
Extras: (b4, lb7, wd2, nb1) 14
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Total: (all out, 61 overs) 211
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Fall of wickets: 1-75 (Shadman), 2-119 (Mominul), 3-127 (Mithun), 4-134 (Tamim), 5-152 (Soumya), 6-168 (Mahmudullah), 7-206 (Taijul), 8-206 (Rahman), 9-207 (Das), 10-211 (Jayed) Bowling: Boult 11-3-38-3, Southee 15-2-52-1 (2w, 1nb), de Grandhomme 7-0-15-1, Henry 15-0-67-1, Wagner 13-4-28-4
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New Zealand first innings
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J. Raval c Soumya b Jayed 3
T. Latham c Liton Das b Jayed 4
K. Williamson not out 10
R. Taylor not out 19
Extras (lb2) 2
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Total (two wickets; 11.4 overs) 38
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Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Latham), 2-8 (Raval)
Bowling: Jayed 6-2-18-2, Ebadot 5.4-2-18-0
To bat: Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling, Colin de Grandhomme, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Trent Boult Toss: New Zealand
Series: New Zealand lead 1-0
Umpires: Paul Reiffel (AUS), Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SRI)
TV umpire: Nigel Llong (ENG) Match referee: David Boon (AUS).
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