WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Mahmudul Hasan and Najmul Hossain struck half-centuries to fuel Bangladesh’s strong reply to New Zealand’s first innings whole of 328 within the opening take a look at in Mount Maunganui on Sunday.
The touring facet completed day two on a strong 175-2, 153 behind however hopeful of a first-innings lead after their bowlers did a wonderful job within the morning session to limit New Zealand to a sub-350 rating.
Mahmudul, enjoying solely his second take a look at, was batting on a resolute 70 with skipper Mominul Haque on eight on the different finish on the Bay Oval.
Earlier resuming on 258-5, New Zealand added 70 runs within the morning session earlier than dropping their final 5 wickets three overs earlier than the lunch break.
Overnight batsman Henry Nicholls hit 12 boundaries in his 75 and was the final New Zealand wicket to fall.
For the touring facet, paceman Shoriful Islam and off-spinner Mehidy Hasan claimed three wickets apiece.
Bangladesh acquired off to a good begin with Shadman Islam and Mahmudul including 43 runs for the opening stand.
Neil Wagner broke the stand when he caught Shadman, who made 22, off his personal bowling however Mahmudul and Najmul annoyed the host with a century stand.
Both the batsmen took time to get their eyes in and had their moments of discomfort however soldiered on.
“The century-plus partnership between them was necessary for us,” Mehidy instructed reporters afterwards.
“We have been lacking top-order partnerships in current occasions. This will give us a variety of confidence and there is lot of cricket to play within the match.”
Najmul, who made 64, introduced up his fifty in type slog-sweeping spinner Rachin Ravindra for a six earlier than Wagner had him caught within the gully.
“Full credit score to the Bangladesh batsmen, I believed they performed very well,” Wagner instructed reporters.
“They confirmed a variety of persistence…it was a great day of arduous take a look at cricket.
“I believe we tried actually arduous. We simply could not actually string it collectively and create sufficient strain from each ends.”
(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; enhancing by Kim Coghill)
