(Reuters) – Captain Tom Latham smashed an unbeaten 186 as New Zealand bounced again from their shock defeat in Mount Maunganui to amass 349-1 on the opening day of the second and closing check in opposition to Bangladesh on Sunday.
Latham raised 148 runs with fellow opener Will Young after which consolidated New Zealand’s place together with his still-flourishing 201-run stand with Devon Conway, who remained not out on 99.
“The method Tom hit a few of his drives, the sound of ball assembly the bat was superior,” New Zealand batting coach Luke Ronchi instructed reporters.
“To be not out and bat the entire day and to be persevering with tomorrow with Devon…it was a implausible effort from each ends.”
Smarting from their shock defeat within the sequence opener, world check champions New Zealand obtained the right begin with Latham main by instance after being put into bat at Christchurch’s Hagley Oval.
The left-hander, main the aspect in absence of an injured Kane Williamson, was given out lbw to Ebadot Hossain twice within the ninth over and each choices had been reversed after the batsman reviewed them.
Ebadot created one other probability quickly after the lunch break however Liton Das spilled Young, then on 26, at second slip with the batsman rubbing salt within the wound with a uncommon seven runs after operating three and choosing up 4 overthrows.
Shoriful Islam lastly broke the stand when he had Young caught at gully for 54 however Latham continued to punish the wayward Bangladesh bowlers as he raced to a 133-ball century.
Latham, whose free-flowing knock included 28 boundaries, was on 169 when Bangladesh blew a overview attempting to get him caught behind.
“Unfortunately we didn’t bowl sufficient good balls to create the form of strain that we created final week,” Bangladesh quick bowling coach Ottis Gibson instructed reporters.
“New Zealand would have been hurting from final week they usually got here again and confirmed why there are top-of-the-line groups on this planet.”
Bangladesh had been compelled into making two adjustments to the squad that had triumphed in Mount Maunganui.
Opener Mahmudul Hasan (hand) and center order batsman Mushfiqur Rahim (groin) missed out with accidents and had been changed by Nurul Hasan and Mohammad Naim.
New Zealand introduced in Daryl Mitchell for fellow all-rounder Rachin Ravindra.
(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; enhancing by Lincoln Feast.)
