Ebadot places Bangladesh on high in 1st take a look at vs New Zealand

Ebadot Hossain bowled Bangladesh to the brink of a well-known victory over World Test Champion New Zealand in a fiery spell Tuesday on the fourth day of the primary cricket take a look at.
On a pitch on which Bangladesh and New Zealand collectively amassed 786 runs of their first innings — with the vacationers taking a 130-run lead — Ebadot lowered New Zealand to 147-5 at stumps, a lead of solely 17 runs.
After dismissing first innings century-maker Devon Conway for 13, Ebadot eliminated Will Young (69), Henry Nicholls (0) and Tom Blundell (0) within the area of six balls to fortify the sturdy place the Bangladesh batters had created.

Ross Taylor and Rachin Ravindra take the crew to the shut after a formidable session for @BCBtigers with the ball. The crew will begin Day 5 at Bay Oval with a lead of 17 runs. Scorecard | https://t.co/YHcdyJYy8A #NZvBAN pic.twitter.com/hsSs9kY3FK
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“The first thing to know about Ebadot as a person is that he only came to cricket about five years ago,” Bangladesh’s West Indies-born bowling coach Ottis Gibson mentioned. “He received a fast-bowling competitors someplace and two years later he was enjoying worldwide cricket.
“He’s a joy to work with because he’s enthusiastic and he wants to learn so much. When his confidence is high he can bowl spells like this.”
New Zealand was simply hanging on at stumps within the face of Ebadot’s aggressive swing bowling. Veteran Ross Taylor, in his penultimate take a look at match earlier than retirement, was 37 and allrounder Rachin Ravindra was 6.

Bangladesh hasn’t received any of its earlier 43 matches in New Zealand throughout all three codecs and wasn’t anticipated to check New Zealand on this match within the absence of veteran gamers equivalent to Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah.
But the vacationers have steadily acquired on high of New Zealand, and Ebadot rammed residence their benefit on Tuesday, ending the day with figures of 4-39.
Bangladesh first dismissed New Zealand for 328, claiming the final 5 wickets for 70 runs to go away it wanting a par rating on a docile pith on the Bay Oval. Bangladesh replied with 458, lifted by the contributions of captain Mominul Haque (88), Liton Das (86), Mahmudul Hasan Joy (78) and Najmul Hossain Shanto (64).

Ebadot’s nice spell continues and Tom Blundell’s keep is a brief one at Bay Oval. Follow play LIVE with @sparknzsport. #NZvBAN pic.twitter.com/QXzWj4ATRw
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Resuming on Tuesday at 401-6, Bangladesh added an additional 57 by way of Mehidy Hasan (47) and Yasir Ali (26).
When the vacationers lastly have been all out, New Zealand had been within the area for greater than 176 overs — the higher a part of two days — in sizzling circumstances and appeared wilted when their second innings started.
Latham once more was out cheaply when he dragged a brief ball from Taskin Ahmed onto his stumps. Ebadot had his first wicket when Conway was caught at slip by Shadman Islam, although the Decision Review System was wanted to substantiate the dismissal.

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Throughout the day, Bangladesh had a love-hate relationship with the DRS. Early on Mehidy twice overturned lbw selections which had gone in opposition to him. The Conway choice additionally went Bangladesh’s approach however they then grew to become reckless and wasted critiques on speculative appeals.

Bangladesh strike late within the ultimate session of Day 4. Will Young has to go. Follow play LIVE with @sparknzsport. #NZvBAN pic.twitter.com/CoBDjlFjIZ
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New Zealand had begun to see some swing after they took the third new ball Tuesday and the Bangladesh seamers additionally discovered swing on the fourth day, together with some reverse.
The New Zealand batsman performed with no actual function apart from to outlive to stumps and Ebadot threw that coverage into disarray when he eliminated Young, Nicholls and Blundell in fast succession.
Young had batted 4 hours for 69, his second half century of the match, when he chopped down on a brief ball from Ebadot which got here off the within edge onto his stumps. Nicholls lasted solely two balls earlier than he was bowled by a quick in-swinger and Blundell fell lbw within the subsequent over, when his evaluate was unsuccessful.
Taylor was dropped by Shadman off Mehidy when he was 17 however survived to stumps as New Zealand’s principal hope of a defensible lead on the ultimate day.