NZ vs BAN: Batters put Bangladesh in driver’s seat on Day 3

Captain Mominul Haque scored 88 to guide Bangladesh to a 73-run, first-innings lead over New Zealand within the first cricket Test on Monday, in considered one of its best-ever performances away from residence.

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Mominul shared a 158-run partnership with wicketkeeper Liton Das, who made 86, steering Bangladesh to 401-6 at stumps on the third day in reply to New Zealand’s first innings of 328.
Bangladesh has seldom been so commanding in New Zealand, the place it has by no means gained a match in any format, or anyplace exterior the sub-continent.
It started the day 175-2 with Mahmudul Hasan Joy 70 not out after a 104-run partnership on the second day with Najmul Hossain Shanto (64). Joy was out early for 78 and Mominul and Liton Das then mixed in a partnership which occupied the following 52 overs and noticed the vacationers attain a first-innings lead 20 minutes after tea.
Trent Boult dismissed each Mominul and Liton Das inside 4 overs of one another within the closing session to barely diminish the vacationers’ commanding possession. But the day belonged to Bangladesh and for the second day in a row they completed with the higher hand.
“The boys really got stuck in,” Bangladesh batting coach Ashwell Prince stated.

“We had a superb day yesterday however we needed to comply with it up with one other good day and the blokes did precisely that.
“There will be two or three guys disappointed that they didn’t go on and get three figures. But all in all we had some good partnerships and it was a very good day.” The partnership between Mominul and Liton Das was essential for Bangladesh who, regardless of their excellent efficiency on the second day once they claimed New Zealand’s final 5 wickets for 70 runs and misplaced solely two wickets in two classes, nonetheless needed to consolidate their place.
They misplaced Joy shortly to a drained shot. He adopted a ball from Neil Wagner extensive of off stump and struck the ball on to Henry Nicholls at backward level. Had they misplaced one other wicket shortly at that time, the entire exhausting work of the second day may need been misplaced.

But the captain and the wicketkeeper dug in and batted collectively for greater than 4 hours to make sure Bangaladesh capitalized on the efforts of the bowlers and of Joy and Shanto.
It wasn’t all the time straightforward. When he was 9, Mominul edged a ball from Neil Wagner to wicketkeeper Tim Blundell however was reprieved when tv replays confirmed Wagner had overstepped. The South Africa-born quick bowler nursed a grievance for the remainder of the day, throughout he didn’t take one other wicket, and engaged in a disagreement with Mominul till his dismissal.
Mushfiqur Rahim got here and went shortly, bowled by Boult for 12 to go away Bangladesh 203. From then the day belonged to Mominul and Liton Das who had been lastly separated when Bangladesh was 361-5, already 33 forward.Mominul reached his fifteenth take a look at half century from 147 balls and Das his eleventh from 93 balls. His swifter scoring elevated strain on the New Zealand bowlers, who’ve bowled 156 overs.
Mominul lastly was out, trapped lbw by Boult on 88 and Das adopted, caught by Blundell from Boult’s bowling not too removed from stumps.
At stumps Yasir Ali was 11 not out and Mehidy Hasan 20. Wagner, New Zealand’s workhorse, had 3-98 from 38 overs and Boult had 3-61 from 30.