Bangladesh battle back against New Zealand

DUNEDIN, (Sub TV) - Bangladesh produced a superb fightback to finish day two of the first Test against New Zealand 148-0 and trail the hosts by 72 runs. The tourists had endured a torrid time when batting on the first day and had been dismissed for Your Ad Here just 137 and after the hosts posted a total of 357 in their innings, it looked like a tall task for Bangladesh. But they took four quick wickets before tea and provided a solid display on the crease before close of play on Saturday to put pressure on New Zealand to take some early wickets on the third day. Junaid Siddique and Tamim Iqbal were leading the way for Bangladesh and, with 69 and 72 respectively, both are looking on course to post centuries. Having resumed on 156 for four, New Zealand had dominated the opening stages of the day as Matthew Bell chipped steadily away alongside Jacob Oram to reach 107 runs, his second Test century, before he was dismissed 20 minutes before lunch lbw from Mohammad Ashraful's delivery. Ashraful grabbed his second wicket shortly before lunch when Brendon McCullum's edge was caught at first slip by Junaid Siddique. New Zealand were 277 for six at lunch and Oram continued to add the runs, himself passing the century mark before he was dismissed after the break when he clipped an inside edge onto his stumps. From then on Bangladesh fought back well to restrict New Zealand to just 37 further runs. Kyle Mills was dismissed without making a run when he got a thick outside edge to Mushfiqur Rahim while Daniel Vettori (32) followed soon after when he was caught out easily at mid-on by Enamul Haque jnr. Finally, Iain O'Brien was dismissed for five when he was caught out by Mushfiqur Rahim, but it looked liked they had given themselves a healthy enough lead with a total of 357. But Siddique and Iqbal had other ideas as they frustrated the hosts to shift the pressure onto their opponents for Sunday. New Zealand v Bangladesh 2007/08 season Played at University Oval, Dunedin, on 4,5,6,7,8 January 2008 (5-day match) Bangladesh 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR Tamim Iqbal c Fulton b Martin 53 143 88 9 0 60.22 Junaid Siddique c Fleming b Martin 1 9 8 0 0 12.50 Habibul Bashar c McCullum b Martin 23 29 22 1 2 104.54 Mohammad Ashraful lbw b Martin 0 4 1 0 0 0.00 Shahriar Nafees b Vettori 16 59 50 2 0 32.00 Aftab Ahmed b Oram 0 33 25 0 0 0.00 Mushfiqur Rahim c Bell b Mills 7 59 32 1 0 21.87 Mashrafe Mortaza b Oram 22 32 26 5 0 84.61 Shahadat Hossain c McCullum b Oram 0 2 1 0 0 0.00 Sajidul Islam c McCullum b Mills 4 24 5 1 0 80.00 Enamul Haque jnr not out 2 5 22 0 0 9.09 Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 3, nb 3) 9 Total (all out; 46.1 overs; 204 mins) 137 (2.96 runs per over) Fall of wickets1-5 (Junaid Siddique, 2.2 ov), 2-43 (Habibul Bashar, 8.6 ov), 3-47 (Mohammad Ashraful, 10.1 ov), 4-82 (Shahriar Nafees, 23.3 ov), 5-98 (Aftab Ahmed, 31.3 ov), 6-100 (Tamim Iqbal, 32.2 ov), 7-129 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 39.1 ov), 8-129 (Shahadat Hossain, 39.2 ov), 9-133 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 44.2 ov), 10-137 (Sajidul Islam, 46.1 ov) Bowling O M R W Econ CS Martin 13 1 64 4 4.92 KD Mills 7.1 1 29 2 4.04 JDP Oram 13 4 23 3 1.76 (1nb, 2w) IE O'Brien 7 2 10 0 1.42 (1nb, 1w) DL Vettori 6 2 8 1 1.33 (1nb) New Zealand 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR CD Cumming lbw b Sajidul Islam 1 14 14 0 0 7.14 MD Bell lbw b Mohammad Ashraful 107 273 184 18 0 58.15 PG Fulton b Shahadat Hossain 14 22 18 3 0 77.77 SP Fleming c Mushfiqur Rahim b Sajidul Islam 14 29 22 3 0 63.63 MS Sinclair lbw b Mashrafe Mortaza 29 68 41 5 0 70.73 JDP Oram b Mashrafe Mortaza 117 189 166 17 1 70.48 BB McCullum c Junaid Siddique b Mohammad Ashraful 7 11 8 0 1 87.50 DL Vettori c Enamul Haque jnr b Shahadat Hossain 32 65 53 1 0 60.37 KD Mills c Mushfiqur Rahim b Mashrafe Mortaza 0 2 1 0 0 0.00 IE O'Brien c Mushfiqur Rahim b Mashrafe Mortaza 5 47 22 0 0 22.72 CS Martin not out 12 24 20 2 0 60.00 Extras (b 4, lb 10, w 2, nb 3) 19 Total (all out; 91 overs; 377 mins) 357 (3.92 runs per over) Fall of wickets1-5 (Cumming, 3.2 ov), 2-31 (Fulton, 8.5 ov), 3-58 (Fleming, 15.1 ov), 4-121 (Sinclair, 30.5 ov), 5-260 (Bell, 64.6 ov), 6-270 (McCullum, 68.4 ov), 7-320 (Oram, 80.2 ov), 8-320 (Mills, 80.3 ov), 9-340 (Vettori, 85.4 ov), 10-357 (O'Brien, 90.6 ov) Bowling O M R W Econ Shahadat Hossain 18 0 95 2 5.27 (1nb) Sajidul Islam 19 2 71 2 3.73 (1nb, 2w) Mashrafe Mortaza 23 3 74 4 3.21 Enamul Haque jnr 22 4 57 0 2.59 (1nb) Mohammad Ashraful 9 0 46 2 5.11 Bangladesh 2nd innings R B 4s 6s SR Tamim Iqbal not out 72 107 10 1 67.28 Junaid Siddique not out 69 130 11 0 53.07 Extras (lb 4, nb 3) 7 Total (0 wickets; 39 overs) 148 (3.79 runs per over) To bat Habibul Bashar, Mohammad Ashraful, Shahriar Nafees, Aftab Ahmed, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mashrafe Mortaza, Shahadat Hossain, Sajidul Islam, Enamul Haque jnr Bowling O M R W Econ CS Martin 10 0 48 0 4.80 (2nb) KD Mills 7 1 33 0 4.71 IE O'Brien 4 0 23 0 5.75 (1nb) DL Vettori 12 4 33 0 2.75 JDP Oram 6 2 7 0 1.16 Toss New Zealand, who chose to field first Test debuts Junaid Siddique, Sajidul Islam and Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh) Player of the match tba Umpires NJ Llong (England) and PD Parker (Australia) TV umpire AL Hill Match referee BC Broad (England) Reserve umpire RD Anderson Close of play day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 156/4 (MD Bell 74*, JDP Oram 17*, 41 ov) day 2 - Bangladesh 2nd innings 148/0 (Tamim Iqbal 72*, Junaid Siddique 69*, 39 ov) Match notes Day 1 Bangladesh 1st innings Bangladesh: 50 runs in 10.3 overs (63 balls), Extras 0 Drinks: Bangladesh - 62/3 in 14.0 overs (Tamim Iqbal 28, Shahriar Nafees 9) Lunch: Bangladesh - 88/4 in 28.0 overs (Tamim Iqbal 41, Aftab Ahmed 0) Tamim Iqbal: 50 off 85 balls (9 x 4) Bangladesh: 100 runs in 32.1 overs (197 balls), Extras 7 Drinks: Bangladesh - 129/7 in 39.1 overs (Mushfiqur Rahim 5) Innings Break: Bangladesh - 137/10 in 46.1 overs (Enamul Haque 2) New Zealand 1st innings Tea: New Zealand - 17/1 in 6.0 overs (MD Bell 13, PG Fulton 2) New Zealand: 50 runs in 12.6 overs (81 balls), Extras 3 Drinks: New Zealand - 74/3 in 19.0 overs (MD Bell 34, MS Sinclair 6) New Zealand: 100 runs in 24.1 overs (148 balls), Extras 5 MD Bell: 50 off 75 balls (10 x 4) 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 64 balls (MD Bell 27, MS Sinclair 23, Ex 0) New Zealand: 150 runs in 40.1 overs (244 balls), Extras 7 End Of Day: New Zealand - 156/4 in 41.0 overs (MD Bell 74, JDP Oram 17) Day 2 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 79 balls (MD Bell 20, JDP Oram 28, Ex 3) New Zealand: 200 runs in 50.4 overs (307 balls), Extras 9 Drinks: New Zealand - 212/4 in 55.0 overs (MD Bell 97, JDP Oram 48) JDP Oram: 50 off 79 balls (9 x 4) 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 152 balls (MD Bell 39, JDP Oram 57, Ex 4) MD Bell: 100 off 175 balls (17 x 4) New Zealand: 250 runs in 62.5 overs (380 balls), Extras 9 Lunch: New Zealand - 277/6 in 72.0 overs (JDP Oram 95, DL Vettori 1) JDP Oram: 100 off 144 balls (16 x 4) New Zealand: 300 runs in 76.4 overs (463 balls), Extras 9 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 67 balls (JDP Oram 28, DL Vettori 17, Ex 5) Drinks: New Zealand - 340/9 in 85.4 overs (IE O'Brien 3) New Zealand: 350 runs in 87.6 overs (533 balls), Extras 18 Innings Break: New Zealand - 357/10 in 91.0 overs (CS Martin 12) Bangladesh 2nd innings Tea: Bangladesh - 35/0 in 7.0 overs (Tamim Iqbal 10, Junaid Siddique 25) Bangladesh: 50 runs in 10.6 overs (66 balls), Extras 0 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 66 balls (Tamim Iqbal 14, Junaid Siddique 37, Ex 0) Junaid Siddique: 50 off 69 balls (10 x 4) Bangladesh: 100 runs in 19.2 overs (117 balls), Extras 1 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 117 balls (Tamim Iqbal 48, Junaid Siddique 51, Ex 1) Tamim Iqbal: 50 off 52 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6) Drinks: Bangladesh - 110/0 in 23.0 overs (Tamim Iqbal 52, Junaid Siddique 53) End Of Day: Bangladesh - 148/0 in 39.0 overs (Tamim Iqbal 72, Junaid Siddique 69)