New Zealand snatched a spectacular four-wicket win over Bangladesh to level the two-match Test series 1-1 virtually coming from behind at Mirpur yesterday.
New Zealand’s spin duo of Ajaz Patel with six wickets and Mitchell Santner with three scalps played a major part in the dismantling of Bangladesh for 144 runs in the second innings that left the Kiwis with a target of 135.
New Zealand in pursuit of the target were at one time struggling at 69 for 6 before Santner (35 not out) and Glenn Phillips (40 not out) staved off a Bangladesh fight-back to finish off the match with an unbroken stand of 70 runs.
Bangladesh went into the match pumped up for a historic series win after winning the first Test/
Scores:
Bangladesh: 172 (Mushfiqur Rahim 35, Glenn Phillips 3/31, Mitchell Santner 3/65) and 144 (Zakir 59, Ajaz Patel 6/57, Mitchell Santner 3/51)
New Zealand: 180 (Glenn Phillips 87, Mehidy Hasan 3/53, Taijul Islam 3/64) and 139 for 6 (Glenn Phillips 40 n.o., Mitchell Santner 35 n.o., Mehidy Hasan 3-52)
