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DHAKA: Glenn Phillips hit an aggressive 87 to keep New Zealand in the game on day three of a finely poised rain-hit second and final Test against Bangladesh on Friday.<\/p>\n
All-rounder Phillips lifted New Zealand from a precarious 55-5 at the start of the day to 180 all out in response to Bangladesh\u2019s first innings total of 172 in Dhaka.<\/p>\n
Bangladesh wiped out the eight-run deficit to reach 38-2 when bad light forced early stumps, with 37 overs remaining on the day at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.<\/p>\n
Opener Zakir Hasan was batting on 16 with Mominul Haque on nought.<\/p>\n
Spinner Ajaz Patel removed Mahmudul Hasan Joy for two in the first over and skipper Tim Southee took down his Bangladesh counterpart Najmul Hasan Shanto for 15.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it played pretty similar to how it played on day one, bit of spin, bit of skid,\u201d Phillips told reporters.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you are only going to be out there for so many balls… you\u2019ve got to score with the ones that are available. So obviously it\u2019s a good challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bangladesh hope to set a target of around 200 runs.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the longer we can bat, the better it is for us. If we can score 200-220 runs, we can defend,\u201d said spinner Nayeem Hasan.<\/p>\n
Play resumed Friday after four sessions \u2014 one in the morning \u2014 were washed out because of rain with New Zealand trailing Bangladesh by 117 runs.<\/p>\n
Phillips came to the rescue with nine fours and four sixes in his defiant 72-ball knock.<\/p>\n
He put on a 55-run eighth-wicket stand with Kyle Jamieson (20) and stood strong till his departure.<\/p>\n
Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Taijul Islam picked up three wickets each for Bangladesh. Nayeem Hasan and Shoriful Islam claimed two wickets apiece.<\/p>\n
Phillips and fellow overnight batsman Daryl Mitchell took an aggressive approach and were rewarded with a stand of 49 for the sixth wicket, before Bangladesh had their first success of the day.<\/p>\n
Mehidy took a superb catch, running to his left from mid-on and diving at full length to dismiss Mitchell for 18 off Nayeem.<\/p>\n
Nayeem removed Mitchell Santner in his next over but Jamieson helped claw back the momentum towards New Zealand before his dismissal by Shoriful.<\/p>\n
Shoriful then forced Phillips to edge a catch behind the stumps before Taijul wrapped up the New Zealand innings with the wicket of Southee (14).<\/p>\n
Fifteen wickets fell on the first day but no ball was bowled on the second day after constant rain in the national capital.<\/p>\n
The hosts, chasing a first-ever series win over the Black Caps, lead the two-Test series 1-0 after a 150-run victory in Sylhet.<\/p>\n
SCOREBOARD<\/strong><\/p>\n BANGLADESH<\/strong> (1st Innings) 172 (Mushfiqur Rahim 35; M. Santner 3-65, G. Phillips 3-31)<\/p>\n NEW ZEALAND (1st Innings, overnight 55-5):<\/strong><\/p>\n T. Latham c Nurul b Taijul4<\/p>\n D. Conway b Mehidy11<\/p>\n K. Williamson c Shahadat b Mehidy13<\/p>\n H. Nicholls c Shoriful b Taijul1<\/p>\n D. Mitchell c Mehidy b Nayeem18<\/p>\n T. Blundell lbw b Mehidy0<\/p>\n G. Phillips c Nurul b Shoriful87<\/p>\n M. Santner c Shanto b Nayeem1<\/p>\n K. Jamieson c Shahadat b Shoriful20<\/p>\n T. Southee c Mehidy b Taijul14<\/p>\n A. Patel not out0<\/p>\n EXTRAS (B-5, LB-5, W-1)11<\/p>\n TOTAL (all out, 37.1 overs)180<\/p>\n FALL OF WICKETS: 1-20 (Conway), 2-22 (Latham), 3-30 (Nicholls), 4-46 (Williamson), 5-46 (Blundell), 6-95 (Mitchell), 7-97 (Santner), 8-152 (Jamieson), 9-180 (Phillips)<\/p>\n BOWLING: Shoriful 4-1-15-2 (1w), Mehidy 11-1-53-3, Taijul 16.1-0-64-3, Nayeem 4-0-21-2, Mominul 2-0-17-0<\/p>\n BANGLADESH (2nd Innings):<\/strong><\/p>\n Zakir Hasan not out16<\/p>\n Mahmudul Hasan Joy c Mitchell b Patel2<\/p>\n Najmul Hossain c Williamson b Southee15<\/p>\n Mominul Haque not out0<\/p>\n EXTRAS (B-4, LB-1)5<\/p>\n TOTAL (for two wickets, 8 overs)38<\/p>\n STILL TO BAT: Mushfiqur Rahim, Shahadat Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nurul Hasan, Nayeem Hasan, Taijul Islam, Shoriful Islam<\/p>\n FALL OF WICKETS: 1-3 (Mahmudul), 2-38 (Shanto)<\/p>\n BOWLING: Patel 4-0-13-1, Santner 2-0-12-0, Southee 2-0-8-1<\/p>\n Published in Dawn, December 9th, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NEW ZEALAND batter Daryl Mitchell runs between the wickets during the second Test against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday.\u2014AFP DHAKA: Glenn Phillips hit an aggressive 87 to keep New Zealand in the game on day three of a finely poised rain-hit second and final Test against Bangladesh on Friday. 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