
Phillips leads New Zealand fightback
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.
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.
Rain washed out the second day of play without a ball being bowled in the second Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand in Dhaka.
Spinners Mehidy Hasan and Taijul Islam helped Bangladesh claw their way back into contention with New Zealand on day one of the second Test.
Bangladesh batsman Mushfiqur Rahim was given out for obstructing the field on the first day of the second Test against New Zealand.
Taijul Islam grabbed his second 10-wicket haul in Tests as Bangladesh defeated New Zealand by 150 runs in the first Test in Sylhet.
Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam claimed 4-40 to put Bangladesh within three wickets of a famous win over New Zealand in the first Test in Sylhet on Friday.
Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto hit his third Test century in four innings to put Bangladesh on course for a big total in the second innings of the first Test against New Zealand in Sylhet.
Kane Williamson struck a defiant century but was unable to put New Zealand in control of the first Test against Bangladesh in Sylhet.
Spinner Glenn Phillips took 4-53 as New Zealand restricted Bangladesh to 310-9 before bad light forced an early close to the opening day of the first Test in Sylhet.
Captain Tim Southee hopes New Zealand’s spinners will outwit Bangladesh during their two-Test series, which starts on Tuesday.
New Zealand on Saturday recalled 37-year-old SA-born seamer Neil Wagner for the two-Test series in Bangladesh.
Australia claimed a convincing win against Bangladesh in their last league match of the World Cup.
Mitchell Marsh’s career-best 177* sent Australia into next week’s World Cup semi-finals with a convincing eight-wicket win over Bangladesh in Pune on Saturday.
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Allan Donald will leave his post as Bangladesh’s fast-bowling coach following the World Cup, days after his public criticism following the “timed-out” row involving captain Shakib Al Hasan.