Taijul grabs 10 wickets as BD crush NZ

By AFP
December 03, 2023

SYLHET: Taijul Islam grabbed his second 10-wicket haul in Tests as Bangladesh defeated New Zealand by 150 runs in the first Test in Sylhet on Saturday, taking a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.

Resuming on the fifth and final day at 113-7 with another 219 runs needed for victory, New Zealand added 68 runs for their last three wickets, ending their second innings all out for 181 runs.

Taijul claimed the last two wickets to finish with 6-75, adding to his 4-109 in the first innings.

Bangladesh’s Taiul Islam acknowledges the crowd after getting six wickets during the first Test cricket match between Bangladesh and New Zealand at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet on December 2, 2023.—AFP
Bangladesh’s Taiul Islam acknowledges the crowd after getting six wickets during the first Test cricket match between Bangladesh and New Zealand at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet on December 2, 2023.—AFP 

Off-spinner Nayeem Hasan gave Bangladesh their first breakthrough on the day, after New Zealand´s overnight batting pair of Daryl Mitchell and Ish Sodhi survived nine overs. Mitchell top-edged Nayeem to Taijul at long leg after making 58.

Tim Southee and Sodhi entertained the sparse crowd with some counterpunches, putting on 46 runs for the ninth wicket in quick time, the highest partnership for New Zealand in the innings.

But the runs came too late to have an impact on the outcome, as Taijul claimed the wickets of both in the space of four overs.

Southee was caught by Zakir Hasan at midwicket after making 34 off 24 balls, including a four and two sixes.

Taijul brought the curtain down on an entertaining contest soon after, when Sodhi gloved a catch to Zakir at silly point. It earned Bangladesh their second Test victory against New Zealand, with the first coming at Mount Maunganui n January 2022.

Score Board

Bangladesh won the toss

Bangladesh first innings 310

New Zealand first innings 317

Bangladesh second innings 338

New Zealand second innings

Latham c Nurul b Shoriful 0

Conway c Shahadat b Taijul 22

Williamson lbw b Taijul 11

Nicholls c Nayeem b Mehidy 2

Mitchell c Taijul b Nayeem 58

Blundell c Nurul b Taijul 6

Phillips lbw b Nayeem 12

Jamieson lbw b Taijul 9

Sodhi c Zakir b Taijul 22

Southee c Zakir b Taijul 34

Ajaz Patel not out 0

Extras: (b4, nb1) 5

Total: (all out; 71.1 overs) 181

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-19, 3-30, 4-46, 5-60, 6-81, 7-102, 8-132, 9-178, 10-181

Bowling: Shoriful 6-2-13-1, Mehidy 15-4-44-1, Taijul 31.1-8-75-6 (nb1), Nayeem 17-3-40-2, Mominul 2-0-5-0

Result: Bangladesh win by 150 runs

Player of the match: Taijul Islam

Umpires: Ahsan Raza, Paul Reiffel (AUS)