Bangladesh trail by 307 runs with 6 wickets remaining

Soumya Sarkar and Mahmudullah Riyad dealt with the short ball barrage albeit with much difficulty to see Bangladesh go through the rest of the day without any further loss of wickets in their second innings. After the fall of Tamim Iqbal, who fell to a short delivery after a gritty knock, Tim Southee and Neil Wagner battered down the Tigers with short deliveries but Mahmudullah and Soumya managed to somehow contend with the short deliveries, taking body blows on the way to the day's end. Some DRS controversy was thrown into the mix when Mahmudullah could have perished early in the innings.

Bangladesh openers Tamim Iqbal and Shadman Islam had gotten off to a solid and fast start in response to the mountain of runs that New Zealand scored in their first innings on the third day of the first Test at Seddon Park in Hamilton, but four quick wickets left Bangladesh in a troublesome position in this first Test.

New Zealand piled on 715 for sixtheir highest-ever Test total before skipper Kane Williamson having scored an unbeaten 200 declared the innings closed with a mammoth 481-run first-innings lead in a day where records tumbled. Bangladesh were shot out for 234 in their first innings on the first day. Soumya Sarkar and Mahmudullah Riyad dealt with the short ball barrage albeit with much difficulty to see Bangladesh go through the rest of the day without any further loss of wickets in their second innings. After the fall of Tamim Iqbal, who fell to a short delivery after a gritty knock, Tim Southee and Neil Wagner battered down the Tigers with short deliveries but Mahmudullah and Soumya managed to somehow contend with the short deliveries, taking body blows on the way to the day's end. Some DRS controversy was thrown into the mix when Mahmudullah could have perished early in the innings.

Bangladesh openers Tamim Iqbal and Shadman Islam had gotten off to a solid and fast start in response to the mountain of runs that New Zealand scored in their first innings on the third day of the first Test at Seddon Park in Hamilton, but four quick wickets left Bangladesh in a troublesome position in this first Test.

New Zealand piled on 715 for six their highest-ever Test total before skipper Kane Williamson having scored an unbeaten 200 declared the innings closed with a mammoth 481-run first-innings lead in a day where records tumbled. Bangladesh were shot out for 234 in their first innings on the first day. 

Brief scores: Bangladesh 234 & 174/4 (Tamim Iqbal 74, Soumya Sarkar 39*; Trent Boult 2-53) trail New Zealand 715/6 decl. (Kane Williamson 200*, Tom Latham 161, Jeet Raval 132; Soumya Sarkar 2-68) by 307 runs.

Source: thedailystar