Fast bowler Abadot Hossain scored a career-best 6-46 as Bangladesh beat world Test champions New Zealand by eight wickets within the first Test on Wednesday to register their first win in New Zealand.
Abadot had pushed Bangladesh to the brink of a well-known victory by the tip of the fourth day when he had figures of 4-39. He broke New Zealand’s closing resistance with two fast wickets as the house crew was bowled out for 169 of their second innings, its lowest rating in opposition to Bangladesh.
New Zealand trailed by 130 runs within the first innings, leaving Bangladesh with solely 40 runs to win. He misplaced two wickets in doing so however present captain Mominul Haque, high first-innings scorer and former captain Mushfiqur Rahim was on the crease when Bangladesh reached 42-2.
It was solely Bangladesh’s sixth Test win away from house and their first Test victory over a crew that was ranked within the high 5: New Zealand at No. 2 and Bangladesh at No. 9. The consequence additionally ended New Zealand’s unbeaten streak. In his final 17 exams at house.
Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim, middle proper, and captain Mominul Haque, middle left, with their teammates after their victory in the course of the recreation on the fifth day of the primary cricket Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand on the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand on Wednesday. Celebrate victory. , January 5, 2022. (Marty Melville/Photosport by way of AP)
Abadot, a former volleyball participant who turned a Test cricketer by profitable the quick bowling competitors, had solely 11 Test wickets at a mean of 81 when he got here on as Bangladesh’s third seamer on this match.
He scored 1–75 in New Zealand’s first innings whole of 328 however got here into his personal within the second innings, with the wickets of Devon Conway (13), Henry Nicholls (0), Tom Blundell (0) on Tuesday Running within the center order. and Will Young (69). It left New Zealand 147-5 firstly of the sport on Wednesday, solely 17 forward of Bangladesh.
Any stiff resistance by New Zealand probably revolved round veteran batsman Ross Taylor, who was shortly disbanded due to Abadot, scoring an unbeaten 37 firstly of the sport.
Long proper arm, which grabs consideration and salutes when he takes a wicket, salutes twice when he dismissed Taylor for 40. He then dismissed Kyle Jamieson to bowl out New Zealand 160-7. Shoreful takes an excellent diving catch at mid-wicket and completes the second out.
After this Taskin Ahmed helped New Zealand to wrap up the innings. He dismissed the opposite batsman in a single day, all-rounder Rachin Ravindra for 16 runs. Ravindra had edged a ball from Abadot between first slip and the wicketkeeper, however this time keeper Liton Das acquired the lead.
Player of the match Abadot Hossain of Bangladesh speaks at a press convention after taking part in the fifth day of the primary cricket Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand on the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui, Wednesday, January 5, 2022. (Marty Melville/Photosport by way of AP)
Taskin bowled Tim Southee (0) and Mehdi Hasan Miraj ended it with the wicket of Trent Boult, who was brilliantly caught at deep mid-wicket rather than Taijul Islam.
“It’s a long story, volleyball player to test cricketer,” Abadot mentioned. “But I’m a Bangladesh Air Force soldier and I understand how to salute.
“Our brothers and our groups haven’t had any victories within the final 11 years on New Zealand soil. But once we got here to New Zealand we set a goal. We raised our fingers and mentioned, ‘Yes, we’ve to do it and we are able to do it on New Zealand soil.’
“New Zealand are Test champions so if we raise our hands and beat New Zealand on New Zealand soil, our next generation will be able to beat them too.”
Abadot credit Bangladesh’s West Indies-born bowling coach Ottis Gibson for his transformation into a quick bowler, who urged him to pitch the ball on the off-stump. It was the important thing to Bangladesh’s bowling success on a humble pitch on the Bay Oval, the place New Zealand’s brief size was unsuccessful.
“We were short on all three aspects,” mentioned New Zealand captain Tom Latham. “Bangladesh confirmed us go about issues on that wicket. They had been in a position to construct partnerships, bowl effectively from each ends and create stress and sadly we did not try this for lengthy.
The second Test begins in Christchurch from Sunday.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
