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NZ win 2 - 0 NZ gains 6 points; BAN loses 6 points
Draw 1 - 1 BAN gains 9 points; NZ loses 9 points
BAN win 2 - 0 BAN gains 24 points; NZ loses 24 points
Dhaka
19 - 22 October 2004
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first. The decision proved disastrous, as Hannan Sarkar (0), Javed Omar (1) and Nafis Iqbal (1) were all out in the space of seven overs with the score 3 for 5. However, Bangladesh managed to consolidate through the rest of the session and staggered to lunch at 3 for 38.� Bangladesh continued the reconstruction of their innings through the afternoon session.� New Zealand only managed to dismiss Rajin Saleh (41) as Bangladesh added 83 runs to be 4 for 121 at tea.� However, New Zealand struck hard in the hour after tea, dismissing Mohammad Ashraful (67) and Alok Kapali (14) before Bangladesh then finished the day in a precarious position at 6 for 165.
New Zealand decimated the remaining Bangladeshi resistance on the second morning after Franklin took a hat trick spread over the end of the second over and the beginning of the third over of the morning.� Franklin dismissed Manjural Islam Rana (16), Mohammad Rafique (0) and Tapash Baisya (0) to leave Bangladesh 9 for 165.� Tareq Aziz (0) fell five overs later leaving Khaled Mashud (16*) not out in an innings of 177 runs.� Franklin was the best of the bowlers with 5 for 28 off 17 overs.� New Zealand began their reply and took the total to 34 in the eighth over before Richardson (15) was caught.� A more circumspect New Zealand consolidated before suffering a double blow of Fleming (29) and Styris (2) being dismissed in successive overs to be 3 for 99.� Bangladesh continued to pressure the tourists and dismissed Astle (11) and Sinclair (76) to have New Zealand 5 for 139.� However, New Zealand again consolidated and passes the Bangladesh first innings to finish the day at 5 for 207, with a lead of 30 runs.
Bangladesh needed quick wickets on the third morning to limit the first innings deficit they would face.� They dismissed Oram (23) early, however, Bangladesh was unable to make further inroads.� After McCullum posted his maiden Test century, and New Zealand went to lunch at 6 for 289, with a lead of 112 runs.� Again, straight after the resumption of play, Bangladesh dismissed Vettori (23).� This time, the wickets of Franklin (23), and McCullum (143) also followed later in the session and by tea, New Zealand was 9 for 402.� Following a pattern, Bangladesh dismissed Wiseman (28) to have New Zealand all out for 402 runs with an overall lead of 225 runs.� Mohammad Rafique was the best of the bowlers with 6 for 122 off 59.1 overs.� Bangladesh made a better start to their innings the second time and took the score to 27 before Javed Omar (14) and Hannan Sarkar (1) were dismissed in the space of six runs.� By stumps, Bangladesh was 2 for 41, still 184 runs in arrears.
New Zealand struck in the first over of the fourth morning to dismiss Rajin Saleh (0) at 3 for 41. �Bangladesh then consolidated and more than doubled their score before a procession started with 87 runs on the board.� After Nafis Iqbal (49) was run out, Wiseman and Vettori combined to dismissed Alok Kapali (0), Khaled Mashud (2), Manjural Islam Rana (1), Mohammad Ashraful (26), Tareq Aziz (0) and Mohammad Rafique (24) to have Bangladesh all out for 126 runs.� Vettori was the best of the bowlers with 6 for 28 off 22 overs as New Zealand claimed victory by an innings and 99 runs shortly after lunch.
Second Test
Chittagong
26 - 29 October 2004
New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first.� Bangladesh made two breakthroughs in the first hour, dismissing openers Sinclair (23) and Richardson (28) to have New Zealand 2 for 61.� However, New Zealand then batted throughout the rest of the session and through the afternoon before losing Styris (89) at 3 for 265.� Fleming, who took the national record for Test appearances in this match, posted his eighth Test century and also set the national record for Test runs.� By stumps, New Zealand was in complete control with the score 3 for 338.
Bangladesh dismissed Astle (39) early on the second morning at 4 for 364.� However, that was their only success in the session as New Zealand powered to 4 for 418 at lunch.� Bangladesh finally dismissed Fleming (202) after lunch at 5 for 447 and later Marshall (69) fell at 6 for 517. At tea, New Zealand declared at 6 for 545. In reply, Bangladesh posted 34 runs before Nafis Iqbal (13) was caught. Aftab Ahmen (20) was then out at 2 for 66 before, on the last ball of the day, Rajin Saleh (2) was out with the score 3 for 82.
New Zealand squeezed the Bangladeshi batsmen out of the match on the third morning.� New Zealand dismissed Mohammad Ashraful (0), Alok Kapali (13), Javed Omar (58) and Khaled Mashud (18) while Bangladesh added 90 runs to be 7 for 172 at lunch.� Bangladesh added only ten more runs before Mohammad Rafique (32), Mushfiqur Rahman (15) and Tapash Baisya (0) were out with the innings totalling 182 runs.� Vettori was the best of the bowlers with 6 for 70 from 32.2 overs.� With the first innings lead of 363 runs, Fleming had no hesitation in enforcing the follow on.� Bangladesh then continued where they had left off, losing Javed Omar (1), Nafis Iqbal (9), Aftab Ahmed (28) and Mohammad Ashraful (0) to be 4 for 51 at tea.� After tea, New Zealand continued inflicting the pain of dismissing batsmen twice in the same day with Alok Kapali (13) falling at 5 for 74. However, Bangladesh then mounted a sustained resistance and added a further 49 runs before Rajin Saleh (35) was caught. New Zealand went on to dismiss Mushfiqur Rahman (20) and Khaled Mashud (51) before Bangladesh ended the day at 8 for 210, with no hope of staving off yet another innings defeat.
New Zealand took only seven overs on the fourth morning to complete their victory.� After Mohammad Rafique (31) and Tapash Baisya (66) fell, Bangladesh was all out for 262 runs, handing New Zealand victory by an innings and 101 runs.� Vettori was again the best of the bowlers with 6 for 100 off 28.2 runs.
