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Kiwis crush Bangladesh
October 29, 2004 11:45 IST
Left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori compiled his second-best return as New Zealand beat Bangladesh by an innings and 101 runs early on the fourth day of the second Test to wrap up a 2-0 series victory.
Vettori followed his first innings of six for 70 to grab six for 100 in the second and help bowl Bangladesh out for 262 on Friday.
The 25-year-old was named player of the series after he took 20 wickets in the series. He also bowled New Zealand to victory in the first Test, which they won by an innings and 99 runs, with six for 28 in the second innings.
The hosts had been chasing 363 to make New Zealand bat again after being bowled out for 182 in their first innings.
Captain Stephen Fleming, who was named man of the match, scored 202 and combined with Scott Styris (89) in a 204-run third wicket partnership as New Zealand amassed 545 for six declared in their only innings.
Bangladesh had resumed on 210 for eight with Mohammad Rafique on 30 and Tapash Baisya on 15.
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Rafique only added one more run to his overnight score before he was caught by Mathew Sinclair in close off Vettori to give the spinner his third five-wicket haul of the series. Baisya then proceeded to smash the New Zealand bowlers around the ground, especially off spinner Paul Wiseman, whom he hit for three successive boundaries.
Vettori also suffered with Baisya often coming down the pitch and lofting the ball back over the bowler's head, before he tried it once too often and was easily stumped by Brendon McCullum for his highest Test score of 66.
New Zealand first innings 545-6 decl (S.Fleming 202, S.Styris 89, H.Marshall 69)
Bangladesh first innings 182 (Javed Omar 58, D.Vettori 6-70)
Bangladesh second innings (overnight 210-8)
Nafees Iqbal b Wiseman 9
Javed Omar c and b Franklin 1
Aftab Ahmed b Vettori 28
Rajin Saleh c Sinclair b Vettori 35
Mohammad Ashraful c Styris b Vettori 0
Alok Kapali c Astle b Wiseman 13
Khaled Mashud b Oram 51
Mushfiqur Rahman b Vettori 20
Mohammad Rafique c Sinclair b Vettori 31
Tapash Baisya st MacCullum b Vettori 66
Enamul Haque Jr not out 0
Extras (w-1, b-4, lb-3) 8
Total (for all out, 70.2 overs) 262
Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-25, 3-47, 4-51, 5-74, 6-123, 7-161, 8-183, 9-217
Bowling: Oram 10-4-33-1 (w-1), Franklin 8-3-16-1, Wiseman 24-4-106-2, Vettori 28.2-9-100-6
Result: New Zealand beat Bangladesh by an innings and 101 runs.
First Test result: New Zealand won by an innings and 99 runs.
New Zealand win the series 2-0.