The New Zealand tour to Bangladesh
Bangladesh vs. New Zealand: The World Test Championship (WTC) campaign of the Black Caps begins today with a two-test series in Bangladesh, starting in Sylhet.
After hosting a poor South African team whose stars will play in their home Twenty20 tournament, Tim Southee and his team will want to accumulate as many World T20 points as they can from these two Test matches against ninth-ranked Bangladesh.
If they were to win four Test matches in the opening part of the season, they would be well on their way to a second WTC final. They would probably need to win nine out of their fourteen games to accomplish this.
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A Test match between Bangladesh and New Zealand has not taken place since the two series ties in 2013. The Black Caps’ previous triumph in a Test match against Bangladesh came in 2008, when captain Daniel Vettori batted for over six hours to enable the team to chase 317 to win.
An innings has decided three of the last five Test matches between Bangladesh and the Black Caps. In their most recent Test match, which took place in Christchurch, New Zealand, in January 2022, New Zealand prevailed by an innings and 117 runs. Not only was it Ross Taylor’s final Test match with the Black Caps, but the legendary player also claimed wickets against Ebadot Hossain in that match.
Pay attention to the benchmarks.
Tim Southee and Kane Williamson each have 94 tests to start the test season. In an attempt to reach 100, they will play all six against Australia in Christchurch beginning on March 8.
If Williamson scored one more century in test cricket, he would tie Virat Kohli and Sir Donald Bradman for 16th place all-time. He currently has 28 centuries. He will share 13th place all-time with Joe Root, Matthew Hayden, and Shivnarine Chanderpaul if he scores two more. Williamson has now accumulated a total of 8124 test runs, placing him 32nd in history, and he is currently aiming for a fourth straight century. Kevin Pietersen and David Gower have scored 8181 and 8231 runs, respectively, to rank second and third.
Tom Latham is trailing John Wright, who ranks sixth all-time in New Zealand, by 184 runs. To become the 16th player from New Zealand to reach 3000 runs, Henry Nicholls needs to score 52 runs.
To become just the fourth player in the history of test cricket to reach 2000 runs without racking up many points, Tim Southee needs to score 24 more runs. With 370 test wickets, Southee is three wickets behind Waqar Younis (ranked 21st overall) and six wickets behind Malcolm Marshall (20th overall).
Bangladesh vs. New Zealand head-to-head
There have been 17 Test matches between Bangladesh and New Zealand. In these 17 games, Bangladesh has only won once, while New Zealand has won 13. There were three draws throughout the games.
| Total | Bangladesh | New Zealand | Tied | Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 3 |
New Zealand Vs Bangladesh Recent Test Match
| Date | 9, June , 2022 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand score | 521/6 decl |
| Bangladesh score | 126 , 278 f/o |
| Result | New Zealand won by an inning and 117 runs. |
New Zealand-Bangladesh test results and context
Highest team total
New Zealand scored the most in the Bangladesh-New Zealand Test match. The hosts scored 715/6d in the first Test of Bangladesh’s 2019 tour of New Zealand in Hamilton after bowling out the visitors for 234 earlier in the day. New Zealand scored their best Test score ever with 61 from Tom Latham, 132 from Jeet Raval, and an unbroken 200 from Kane Williamson. Bowling Bangladesh out for 429 in their second inning gave the hosts an inning and a fifty-two-run lead. After that, New Zealand won the two-game Test series 2-0.
Lowest team total
The Bangladesh national cricket team has the lowest Test match total against New Zealand. Khaled Mashud, the captain of Bangladesh, led the team to a loss by an innings in the 2001 Hamilton Test match, as they were dismissed for 108 in the second over. Bangladesh’s opener, Al Sahariar, scored 53 to lead the team. New Zealand’s main destroyer was great all-arounder Chris Cairns, with seven scalps. After Bangladesh scored 365/9 in their first inning, New Zealand bowled them out for 205. New Zealand won the Hamilton Test by 52 runs. The hosts also won the two-test series 2-0.
Most runs
Tamim Iqbal has the most Bangladesh-New Zealand Test runs. From 2008 to 2019, the Bangladeshi cricketer made 908 runs at 45.40 in 11 Tests. Tamim hit New Zealand for a century and 85 in a Test. In his first Test in Hamilton in 2019, he scored his highest-ever 126 against the Kiwis. Ross Taylor scored the most Test runs for New Zealand against Bangladesh. He scored 746 runs in 11 Tests.
Most wickets
This Test match saw New Zealand’s Daniel Vettori take the most wickets. The left-arm spinner took 51 wickets at 16.05. He achieved this in nine Bangladesh Tests. Bangladesh’s star left-arm spinner, Shakib Al Hasan, has the most Test wickets versus New Zealand. Shakib has 26 wickets at 28.92 in eight Tests.
Highest individual score
In the Bangladesh vs. New Zealand Test match, wicketkeeper-battler Tom Latham scored the most. In Bangladesh’s visit to New Zealand, Tom Latham scored 252 runs off 373 balls in the second Test at Christchurch in 2022. Both maximums and thirty-four fours were in his double hundred. New Zealand reached 521/6d in their first over thanks to Latham’s stunning double century. The hosts secured victory in the Test by an innings and 117 runs after Bangladesh was dismissed for 126 and 278 runs. Both tests ended in a draw.
Best bowling figures in an inning
Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan set a Test match bowling record. At Chattogram, Shakib Al Hasan took 7/36 to dismiss the visiting team for 171 runs in the first inning of the 2008 New Zealand trip to Bangladesh. The left-arm spinner withdrew Aaron Redmond, Jamie How, Jesse Ryder, Brendon McCullum, Jacob Oram, Kyle Mills, and Iain O’Brien. New Zealand won the Chattogram Test by three wickets despite Shakib’s incredible form.
The best bowling figures in a match
In Bangladesh-New Zealand Tests, Daniel Vettori has the most bowling figures. In the second leg of New Zealand’s 2004 tour of Bangladesh, the left-arm spinner claimed 12 wickets for 170 runs in Chattogram. Vettori scored 70 runs with six wickets in the first inning. He took six more wickets for 100 runs in the second. New Zealand won the Test match by 101 runs to complete the series.
Highest partnership
During the Bangladesh vs. New Zealand Test match, Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim tied the top partnership record. Shakib and Mushfiqur scored 359 runs for the fifth wicket in Wellington in the first Test of Bangladesh’s 2017 tour of New Zealand, helping them reach 595/8 in their opening innings. Shakib scored 217 and Mushfiqur 159. The unusual partnership was in vain, as New Zealand won the Test by seven wickets and the two-match series 1-0.
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