HAMILTON: Shakib Al Hasan’s plan to bat first completely backfired as the New Zealand bowlers blew Bangladesh away at Seddon Park.
With just 78 on the board – Bangladesh’s lowest-ever Twenty20 total, beating the 83 they were skittled for by Sri Lanka in the inaugural World Twenty20 in 2007 – it wasn’t the most auspicious start to their tour, with Raqibul Hasan, one of the five batsmen in double figures, top scoring with 18.
Daniel Vettori managed three wickets as the hosts gunned them down with two overs to spare.
Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Mohammad Ashraful, 3 Aftab Ahmed, 4 Shakib Al Hasan (capt), 5 Raqibul Hasan, 6 Naeem Islam, 7 Mahmudullah, 8 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 9 Shahadat Hossain, 10 Shafiul Islam, 11 Nazmul Hossain
New Zealand: 1 Brendon McCullum, 2 Peter Ingram, 3 Martin Guptill, 4 Ross Taylor, 5 James Franklin, 6 Gareth Hopkins, 7 Jacob Oram, 8 Nathan McCullum, 9 Daniel Vettori (capt), 10 Tim Southee, 11 Daryl Tuffey
Shane Bond Ruled out of Tests With Abdominal Tear, Black Caps strike bowler Shane Bond has been ruled out of the Test series against Pakistan with an abdominal tear.
Bond arrived at the indoor nets at Westpac Stadium on Tuesday, not to bowl, but to outline the latest injury to plague his career. Man-of-the-match in the first Test in Dunedin with a match haul of eight for 153 in his first Test for two years, the injury that forced him out of his previous Test tour in South Africa has resurfaced to leave the downcast 34-year-old coy on his playing future.
Scans confirmed the tear and although Bond could have played in the second Test starting at the Basin Reserve in Wellington on Thursday, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has taken a precautionary approach by sending him home for rehabilitation before a hopeful return against Bangladesh in February. A replacement will be added to the squad — possibly Tim Southee — while Daryl Tuffey, who is already with the team, could be in line for his first test in five years.
Shane Bond Ruled out of Tests With Abdominal Tear, Black Caps strike bowler Shane Bond has been ruled out of the Test series against Pakistan with an abdominal tear.
