{"id":74680,"date":"2022-01-03T15:29:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T15:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=74680"},"modified":"2022-01-03T15:29:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T15:29:49","slug":"bangladesh-looking-forward-positive-result-in-1st-nz-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=74680","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh looking forward positive result in 1st NZ Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Sports Desk:<\/strong> After dominating New Zealand over the last three days, Bangladesh are now looking forward a positive result in the first Test despite knowing that two days are still enough for the hosts to hit back into
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Bangladesh haven't won any game in any format of cricket yet on New Zealand soil and even they lost aTest match here in 2017 despite declaring at 595 and with sizable lead. Shakib hammered a 217 and Mushfiqur scored 159 in that match but still Bangladesh ended up losing that game.<\/p>\n

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But Bangladesh team director Khaled Mahmud Sujon believed that this group\u00a0of cricketers is able to create a history on New Zealand soil this time\u00a0around.<\/p>\n

He said with two days still left and if they bat deep and take a 150-plus\u00a0lead on the fourth morning, they still can sense a chance.<\/p>\n

“They [the players] have worked hard, did everything to get to this stage.\u00a0I still think it is too early to say anything in this game. We have two more\u00a0days left. We want to do well – even if we can't win, we definitely want to\u00a0draw this Test,” Mahmud said during a virtual press conference from New\u00a0Zealand.<\/p>\n

“I usually speak to everyone individually. I particularly remember telling\u00a0them that we lost nine Tests in New Zealand on the trot. In 2017, we lost\u00a0despite declaring on 595 in Wellington. I told them that we can't keep losing. One group has to stand out, so why not this group? Why can't we play\u00a0better cricket?<\/p>\n

He went to saying: “Results will come later, but we can play with courage.\u00a0These are tough conditions for every visiting side, but I felt that we could do well here. I tried to pass this on to this young team. Definitely, there was fear within us. We have five batters – Shadman, Joy, Shanto, Yasir and Litton – who are not very experienced in Tests. They all possess the ability\u00a0to play well, but working in specific areas really paid dividends for us.”<\/p>\n

Bangladesh are now leading the New Zealand by 73 runs after ending the\u00a0third day on 401-6. The most important aspect of the Bangladeshi batters game\u00a0was that they showed the required patience to worn out New Zealand bowlers.\u00a0Young opener Mahmudul Hasan Joy played 228 balls for his 78, skipper Mominul
\nHaque played 244 balls for his 88 and Liton Das took 247 balls for his 86\u00a0against a bowling attack that included – Tim Southee, Trent Boult and Kyle\u00a0Jamieson-arguably the best bowling line up in the world at this moment.<\/p>\n

“It was a fantastic partnership between Mominul and Liton. They batted\u00a0very well against a New Zealand attack that always comes at you with\u00a0discipline. Mominul played an excellent innings. He spent a lot of time in\u00a0the middle, he left a lot of balls, like Joy had done earlier. Mominul is a\u00a0more experienced Test cricketer than Litton but both batted superbly. By\u00a0Allah's grace, we are now in a position to dominate the match.”<\/p>\n

“I think New Zealand bowled superbly with the second new ball, but we\u00a0stuck to our plan. They weren't giving us many freebies. They were bowling\u00a0such tight lines that, at the start of the day, Joy and Mominul couldn't even\u00a0get singles. But we spent time at the crease, rather than thinking about\u00a0runs. Mushfiqur Rahim\u00a0and Mominul, both experienced players, did a great\u00a0job in that situation. The execution was perfect.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sports Desk: After dominating New Zealand over the last three days, Bangladesh are now looking forward a positive result in the first Test despite knowing that two days are still enough for the hosts to hit back into the match. Bangladesh haven’t won any game in any format of cricket yet on New Zealand soil […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":74681,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n