The dejected look on skipper Mahmudullah Riyad's face said it all as he walked towards the press conference after an expected defeat in the second Test in Wellington by an innings and 12 runs which also cost the Tigers the three-match Test series against New Zealand. +
The third day of the second Test, after the first two days were washed out, was like a rerun of the first innings of the first Test in Hamilton as despite a solid start from the openers, Bangladesh folded for a small total of 211 within the first two sessions against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve in Wellington yesterday.
All the talk about needing to adapt to hostile New Zealand conditions should take a back seat for the visiting Bangladesh team when they take on the hosts in the second and potentially series-saving Test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington from today.
The dejected look on skipper Mahmudullah Riyad's face said it all as he walked towards the press conference after an expected defeat in the second Test in Wellington by an innings and 12 runs which also cost the Tigers the three-match Test series against New Zealand. +
The third day of the second Test, after the first two days were washed out, was like a rerun of the first innings of the first Test in Hamilton as despite a solid start from the openers, Bangladesh folded for a small total of 211 within the first two sessions against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve in Wellington yesterday.
All the talk about needing to adapt to hostile New Zealand conditions should take a back seat for the visiting Bangladesh team when they take on the hosts in the second and potentially series-saving Test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington from today.