Mominul leads Bangladesh fightback

Mominul Haque scored an unbeaten century and put on a record partnership with Tamim Iqbal as Bangladesh fought their way back into the second Test against New Zealand in Dhaka on Thursday. The hosts reached 269-3 in their second innings at stumps on the fourth day, wiping out New Zealand's first innings advantage of 155 for an overall lead of 114 runs.
Mominul led Bangladesh's batting charge with 126 not out, making him only the second Bangladeshi to score back-to-back Test centuries after Tamim. Mominul, who scored 181 in the first innings of the drawn first Test in Chittagong, batted solidly throughout the day on Thursday, showing no sign of nerves until he got stuck on 99 for 11 balls.
He reached his century with a half-hearted boundary over long on off Neil Wagner. Former captain Shakib Al Hasan was accompanying Mominul with 32 not out when stumps were drawn on the penultimate day of play. Tamim, who achieved the same feat at Lord's and Old Trafford against England in 2010, played a patient knock of 70 off 218 balls before Ross Taylor spectacularly caught him one-handed at slip off Kane Williamson.
Mominul and Tamim added 157 runs, a record for Bangladesh for the third wicket, after Wagner struck twice in the first session to leave the home side struggling on 55-2. The South African-born left-arm paceman, who claimed 5-64 in the first innings, had opener Anamul Haque caught by Peter Fulton at slip for 22, before adding Marshall Ayub to his tally. Anamul's 22, his highest score in the series, included four boundaries, while Ayub fell for just nine as Taylor took a catch at slip.
Earlier New Zealand had resumed on 419-8 but added just 18 for the last two wickets to be all out for 437. Ish Sodhi was run out by Mominul for 58, before Abdur Razzak trapped Trent Boult in front to wrap up the innings seven overs into the morning session.
SCOREBOARD: Bangladesh first innings 282 all out (Tamim Iqbal 95; N. Wagner 5-64)

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New Zealand first innings (overnight 419-8)

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P. Fulton lbw b Shakib                    14

H. Rutherford c Mominul b Shakib          13

K. Williamson c Tamim b Razzak            62

R. Taylor c Nasir b Shakib                53

B. McCullum c Rubel b Shakib              11

C. Anderson c Gazi b Al-Amin             116

B. J. Watling not out                     70

D. Bracewell c Mushfiqur b Shakib         17

N. Wagner c Marshall b Nasir               8

I. Sodhi run out                          58

T. Boult lbw b Abdur Razzak                4

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Extras (b4, lb4, wb2, nb1)                11

Total (all out, 140 overs)               437

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Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Rutherford), 2-32 (Fulton), 3-101 (McCullum), 4-127 (Taylor), 5-267 (Williamson), 6-287-(Anderson), 7-318 (Bracewell), 8-335 (Wagner), 9-428 ( Sodhi), 10-437 (Boult)
Bowling: Al-Amin 16-3-58-1, Sohag Gazi 34-8-77-0, Shakib 43-13-103-5, Razzak 23-1-96-2, Rubel 18-1-81-0 (nb1, wb1), Nasir 3-1-7-1. Mominul 3-0-7-0.

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Bangladesh second innings

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T. Iqbal c Taylor b Williamson            70

A. Haque c Fulton b Wagner                22

M. Ayub c Taylor b Wagner                  9

Mominul Haque not out                    126

Shakib Al Hasan not out                   32

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Extras: (b8, lb1, nb1)                    10

Total: (for 3 wkts; 89 overs)            269

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