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Bangladesh gained the advantage on Day 3 of the 🍃ongoin🥂g first Test against New Zealand after a scintillat🅷ing batting display in Mount Maunganui.
Opener Mahmudul Hasan Joy, batter Najmul Hossain Shanto, captain Mominul Haque, and wicketkeeper-batter Liton Das all 🔯shined with the ba෴t to help Bangladesh to a historic first innings lead over Black Caps.
Mahmudul Hasan scored 78 off 228 balls, while Najmul made 64 from 109 deliveries before Neil Wagner dismissed both the batters. Soon Trent Boult removed Musfiqur Rahim to re🍨duce the tourists at 2💦03/4.
Then, captain Mominul and Liton paired up to take the team out of hot waters. The duo ended up forming a dominating 158 runs partnership for the fifth wicket to put the hosts on the backfoot. Boult broke the crucial stand by dismissing Mominul 12 short of the latter’s century. The left-arm pacer didn’t just stop there as he soon got rid of another set batter Liton for 86.
At stumps, Bangladesh reached 401/6 in reply to New Zealand’s 328, leading the hosts by 73 runs with Yasir Ali (11 no) and Medidy Haasan (20 no) at the crease.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Delighted to see that the promis🌃e seen in Liton Das is beginning to flower.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Bangladesh has taken the first-innings lead…with six wickets still in hand. Quite an achievement. A little over two ꦜdays of play left…could be an exciting Test match.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
Test 4ꦰ00+ totals by visiti꧅ng teams in last five years in New Zealand:
Bangladesh 🇧🇩 – 3 times
All other teams – 1 time— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
What a gutsy and𝓰 determined display by Bangladesh today! And everyone down the lineup seems to be contribut꧟ing. What a great day for them!
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
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Bangladesh putting up a better contest than England really makes you think about cricket's economics and what they're based on
— Daniel Brettig 🏏 (@danbrettig)
Bangladesh 🦩dominate day three; finish with 401/6, leading by 73 runs. | ♐ |
— ICC (@ICC)
Incredible effor💝t from Mominul (88) & Lit♌on Das (86) as Bangladesh end Day 3 on 401-6, a lead of 73
Loving this fight f♑ront them, with both bat &🌸 ball
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA)
Highest batting average by a visiting team in New Zealan✅d in Tests 🥃in last 5 years :-
🇧🇩 : 32.6
🇿🇦 : 31.8
🏴 : 29.9
🇱🇰 : 28.4
🇵🇰 : 24.8
🏝 : 22.2
🇮🇳 : 18.0— CricMan (@CricketStats47)