New Zealand v. Bangladesh. Tests.

Donny · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2023 4:53 pm

Lunch: New Zealand needs 133 runs to win.

Donny · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2023 6:29 pm

Caps 3/44. Latham 24*.

Donny · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2023 6:31 pm

4/50. Latham 26, Mehidy 2/13.

Donny · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2023 7:22 pm

6/90. Mehidy 3/26, Phillips 17*.

Donny · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2023 7:27 pm

Tea.

NZ needs 47 to win. 6 down.

Donny · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2023 7:41 pm

36 to win. Phillips 23*.

Donny · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2023 7:49 pm

The Caps should win it from here.

27 needed with Phillips & Santner looking settled.

Donny · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2023 8:09 pm

Cruising now, with just 10 to win.

Phillips 36*, Santner 29*.

Donny · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2023 8:17 pm

Phillips/Santner put on 70 runs, to win.

Donny · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2023 6:17 pm

"New Zealand beat Bangladesh by four wickets on the fourth day of the second Test to level the two-match series at 1-1 as Ajaz Patel ripped through the home side with six wickets before his batting colleagues secured victory.

Chasing 137 to win on a treacherous track at Mirpur's Shere Bangla Stadium after Bangladesh's Zakir Hasan hit a battling 59, the tourists rode on Glenn Phillips' unbeaten 40 and Mitchell Santner's 35 not out to prevail.

"It was a bit of scrap," New Zealand skipper Tim Southee said. "It's nice to come out on the right side of it. The guys trusted their ways. The way Phillips and Santner play, it's on the attacking side to the other players. And they did that."

CA.

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Pies4shaw · pies4shaw Joined: 08 Oct 2007

^ A century against England, following on against a tired attack on home soil, in a series in which he made a total of 10 runs in his other innings, 2 centuries at home against Sri Lanka and a century away against Bangladesh (followed by 3 innings in which he managed a total of 35 runs). Who else gets to follow on at home against England, then play back-back-back, home and away, Tests against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh? It's like manna from Heaven.

His most admirable quality as a batsman is his luck with the opposition he gets to play - and where. Make no mistake, getting a leg-up in that regard is way better for your average than mucking about with shot selection and technique.

His average against Sri Lanka is 26.71 in Sri Lanka (where he hasn't played since 2019 and has only played 2 Tests in the last 11 years - for a total return of 24 runs) and 114.2 against Sri Lanka in NZ. He has played just 14 innings (in 8 Tests) against Sri Lanka in NZ. He has 4 centuries and 5 50s in those 14 innings.

His ability to turn up and play Bangladesh is similarly impressive - 8 Tests (4 home and 4 away, for a total of 4 centuries - 1 a double - and 4 50s in 12 innings).

Thus, in just 12 Tests (8 against Sri Lanka in New Zealand and 4 against Bangladesh), he has 8 of his 29 career centuries and 9 of his 33 career 50s. Put another way, in his other 84 Tests, he has 21 centuries (and one of those against Zimbabwe) and 24 50s.

Meanwhile, in 8 Tests in Engalnd, he's managed just 1 century and 2 50s in 16 innings. Coming to Australia has been difficult (it's the passport, I expect) - he's only played 7 Tests here in his career and hasn't reached 50 in a Test in Australia since 2015. He also looks to have missed visiting South Africa (4 Tests at an average of 21.16) - he hasn't played there since 2016. Etc etc.

For comparison, Dave Warner has made 25 centiuries and 36 50s in his Test career. He has been a Very Bad Learner - instead of recognizing, eg, the need to be unavaible to tour England, he keeps going and continues to compound a poor record, there.

Warner has played just 1 in every 11 of his Tests against Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka or Bangladesh - but 2/3 of all his Tests against Engalnd, India or South Africa. Williamson has played 1 in every 4 of his Tests against Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka or Bangladesh - but just 40% of all his Tests against Engalnd, India or South Africa.