stunning catch and what a way to end the series.... pitches outside off and Mortaza frees his arms on seeing that width, he punches it uppishly on the back foot and Mills at point does brilliantly to fling himself to his right and pull of the catch one-handed
New Zealand vs Bangladesh, 2nd Test at Wellington, , Jan 12 2008 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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2nd Test, Wellington, January 12 - 14, 2008, Bangladesh tour of New Zealand
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end of over 471 run • 2 wickets
BAN: 113/10CRR: 2.40
Shakib Al Hasan41 (92b 6x4)
Jacob Oram 11-3-21-2
Daniel Vettori 1-0-3-0
Tamim's thumb injury has ruled him out to come out and bat and that brings an end to the innings, the Test and the series. New Zealand wrap it up just before lunch and seal the whitewash of the one-dayers 3-0 and the Tests 2-0.
Shakib's unbeaten 41 was a very good example of what the rest of the Bangladesh batsmen need to do more often if they have to compete better at Test level. He was patient, didn't go for too many expansive strokes and looked set to get a half-century. The batsmen paid the price for going for their strokes too early and edging to the slip cordon, making this victory all too easy for the home side.
New Zealand will happy with this and the result was what was expected of them. "We're delighted with this performance," said Vettori after the match. "The most pleasing thing was O'Brien. He took wickets and kept the runs down, bowling against the wind." Vettori will be pleased with this confidence-booster ahead of the England challenge, especially after a difficult summer in South Africa and then in Australia.
Mohammad Ashraful was obviously disappointed and this is what he had to say: "This wicket was difficult for us. We didn't bat well at all. Tamim and Junaid Siddique were impressive though. We need to practice more shots on the back foot before the series against South Africa."
That's it from all of us here. I throughly enjoyed bringing this tour to you, covering all games except the third one-dayer. The cricket never stops, thanks to this calendar and there's the Perth Test to look forward to. We'll wait and see if India can break Australia's 16-match streak. Should be a cracker at the WACA. All you New Zealand fans have the England series to look forward to there will be scores to settle after the 3-0 whitewash in 2004.
On behalf of my crew, Kiran and George Binoy, this is Kanishkaa signing off. Cheers!
46.6
W
Oram to Mortaza, OUT
Mashrafe Mortaza c Mills b Oram 6 (25b 1x4 0x6 40m) SR: 24
46.5
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Oram to Mortaza, no run
shorter and this one climbs further on Mortaza who nearly gloves it to McCullum
46.4
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Oram to Mortaza, no run
superb stuff, pitches on the channel outside off and the ball holds its line, just beats the outside edge
These two have already added 30 and is the highest stand of the innings
46.3
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Oram to Mortaza, no run
fuller, gets it to swing in, Mortaza covers the line and defends
46.2
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Oram to Mortaza, no run
pitches outside off, the ball fizzes past Mortaza who pokes his bat out at it
46.1
1
Oram to Shakib, 1 run
turns it to fine leg and strangely decides to take the run and expose Mortaza
end of over 463 runs
BAN: 112/8CRR: 2.43
Mashrafe Mortaza6 (20b 1x4)
Shakib Al Hasan40 (91b 6x4)
Daniel Vettori 1-0-3-0
Jacob Oram 10-3-20-1
45.6
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Vettori to Mortaza, no run
edged and the ball just falls short of first slip
45.5
1
Vettori to Shakib, 1 run
flighted outside the off stump, plays a premeditated paddle sweep towards square leg and gets off the strike
45.4
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Vettori to Shakib, no run
slightly wide outside off, goes for the drive and misses
45.3
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Vettori to Shakib, no run
pushed to the on side
45.2
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Vettori to Shakib, no run
defended on the front foot back to the bowler
45.1
2
Vettori to Shakib, 2 runs
Shakib decides to have some fun by walking across his stumps and scooping it over the region of short fine-leg
Vettori comes on
end of over 454 runs
BAN: 109/8CRR: 2.42
Mashrafe Mortaza6 (19b 1x4)
Shakib Al Hasan37 (86b 6x4)
Jacob Oram 10-3-20-1
Iain O'Brien 11-2-23-2
44.6
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Oram to Mortaza, no run
edged, beats the slips, Shakib turns down the single and opts to take strike for the next over
44.5
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Oram to Mortaza, no run
hits the deck hard again, he moves out of the way again
44.4
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Oram to Mortaza, no run
hits the deck outside off, left alone
44.3
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Oram to Mortaza, no run
gets a thin edge to third slip, Bell dives forward and takes it on the full, takes it on the first bounce
44.2
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Oram to Mortaza, no run
fuller outside off, pokes at it and nearly gets an outside edge
44.1
4
Oram to Mortaza, FOUR runs
superb stroke....just short and wide outside off, the ball moves away after pitching, Mortaza rocks back and punches with ease past the covers, the placement was perfect
end of over 442 runs
BAN: 105/8CRR: 2.38
Shakib Al Hasan37 (86b 6x4)
Mashrafe Mortaza2 (13b)
Iain O'Brien 11-2-23-2
Jacob Oram 9-3-16-1
43.6
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O'Brien to Shakib, no run
pitches outside off, left alone
43.5
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O'Brien to Shakib, no run
outside off and slashed hard to Oram at gully, it appeared as if it went on the full to the fielder but reached him on the bounce
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