*Official* New Zealand in Bangladesh 2023/24

[AndyZaltzHair]

Taijul will surely be the MOTM with 10 wickets.

Yeah for sure. He trumps shanto’s century

 

[ashley bach]

Thoroughly deserved and well done to Bangladesh. They can celebrate tonight but not too hard as they still need to win the series.
As for the Blackcaps all they can think of is a drawn series.

 

[SteveNZ]

Latham has to be the most frustrating player I've watched. Has every shot, capable of playing big innings, defensively compact and probably the best technical player of spin to ever wear a black cap, but just keeps underwhelming. I remember after his debut year thinking we'd found a guy who was going to be the Dravid to KW's Tendulkar. Not sure where he goes from here, he's always averaged 40+ which is nye-on unheard of for a kiwi opener, and he does play the odd gem even against good bowling attacks, but it's plain that he hit his ceiling 9 years ago.

The sad thing is, I remember saying this as far back as the 2015 Australian series. He kept getting really good starts v Johnson, Starc, Hazelwood etc, and clearly had the game...but he just always finds ways to get out against good opposition. Averages 26 v Australia, 31 and 32 v England + India, 9 v SA, and has scored 1 ton v those four sides in 37 Tests against them. That is not even in the sphere of being in an all-time NZ side, as he often is put in the conversation of.

We're at the point now where he really shouldn't be in the side, but will probably still be there in 2026/27 in Australia.

 

[trundler]

That's a convincing win. BD spinners were just so much better than their rivals. All hail Taijul.

 

[Skyliner]

Great performance from the Bangas. Our openers are the big concern, they set the tone & set up the innings; Latham is well out of form and Conway is well out of sorts mentally. Our spinners didn’t have any control, far too expensive and sloppy with the exception of ‘part timer’ GP.

 

[cricman]

I remember when Dan the man Vettori chased down 300+ target in the 4th innings in Dhaka a lifetime ago.

Good bounce back after a horrible WC.

Also KW played this test, so means a little more than the Mount Maunganui test.

 

[Aritro]

Good stuff lads. Very satisfying, and surprising, to see this happen with some good players missing. Huge credit goes to Shanto for his batting and for marshalling this team the way he has.

I think the reason we match up well against the Kiwis is that they don't have a tall fast bowler who can bowl at high pace while getting steep bounce who could exploit our complete inability to contend with that type of bowling. The teams we've played at home since the pandemic have really been able to put us to the sword by deploying at least one bowler who fits that archetype, or, actually, someone of any height who is fairly fast.

Still, it's lovely to get a win at home against quality opposition after a dismal few years. I feared the worst.

Changing up the team will probably turn things around for the Kiwis in the next one.

 

[cricman]

Good stuff lads. Very satisfying, and surprising, to see this happen with some good players missing. Huge credit goes to Shanto for his batting and for marshalling this team the way he has.

I think the reason we match up well against the Kiwis is that they don't have a tall fast bowler who can bowl at high pace while getting steep bounce who could exploit our complete inability to contend with that type of bowling. The teams we've played at home since the pandemic have really been able to put us to the sword by deploying at least one bowler who fits that archetype.

Still, it's lovely to get a win at home against quality opposition after a dismal few years. I feared the worst.

Changing up the team will probably turn things around for the Kiwis in the next one.

I forgot NZ brought Neil Wagner back for this tour. His short stuff would have been a handful for this lot in Sylhet.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

First test win against New Zealand at home for Bangladesh

 

[ashley bach]

I forgot NZ brought Neil Wagner back for this tour. His short stuff would have been a handful for this lot in Sylhet.

@RossTaylorsBox

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

I remember when Dan the man Vettori chased down 300+ target in the 4th innings in Dhaka a lifetime ago.

Good bounce back after a horrible WC.

Also KW played this test, so means a little more than the Mount Maunganui test.

I remember that match vaguely and pulled the scorecard now. Vettori came in 2 down lol chasing 317 in fourth innings. He was our worst nightmare.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...vs-new-zealand-1st-test-361758/full-scorecard

I’d still keep Mount test win ahead of this. Winning in NZ against NZ not an easy feat. Our first test win away from home and outside Asia.

 

[Moss]

Congratulations Bangladesh! Must be very satisfying after running India very close last year. Bowled properly well on a classic subcontinent pitch where NZ did not.

 

[honestbharani]

tall fast bowler who can bowl at high pace while getting steep bounce

Not many teams can, tbf

 

[NZTailender]

Well done Bangladesh, really deserved winners on multiple levels. Really disappoiting from our much vaunted deep batting. Bowlers looked good at times but didn't help that plans didn't quite come off. Lots of balls hit near fielders in the air, especially off Jamieson, with no luck. Doesn't help Mitchell didn't hold on to a couple.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Congratulations Bangladesh. They were comprehensively better across the 4 and a bit days.

 

[Flem274*]

The spinners need to bring it next test. We're only going to include up to 1 for the summer so they're bowling for their jobs.

 

[ataraxia]

Non-negligible chance Rachin plays next match I think, due to lizard man loss-must-force-changes thinking. But it's a total crapshoot as to which player Stead thinks he should replace: Nicholls, Phillips, Sodhi, Ajaz?

 

[Aritro]

Non-negligible chance Rachin plays next match I think, due to lizard man loss-must-force-changes thinking. But it's a total crapshoot as to which player Stead thinks he should replace: Nicholls, Phillips, Sodhi, Ajaz?

Sounds like Nicholls is the one everyone wants dropped?

 

[NZTailender]

Non-negligible chance Rachin plays next match I think, due to lizard man loss-must-force-changes thinking. But it's a total crapshoot as to which player Stead thinks he should replace: Nicholls, Phillips, Sodhi, Ajaz?

Can't drop Phillips, he was arguably our best spinner and did well enough with the bat. Has to be Nicholls or Latham, but I can see them dropping Sodhi tbh.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Yeah it’ll be something random like Sodhi or Ajaz. Someone that’s not part of the in crowd.