*Official* New Zealand in Bangladesh 2023/24

[King Kane]

The pitch seems to be getting easier to bat on, it will need to be as we look like we could be chasing about 400 now.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Perhaps it’s worth reanimating Wagner’s corpse for the second test, this spin attack looks totally toothless.

No

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Yeah! Shanto!

 

[_Ed_]

Really well played.

 

[trundler]

Excellent ton. Exactly what the side needed. Got very timid in the 90s but excusable given the occasion. Throwing away starts has been a big problem for BD so kudos to Shanto for stepping up

 

[thierry henry]

Lol Alastair Cook debuted a year after him , played for 12 years and racked up 161 tests , been retired for 5 years and still Rahim is 74 tests behind.

The point is that English test records don’t count

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Ajaz, the most toothless bowler to have ever taken 10 wickets in an innings.

 

[trundler]

Yeah I understand why NZ go with troll spinners who can bat a bit now. Phillips should be the sole spinner outside the SC going forward you'd think.

 

[thierry henry]

Ajaz, the most toothless bowler to have ever taken 10 wickets in an innings.

Really praising with faint damn

 

[thierry henry]

In 18 years Mushfiqur went from a little kid to a balding little kid with a beard

 

[trundler]

In 18 years Mushfiqur went from a little kid to a balding little kid with a beard

TH discovers short people

 

[Aritro]

It's nice we put at least 200 on the board before tomorrow's capitulation. It's going to be grim.

 

[Aritro]

Southee has been sensational fwiw. Deserves more

 

[The Hutt Rec]

No

A well crafted, compelling and persuasive argument.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

How good has the young skipper Shanto been ? Great knock .

Apart from the knock, I thought his bowling rotation was good with field placements. He brought Shoriful at a good time and Shoriful gave that important break through by picking up nicholls. Then he brought mominul who picked up Phillips.

 

[Aritro]

Apart from the knock, I thought his bowling rotation was good with field placements. He brought Shoriful at a good time and Shoriful gave that important break through by picking up nicholls. Then he brought mominul who picked up Phillips.

Yeah I'm ready to shoot my load too early and declare him the captain we need. I'd have brought mominul on sooner though. He was bowling like peak Herath

 

[Moss]

Excellent work Shanto and well done BD in what could have been a very tricky 3rd innings.

 

[thierry henry]

It's nice we put at least 200 on the board before tomorrow's capitulation. It's going to be grim.

lol this guy thinks NZ aren’t the ones capitulating

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Yeah I'm ready to shoot my load too early and declare him the captain we need. I'd have brought mominul on sooner though. He was bowling like peak Herath

I don’t mind Liton but he seems to be a bit selfish to be a team man. Miraz although was a giant in u19 level but I am not too sure that others would listen to him now in dressing room. We have no choice better than Shanto atm.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

32nd Test Captain to score a Test Hundred on captaincy debut. The first from Bangladesh .
Take a bow Najmul Hossain Shanto !

First Test Captain from each Test Nation to score a 100 on Test Captaincy Debut :

: Billy Murdoch 153* v ENG 1880
:Archie MacLaren 109 v AUS - 1897
: Herbie Taylor 109 vs ENG 1913
: Vijay Hazare 164* vs ENG 1951
: Jeffrey Stollmeyer 104 vs AUS 1952
: Geoffrey Rabone 107 vs IND 1968
: David Houghton 121 vs IND 1992
:Nazmul Hossain Shanto 100 and counting* vs NZ 2023

* , , and yet to have a Test Captain score a 100 on Captaincy debut.