Analysis: Najmul Hossain Shanto made 96 runs to establish an unbroken fourth wicket stand with Mushfiqur Rahim

By the end of the third day, Najmul Hossain Shanto’s fifth Test century had significantly shifted the Sylhet Test in favor of Bangladesh while with seven wickets remaining, the host team led New Zealand by 205 runs after controlling the majority of the day’s play.

By the end of the third day, Najmul Hossain Shanto’s fifth Test century had significantly shifted the Sylhet Test in favor of Bangladesh. With seven wickets remaining, the host team leads New Zealand by 205 runs after controlling the majority of the day’s play.

Shanto put on 96 runs to establish an unbroken fourth wicket stand with Mushfiqur Rahim. After scoring two tonnes against Afghanistan in June, Shanto’s century in this Test was his third in the last four innings. 

Bangladesh, having lost two early wickets in their second innings, sighed with relief as Shanto celebrated reaching the three-figure mark.

New Zealand 1^st Innings

BATTING R B M 4s 6s SR

Tom Latham              c Nayeem Hasan b Taijul Islam

                                   21 44 57 3 0 47.72

Devon Conway         c Shahadat Hossain b Mehidy Hasan Miraz

                                  12 40 69 1 0 30.00

Kane Williamson                                      b Taijul Islam

                                 104 205 289 11 0 50.73

Henry Nicholls         c †Nurul Hasan b Shoriful Islam

                                  19 42 66 1 1 45.23

Daryl Mitchell         st †Nurul Hasan b Taijul Islam

                                  41 54 72 3 1 75.92

Tom Blundell †       c †Nurul Hasan b Nayeem Hasan

                                   6 23 32 1 0 26.08

Glenn Phillips         c Najmul Hossain Shanto b Mominul Haque

                                 42 62 81 5 1 67.74

Kyle Jamieson         lbw b Mominul Haque

                                 23 70 – 1 0 32.85

Ish Sodhi                 c Shahadat Hossain b Taijul Islam

                                  0 6 9 0 0 0.00

Tim Southee ©                     b Mominul Haque

                                35 62 – 3 0 56.45

Ajaz Patel                       not out

                      1 3 – 0 0 33.33

Bangladesh bowling (1^st Innings)

BOWLING O M R W ECON WD NB

Shoriful Islam

                       13 2 54 1           4.15 0 0

Mehidy Hasan Miraz

                      22 3 64 1           2.90 0 0

Taijul Islam

                      39 9 109 4           2.79 0 0

Nayeem Hasan

                      24 3 73 1           3.04 0 0

Mominul Haque

                     3.5 1 4 3           1.04 0 0

Bangladesh 2^nd Innings

BATTING R B 4s 6s SR

Mahmudul Hasan Joy                     run out (Southee)

                                    8 46 0 0 17.39

Zakir Hasan                            lbw b Patel

                                   17 30 2 0 56.66

Najmul Hossain Shanto ©          not out

                      104 193 10 0 53.88

Mominul Haque                            run out (Nicholls/†Blundell)

                                   40 68 4 0 58.82

Mushfiqur Rahim                not out

                      43 71 5 0 60.56

New Zealand bowling (2^nd Innings)

BOWLING O M R W ECON WD NB

Tim Southee

                        12 3 22 0 1.83 0 0

Kyle Jamieson

                         9 3 19 0 2.11 0 0

Ajaz Patel

                        23 1 94 1          4.08 0 0

Glenn Phillips

                        12 4 36 0 3.00 0 0

Ish Sodhi                        12 1 41 0 3.41 0