Stats: Williamson becomes the first New Zealand player to score four consecutive centuries in Tests

After the second day of play in Sylhet, Taijul Islam maintained Bangladesh’s lead, although Kane Williamson tied Virat Kohli and Don Bradman with 29 Test hundreds.

After the second day of play in Sylhet, Taijul Islam maintained Bangladesh’s lead, although Kane Williamson tied Virat Kohli and Don Bradman with 29 Test hundreds. 

The hosts had a 44-run lead at stumps, but they responded strongly when the left-arm spinner claimed four wickets. For the second day in a row, play was abandoned early owing to poor light, and New Zealand managed to reach 266 for 8.

Williamson made a patient 104 from 205 balls, including 11 fours, to hold the New Zealand innings together. 

Bangladesh 1st Innings

BATTING R B M 4s 6s SR

Mahmudul Hasan Joy               c Mitchell b Sodhi

                                   86 166 235 11 0 51.80

Zakir Hasan                                b Patel

                                  12 41 60 1 0 29.26

Najmul Hossain Shanto (c)     c Williamson b Phillips

                                  37 35 46 2 3 105.71

Mominul Haque                      c †Blundell b Phillips

                                  37 78 119 4 0 47.43

Mushfiqur Rahim                   c Williamson b Patel

                                  12 22 33 1 0 54.54

Shahadat Hossain                   c Nicholls b Phillips

                                  24 54 85 3 0 44.44

Mehidy Hasan Miraz             c Mitchell b Jamieson

                                 20 30 30 2 0 66.66

Nurul Hasan †                       c †Blundell b Phillips

                                 29 28 51 5 0 103.57

Nayeem Hasan                      c Latham b Jamieson

                                 16 27 41 3 0 59.25

Taijul Islam                           not out

                      8 21 30 1 0 38.09

Shoriful Islam                       lbw b Southee

                                 13 9 14 3 0 144.44

New Zealand’s bowling

BOWLING O M R W ECON WD NB

Tim Southee

                       14.1 2 43 1           3.03 1 0

Kyle Jamieson

                        17 5 52 2           3.05 0 0

Ajaz Patel

                        24 1 76 2           3.16 0 0

Ish Sodhi

                        14 1 71 1           5.07 0 0

Glenn Phillips

                        16 1 53 4           3.31 0 0

New Zealand 1st 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            not out

                      7 24 – 0 0 29.16

Ish Sodhi                c Shahadat Hossain b Taijul Islam

                                  0 6 9 0 0 0.00

Tim Southee (c)             not out

                      1 4 – 0 0 25.00

Bangladesh’s bowling

BOWLING O M R W ECON WD NB

Shoriful Islam

                        11 2 44 1            4.00 0 0

Mehidy Hasan Miraz

                        19 3 57 1            3.00 0 0

Taijul Islam

                        30 7 89 4            2.96 0 0

Nayeem Hasan

                        22 3 61 1            2.77 0 0

Mominul Haque                        2 1 2 1            1.00 0 0