adminDHAKA. — Shakib Al Hasan claimed three wickets as Bangladesh reduced New Zealand to 107-3 yesterday before rain forced an early stumps on the second day of the second Test cricket in Dhaka. A heavy downpour led the umpires to suspend and then call off play after an early tea break with the game evenly poised.
New Zealand had dismissed the hosts for 282 runs early in the morning thanks to Neil Wagner’s maiden five-wicket haul, but Bangladesh struck back through Shakib.
He took two wickets in his first two overs, with New Zealand in trouble at 32-2 at lunch before Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor rebuilt. Williamson had to leave the field after Rubel Hossain struck him with bouncer, but he returned soon after as Shakib removed incoming batsman Brendon McCullum. — AFP.
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