Bangladesh were bowled out for 209 runs in their second innings as New Zealand clinched the Test series 2-0 with a victory by an innings and 12 runs in the second Test at Wellington. Neil Wagner was the hero with the ball, bagging five wickets as his short-ball barrage dismantled the visitors who started today on an overnight score of 80 for three.

Shakib Al Hasan has no chance of being match fit in time for the third and final Test against New Zealand starting from March 16 at Christchurch.

Three centuries in a game that saw 691 runs being scored over two innings -- the highest-scoring encounter of this edition of the

There is a saying in cricket to the effect that if you miss a catch, you lose the match and for Bangladesh, dropped catches have proved to be very costly in the ongoing Test series against New Zealand.

It was an emotional moment for Ross Taylor when he surpassed the New Zealand's record of most Test hundreds that belonged to his mentor Martin Crowe, who died in March 2016 of cancer, as the right-hander registered his 18th century at Basin Reserve in Wellington yesterday.

Left-handed batsman Nazmul Hossain Shanto, who was the Dhaka Premier League’s top-scorer last season, found some form during 83-run knock against Uttara Sporting Club as Abahani won by a massive 189 runs at Fatullah today. Sabbir Rahman also played a stormy knock to propel last year’s champions towards a big total before the bowlers put in a good performance to bowl Uttara out for just 96.

Ross Taylor whispered a prayer and an apology to the late Martin Crowe Monday as he overtook his mentor's century tally during an exceptional innings of 200 that put New Zealand in a strong position in the second Test against Bangladesh.

Things tilted from positive to negative early in the day for the Tigers. They had another bad day on the field as New Zealand piled up the runs to take the game away from Bangladesh but things could easily have been different if Tigers held on to the chances they were provided with early in the Kiwi innings today.

Bangladesh are in a precarious position having lost three key wickets in their second innings and face the possibility of another loss, that too inside three days after the first two days were washed out due to rain. Following the conclusion of the fourth day, batsman Tamim Iqbal admitted that things are not looking good but reiterated that the task of saving the match is not impossible.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to take strong action against India after their cricketers wore army camouflage-style caps in a match against Australia on Friday.

Bangladesh cricketer Mosharraf Hossain has been diagnosed with brain tumour. The cricketer is going to seek treatment in Singapore.

Bangladesh failed to pick up any further as Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson took the hosts past the 100-run mark in the first session of the fourth day of the second Test in Wellington.

End of proceedings on Day 4. Bangladesh are in clear trouble, still trailing New Zealand's first innings total by 143 runs in their second innings having lost three wickets after the Kiwis declared their innings at 432 for six. Ross Taylor was the star with the bat with an agressive double hundred that helped the Kiwis pile up the runs in the morning session. Henry Nicholls was in fine form, hitting a ton as he along with Taylor put up a 216-run partnership. With the ball, Trent Boult was on fire early on, removing Tamim Iqbal and Mominul Haque with two excellent deliveries. Shadman looked promising before he fell prey to Matt Henry. Mohammad Mithun looked uncomfortable against the short stuff but preserved his wicket till the end of the day along with Soumya Sarkar who was unbeaten on 12.

New Zealand short-ball maestro Neil Wagner believes a result in the rain-affected second Test against Bangladesh was still "definitely possible" after New Zealand trailed by 173 at stumps on Day Three .

Bangladesh were sent into bat as the second Test at the Basin Reserve finally got underway on the third day.

All three Dhaka Premier League fixtures played yesterday turned out to be low scoring affairs where bowlers mostly dominated the terms.

It was a similar situation for Bangladesh 18 years ago during their maiden tour of New Zealand in 2001 when the first two days of the first Test in Hamilton were washed out without a ball being bowled.

20-year-old Saif Hassan struck a magnificent unbeaten 83 as Prime Doleshwar clinched victory against Shinepukur Cricket Club in their opening encounter of the Dhaka Premier League 50-over format at Fatullah today.

Despite no play being possible for the second day in a row at Wellington’s Basin Reserve due to rain, Bangladesh coach Steve Rhodes said that a result was still possible.

For the second successive day, play has been called off with the toss for the second Test match between Bangladesh and New Zealand at Wellington yet to take place due to further rain which continued on from yesterday.