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          19/01Result
          2nd Test, Bangladesh tour of New Zealand at Christchurch, Jan 20-23 2017
          New Zealand won by 9 wkts
          Player of the Match
          Tim Southee
          Tim SoutheeNew Zealand
          19/01Result
          2nd Test, Bangladesh tour of New Zealand at Christchurch, Jan 20-23 2017
          New Zealand won by 9 wkts
          Player of the Match
          Tim Southee
          Tim SoutheeNew Zealand

          Persistent rain washes out day three

          • The Report by Karthik Krishnaswamy
          Jan 21, 2017, 08:00 AM

          New Zealand 260 for 7 (Taylor 77, Latham 68, Nicholls 56*, Shakib 3-32) trail Bangladesh 289 by 29 runs
          Scorecard and ball-by-ball details

          Persistent rain ruled out any chance of play on the third day of the second Test at Hagley Oval. Having begun at around 6am, the rain never really let up through the morning and afternoon, eventually forcing the umpires to call off play at 4 pm, two hours before the scheduled close.

          With 17 wickets falling over the first two days, there was still a fair chance of the Test match ending in a decisive result, given better weather on days four and five. At stumps on day two, New Zealand were trailing Bangladesh's first-innings total of 289 by 29 runs, with three wickets in hand, having lost three quick wickets to Shakib Al Hasan's left-arm spin.

          Match Coverage

          All Match News

          • 'This is not a historic game' - Mushfiqur Rahim

            Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim has brushed aside suggestions that the one-off Test has historic relevance, saying that their focus is on putting up a strong performance against a good team instead

          • New Zealand grow, Bangladesh regress

            As the Christchurch Test hurtled to an early finish, it was hard not to see the paths the two teams have been on since the tour began four weeks ago

          • Bangladesh caught in a catching quandary

            Several chances have been spilled in the field by Bangladesh on the New Zealand tour, especially in the slip cordon, compounding their batting and bowling woes

          • Southee clinches second Man-of-the-Match award in three Tests

            New Zealand's pace duo of Trent Boult and Tim Southee shone in Christchurch - and that reflects in the stats highlights from the final day of Bangladesh's tour of New Zealand

          • Explainer: Neil Wagner's run-out

            In their first innings, New Zealand lost their tenth wicket in unusual circumstances, when the third umpire ruled Neil Wagner run out despite his having grounded his bat before wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan's flick had disturbed the bails

          Southee-Bolt show

          2013

          Last time NZ's opening bowlers picked up 15 or more wickets in a Test, before this - against WI in Wellington. Southee and Bolt did the damage on that occasion too.

          Southee's 200

          5

          No. of NZ bowlers to pick up 200 or more Test wickets, including Southee. He is the 2nd fastest for NZ to do it in 56 Tests after Hadlee who got there in 44 Tests.

          Shakib strikes

          3

          Wickets by Shakib in 2 overs (67th & 69th). He had bowled only 4 overs out of his team's first 66 overs before this spell. This is also his first 3-wkt haul in NZ.

          second of the series

          2

          No. of fifties for Henry Nicholls in this series, including this inns. Prior to this series, he had made only 2 fifties in 9 Tests and 14 inns.

          Taylor's milestone

          3

          No. of NZ batsmen to score 6000 or more runs in Tests, including Ross Taylor who got there in this match. Fleming (7172) and McCullum (6453) are the others.

          Latham in top form

          6

          No. of 50+ scores for Latham in the last 7 Tests, including this. No other New Zealand batsman has made more than 4 such scores in these matches.

          Southee's second

          2

          No. of five-wkt hauls in last 3 home Tests for Southee. Prior to this, he did not take any five-for in 24 home Tests after grabbing one on his debut.

          In-form Nurul

          133

          Nurul Hasan's average in his last seven first-class innings, before making his Test debut today. His scores in those 7 inns - 182*, 76, 18, 79*, 52, 22, 103*.

          Shakib continues

          6

          No. of scores of 50 or more for Shakib against New Zealand - the most for him against any team. He averages 68.63 in 14 inns vs NZ.

          Sarkar's first

          37

          Previous highest score for Soumya Sarkar in Tests, in 5 inns before this. He made his maiden fifty in this match. Also, he opened for the first time in Tests