2nd Test, Day 1: Spinners Drag Bangladesh Back Into Contest As New Zealand Teeter On 55-5 | Cricket News
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Spinners Mehidy Hasan and Taijul Islam shared five wickets between them to help Bangladesh claw their way back into contention with New Zealand struggling at 55-5 in Wednesday's opener to the second Test. An astonishing 15 wickets fell in the first day's play in Dhaka, with the hosts all out for just 172 in an innings where Mushfiqur Rahim became just the second batsman in Test history to be dismissed for obstructing the field. Mehidy and Taijul then cut a swathe through New Zealand in the final session before bad light prompted an early finish.Mehidy scalped Devon Conway (11), Kane Williamson (13) and Tom Blundell (0) in between Taijul's dismissal of Tom Latham (4) and Henry Nicholls (1) to obliterate the tourists' early advantage."We believed that we could make life difficult fo...