After losing the first Test to Bangladesh in  Mount Maunganui, New Zealand captain Tom Latham and Devon Conway came with a thumping response on day one of the second Test in Christchurch adding 201 runs in the unbeaten second-wicket partnership on Sunday.  While Latham is marching to his double ton, Conway is just one run away from his second century in this series. Riding on their grand effort, at the end of day one, New Zealand were batting at 349 for one in 90 overs.  Bangladeshi bowlers were clearly clueless on day one after winning the toss and opted to bowl first. Hero of Bangladesh’s maiden win against New Zealand, Ebadot Hossain, bowled 21 overs only concede 114 runs at a high economy rate of 5.4.  READ: Pumped-up Tigers aim for monumental series win against Blackcaps Bangladesh’s only success came through Shoriful Islam when he removed Will Young for 54. Ebadot managed to convince the umpire twice to raise his finger against Latham, but on both occasions, Latham went for a review and DRS came forward to rescue the hosts’ captain. Bangladesh also missed a chance when Young was put down at seven.  Barring these chances to remove the Kiwi batters, Bangladesh failed to do anything with the ball apart from some outside edges on day one. After putting to bat first in the wicket with some grass on it, New Zealand made a good start as the openers— Latham and Young— posted 148 runs in the opening stand which was more than enough to let down the Bangladeshi bowling attack which was imperious in the first Test of the series.  Latham’s unbeaten 186 is now the fourth-highest score by a batter in Test in a single day. Nathan Astle topped the list with 222 runs that he notched up against England in 2002 on  day four while Ross Taylor and Brendon McCullum had scored 209 and 195 against Australia and Sri Lanka in 2015 and 2014 on day three and one respectively. READ: Series win against New Zealand to inspire future Tigers: Domingo Wounded from the defeat in the first match, New Zealand took the commanding position of the second Test from the ball one. And Bangladesh are going to have some tough days ahead in this Test.  Bangladesh fielded Mohammad Naim, the debutant, and Nurul Hasan Sohan in this Test to replace injured Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Mushfiqur Rahim. While Joy suffered a blow on his right hand that needed three stitches, Mushfiqur is out with a groin injury.  With Mushfiqur being out of the XI, it was the first time in 16 years when Bangladesh was playing a Test without any of Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Mushfiqur, Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah Riyad who had long been considered core-member of Bangladesh’s cricket team in all format.

Devon Conway smashed a ton on the first day of the first Test of two-match series between New Zealand and Bangladesh started on Saturday at Mount Maunganui.  New Zealand ended day one of the first Test at 258 for five in 87.3 overs. Conway was the best batter for them with 122— his second ton in Tests. Shoriful Islam was the best bowler taking two wickets for the Tigers.  Conway’s ton overshadowed the hard works of the Bangladesh pacer-bowling duo Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful. Taskin failed to grab any wicket on day one but he bowled really well while Shorfiul scalped two wickets.  Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque won the toss and opted to bowl first. The decision seemed to be the right one as Shoriful sent the New Zealand captain sent back to the dressing room in just one run on the board.  It was angling delivery from Shorfiul. Latham went to flick it but only managed a thick edge to the wicketkeeper. It was not a regulation catch for Liton Das. He dived to take a one-handed catch to remove Latham early.  READ: Mominul eager to erase past in New Zealand as Tigers go into first Test Saturday But it was not a setback for the hosts. In the second wicket, Conway and Will Young put on a partnership of 138 runs. Despite some decent works by Bangladesh pacers, they were firm enough to hold it tight and kept the scoreboard afloat. Bangladesh’s four-bowler attack failed to offer a real challenge for them until Young ran himself out for 52.  In the third wicket stand, Conway and veteran Ross Taylor were looming big. But it was Shoriful again to earn a breakthrough for the tourists. A full delivery across him, Taylor went to drive to the cover region but prodded a low catch. Shadman Islam was smart enough to take it.  To remove Conway, Mominul used Najmul Hossain Shanto as a part-time bowler. The Bangladesh captain brought in himself too, and it was a good move as he removed Conway with only 10 overs to go to end the day.  Mominul bowled a harmless delivery. It was turning down. Conway went for a glance but managed an edge to the wicketkeeper, and Liton did not miss that. Conway’s yet another Test special came to the end on 122.  Ebadot Hossain scalped the last wicket that New Zealand lost on day one in form of Tom Blundell. With two overs three balls to go before the stumps of day one, Ebadot bowled Blundell for 11 off 25 balls. Bangladesh ended the day with this late joy.  Bangladesh bowled four specialist bowlers in this match along with three pacers who have bowled 55.3 overs on day one while specialist spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz bowled 27 overs. Shanto and Mominul bowled five overs together.  Bangladesh will have to restrict the hosts inside a minimum total tomorrow and make a good start to get a commanding position in this Test. READ: U-19 Asia Cup: Bangladesh lost to India in semifinal This series is part of the ICC World Test Championship. Bangladesh started this event with the home series against Pakistan and the hosts lost 2-0. In the previous cycle of the World Test Championship, Bangladesh played seven matches but failed to win any of them.