The veteran New Zealand cricketer, Ross Taylor took his first wicket in over a decade and dismissed the last Bangladesh batsman in the last Test of his career and it also helped New Zealand to a victory by an innings and 117 runs. The two-match Test series is thus drawn 1-1 with Bangladesh remarkably winning the first match by eight wickets.
Bangladesh made a better case for themselves in the second innings after they were bundled out for a meager score of 126 runs in the first innings in reply to New Zealand’s 521/6 declared. The visitors were all out for 278 runs as No.5 Litton Das led their resistance with his second Test century.
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Litton Das played a brilliant knock of 102 off 114 balls while Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque’s 37 was the second-highest score from any batsmen in the team. Fast bowling all-rounder Kyle Jamieson took four wickets while pacer Neil Wagner took three. Senior fast bowlers Trent Boult and Tim Southee were the main architects as New Zealand dismantled Bangladesh in the first innings but only the latter could take a wicket in the second innings.
Here is the video of Ross Taylor taking the final wicket:
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Trent Boult had taken five while Southee picked three as Bangladesh was reduced to 11/4 in the early part of the first innings.
Ross Taylor had taken just a couple of wickets in Test cricket prior to Tuesday, both of which came in a match against India all the way back in November 2010. The crowd was egging skipper, Tom Latham to hand the ball to Taylor for one over before the Kiwis took the new ball and the veteran ended up taking the final wicket off the third ball of the 80th over.
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Ross Taylor retires as New Zealand’s all-time highest run-getter in Tests with 7655 runs at an average of 44.76 in 111 matches. His 19 centuries are the second highest for New Zealand, only behind regular skipper Kane Williamson.
