After a thumping innings and 52 runs win in the first Test at Hamilton, New Zealand will be keen to seal the series when they take on Bangladesh in the second Test at Basin Reserve in Wellington tomorrow.
In the Hamilton Test match, New Zealand put up a collective performance as their all batsmen except Ross Taylor had a good outing and Tom Latham and Jeet Raval scoring big hundreds and captain Kane Williamson making an unbeaten double ton. In bowling Trent Boult, Tim Southee and Neil Wagner were outstanding and took 19 wickets between them. Todd Astle and Colin de Grandhomme didn't bowl many overs but they too were impressive in their short spells.
On the other hand, Bangladesh has to raise their levels to compete with this Kiwi side. Their batsmen are still clueless against the moving ball and life will not be easy in Wellington either. Tamim Iqbal was outstanding in Hamilton and scored a hundred in first innings and fifty in the second innings. Shadman Islam got starts but couldn't convert them. Mominul Haque and Mohammad Mithun had a forgettable Test and will look for a turn around at Basin Reserve. Soumya Sarkar and captain Mahmudullah scored big hundreds in the second innings but those innings will give them a lot of confidence. And Bangladesh's biggest weakness is their inexperienced pace bowling. In the first Test their main pacers Abu Jayed, Ebadat Hossain and Khaled Ahmed took only one wicket between them but Mustafizur Rahman will come back for this Test match and it'll boost their confidence a bit.
Team News -
- New Zealand was outstanding in Hamilton Test match and they will probably be unchanged for this Test.
- For Bangladesh Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib al Hasan might miss this Test too due to injuries and Mustafizur Rahman will replace one of the pacers.
All the major stats and facts ahead of the second Test between New Zealand and Bangladesh in Wellington :
Head to Head -
| Venue | Tests | Won by NZ | Won by BAN | Drawn | Tied |
| New Zealand | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bangladesh | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Overall | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
30+ - Trent Boult, Neil Wagner and Tim Southee each of them average 30 plus at Basin Reserve in Wellington in Tests. Boult has taken 33 wickets at 31.09, Southee 34 wickets at 38.67 and Neil Wagner 28 wickets at 35.50.
85.86 - Mehidy Hasan Miraz averages 85.86 with the ball against New Zealand in Tests. He has taken only 6 wickets in 3 Tests against them.
100 - Taijul Islam needs 3 more wickets to become the 3rd Bangladeshi bowler to take 100 wickets in Test cricket.
121.80 - Kane Williamson's Test batting average against Bangladesh. He has scored 609 runs in 7 innings with 3 hundreds and fifties each.
264* - Opener Tom Latham played an incredible knock of 264* runs against Sri Lanka at Basin Reserve in Wellington in last December.
595/8d - Bangladesh scored 595/8d when they last time played a Test in Wellington and still lost the Test by 7 wickets and it's also the highest first innings score in a losing cause in Test cricket.
830 - Tamim Iqbal has scored 830 runs against New Zealand in Test cricket - the most by any player in New Zealand - Bangladesh Test history.
1000 - Kane Williamson needs 26 more runs to complete 1000 Test runs at Basin Reserve in Wellington. He has scored 974 runs at an average of 64.93 in 11 Tests with 3 hundreds and 4 fifties.
