From 1877 until World War One
Between the World Wars
Post War to the WSC Revolution
The Professional Era to the New Millennium
The New Millennium and Beyond
Other Pages
Home Page
Article Archive
How the System Works
Frequently Asked Questions
Statistical Points of Interest
Current and Future Series Predictions
Links
Site Map
Contact Us
Get Free e-mail ratings updates
NZ win 2 - 0 NZ gains 8 points; BAN loses 8 points
Draw 1 - 1 BAN gains 7 points; NZ loses 7 points
BAN win 2 - 0 NZ gains 22 points; NZ loses 22 points
Hamilton
18 - 22 December 2001
There was no play on the first two days due to heavy rain. The third day dawned bright and sunny and Bangladesh elected to field first. The decision paid off as New Zealand lost Vincent (0), Sinclair (7), Fleming (4) and Astle (5) to be 4 for 51 in just over an hour's play. Bangladesh assumed the unusual position of being on top of their opponent. New Zealand then and steadied through the rest of the extended session to go to lunch at 4 for 93. Bangladesh was unable to keep their advantage through the afternoon as McMillan passed his fifth Test century and Richardson moved closer to his own ton. When a storm stopped play near tea, New Zealand had a slight edge at 4 for 236.
When play resumed Richardson brought up his second Test century and then immediately lost McMillan (106) with the score 5 for 241. When rain again intervened to stop play for the day, New Zealand was on top at 5 for 306 but time is their enemy. New Zealand?s only hope of winning the Test is to make enough runs to avoid Bangladesh reaching the follow on target, and then to bowl them out twice in less than two days.
New Zealand sought to extend their lead as quickly as possible and scored at 6 runs per over for the first 45 minutes before declaring at 9 for 365. Richardson (143), Cairns (48) and Parore (20) did most of the work for New Zealand while Mortaza (3 for 100 off 27 overs) and Sharif (3 for 114 off 20.1 overs) shared the bowling honours. Needing 216 to avoid the follow on, Bangladesh scored just as quickly as New Zealand until they lost Omar (9) and Al Sahariar (15) to be 2 for 32. Bangladesh consolidated over the rest of the session, but lost Aminul Islam (14) just before going to lunch at 3 for 93. New Zealand took complete control of the Test during the afternoon session. While Bangladesh crept to within striking distance of the follow target, they lost five more wickets and all hope. Bashar (61), Hossain (45) and Masmud got to double figures and at tea Bangladesh was 8 for 199. They were unable to make the final 17 runs after tea when Masmud (45) was the last man out and the total 205 runs. Bond was the best of the bowlers with 4 for 47 off 13.1 overs.
New Zealand had no hesitation in enforcing the follow on and Bangladesh needed to bat for 140 overs to draw the match while New Zealand needed 10 more wickets to win. Bangladesh moved the score to 0 for 39 before New Zealand dismissed Omar (15), Bashar (1) and Aminul (0) to collapse to 3 for 42. Ashraful (6) fell later in the session and at stumps Bangladesh were teetering at 4 for 90 needing another 70 runs to force the Kiwis to bat again.
New Zealand ripped through the remaining Bangladeshi batsmen on the fifth morning. Al Sahariar (53) fell in the second over of the day and the collapse was on. Mashud (6) and Mahmud (0) fell eight runs later at 7 for 98, then Hossain (12), Mortaza (2) and Manjural (1) fell as Bangladesh was all out for 108 runs. In all, they lost 6 for 18 in around an hour's play. Cairns was the best of the bowlers with 7 for 53 off 18.2 overs as New Zealand won by an innings and 52 runs.
Second Test
Wellington
26 - 29 December 2001
New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl first. Bangladesh got off to a poor start after losing Omar (0) and Bashar (6) in the second over to be 2 for 6. The batsmen then consolidated for a while before Al Sahariar (18) fell at 3 for 49 and at lunch Bangladesh was 3 for 60. New Zealand dismissed Ashraful (11) in the first hour after lunch before a collapse left Bangladesh at tea with a score of 8 for 118. The only meaningful contribution came from Aminul Islam (42), who was out at 5 for 92. New Zealand wrapped up the innings for a total of 132 runs with Cairns returning the best figures of 3 for 24 off 15 overs. New Zealand faced 24 overs before ending the day in a commanding position at 72 runs without loss.
No play was possible on the second day due to heavy rain. Play on the third day was delayed by two hours due to too much water on the ground. When play did start Horne (38) was the only batsman dismissed is a shortened session and at lunch New Zealand was 1 for 117. The Bangladesh bowling was taking a pasting during the afternoon session as the home side took the total to 1 for 148 before losing both Richardson (83) and Vincent (23). After a temporary slowing in the run rate, the Kiwis took the score to 3 for 278 at tea with a lead of 155 runs. After tea, Bangladesh ran out McMillan (70) and Caught Fleming (61) and Cairns (36) and New Zealand declared at 6 for 341 leaving Sinclair not out on 19. Manjural Islam was the best of the bowlers with 3 fpr 99 off 29 overs. Bangladesh had to make 219 to make New Zealand bat again and had to face 24 overs before stumps. Perhaps predictably, they lost Al Sahariar (0) early and then Omar (12), Aminul Islam (4), Bashar (32) and Ashraful (10) to be 5 for 67 at stumps, still needing another 142 runs or much more rain to avoid an inevitable innings defeat.
New Zealand continued the demolition on the fourth morning. Mahmud (4) was the first to go, followed by Sanwar Hossain and Hasibul Hossain for seven runs each while Mortaza (29) offered the only resistance. Finally, the number eleven Manjural Islam (0) was unable to stay and help Khaled Mashud, who remained not out on 19 runs. In all, Bangladesh lost 5 for 68 before lunch to be dismissed for 135 runs. This gave New Zealand a victory by an innings and 74 runs while Bond was the best of the bowlers with 4 for 54 off 15 overs.
