Rain Force Second Bangladesh-New Zealand Test Drawn

Dhaka: The second Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand ended in a draw after rain washed out the fifth and final day's play at Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Friday.

Match officials called off the day's play at 2:08 pm local time (0808GMT) after overnight showers and continuous drizzle made the ground unplayable.

Bangladesh were 269-3 overnight in the second innings, leading New Zealand by 114 runs.

Bangladesh's batsman Mominul Haque declared man of the match and player of the series for his outstanding performance.

Brief scores
Bangladesh 282 (Tamim 95, Wagner 5-64) and 269 for 3 (Mominul 126*, Tamim 70)
New Zealand 437 (Anderson 116, Watling 70*, Shakib 5-103)
Result Match drawn
MOM and Player of the series Mominul Haque (Bangladesh)

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