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Mirpur: Three days have been lost in the second Test, but New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori decided to make it a contest on the fourth. He declared with 50 minute's play left in the day, and then once again tormented Bangladesh with three wickets in one over to inject life into the rain-hit second Test here Tuesday.
Bangladesh left out Naeem Islam from their line-up, including paceman Mahbubul Alam for his first Test, while New Zealand were forced to bring in Grant Elliott for Jacob Oram who returned home because of a back problem.
Earlier, the host skipper Mohammad Ashraful won the toss and calls Vettori to bats and his bowler Mashrafe Mortaza trapped Aaron Redmond (two) leg-before in the third over of the innings before Mahbubul Alam bowled Jamie How (eight) in the next over. Bangladesh's third seamer, Shahadat Hossain, removed Ross Taylor, who made 19
Session By Session Report
Session 1 - 55 for 3 in 16 overs
Session 2 - 143 for 1 in 40 overs
Session 3 - 77 for 5 in 29.4 overs
Brief Score: Bangladesh 13 for 3 (Vettori 3-0) trail New Zealand 262 for 6 dec (Ryder 91, McCullum 66) by 249 runs
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