DHAKA: The visiting New Zealand took lead by 85 runs in their second innings of the first Test match against Bangladesh in Chittagong Saturday.

After the over-40, they reached 117 for one at stumps on day-4 at Jahur Ahmed Stadium.

Earlier in the day, the host scored 501 runs for all wickets after the end of 148.5-over. They resumed Saturday’s innings at 380 for 7.

Mushfiqur Rahim, Nasir Hossain and Robiul Islam scored 67, 46 and 33 respectively while Sohag Gazi took 101 not out.

On Friday, Mominul Haque, who hit his first Test century earlier in the day, went back to the pavilion scoring 181 runs which was just 20 runs away from breaking the previous record of Mushfiqur Rahim.

Teams:

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Mahmudullah, Anamul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (c&wk), Abdur Razzak, Mominul Haque, Nasir Hossain, Marshall Ayub, Sohag Gazi, Robiul Islam.

New Zealand: Peter Fulton, Hamish Rutherford, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Dean Brownlie, Brendon McCullum (c), BJ Watling (wk), Corey Anderson, Doug Bracewell, Neil Wagner, Trent Boult.

BDST: 1653 HRS, OCT 12, 2013
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