“Bangladesh Showed Us How To Go About Things On That Wicket”- Tom Latham

Jan 5, 2022 at 5:33 PM

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“Bangladesh Showed Us How To Go About Things On That Wicket”- Tom Latham

New Zealand stand-in captain Tom Latham has shown disappointment over New Zealand’s performance as Bangladesh upset the hosts by an 8-wicket win to script their first victory in New Zealand in any format.

On day-5, Bangladesh bowled New Zealand out for 169 in the second innings as Ebadot Hossain bowled a terrific spell of 6/46 which opened the doors of this historic win at Mount Maunganui, Bangladesh chased the target of 40 with the loss of two wickets as their veteran batter Mushfiqur Rahim hit the winning runs.

“We weren’t quite there in all three facets. Bangladesh showed us how to go about things on that wicket. They were able to build partnerships, bowl (tight) at both ends, and apply lots of pressure. We couldn’t quite do it for long enough. There have only been two Test matches here, the two games have been similar. Probably a little bit slower than what we expected and didn’t quite break up as much,” said Latham after the game at the post-match presentation.

Tom Latham is an underrated weapon for the Black Caps. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)
Tom Latham (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)

“We knew what it would be like, unfortunately, we couldn’t quite do things for long enough. Looking back at the first innings, the position we were in, if we’d got 450, then it’d have been a different story. Full credit to Bangladesh for the way they went about things for all five days and they thoroughly deserved this win,” he added.

Bangladesh also broke the 17-match unbeaten streak by New Zealand at their home as New Zealand hasn’t lost a Test match at home since 2017. Bangladesh put a marathon batting effort in the first innings as they battled hard for 176.2 overs.

Historic win for Bangladesh in Mount Maunganui

It hurts, we got to turn to Christchurch in a few days’ time, hopefully, we can take the learnings from this Test match and apply them to what would be a different surface at Hagley. For every individual, it’s important that they reflect on how they went about their things and take their learnings from a surface like this and obviously the information from Bangladesh,” said Latham.

Focus has got to turn quickly to Hagley and hopefully we can put out a good performance there,” he added.

New Zealand regular skipper Kane Williamson was ruled out for this series with an elbow injury. The second Test will be played on January 9 at Christchurch.

Also Read: ICC World Test Championship 2023: Bangladesh Open Their Account With A Historic Win

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