Taylor (200) puts NZ in sight of victory

WELLINGTON: A double ton from Ross Taylor and three quick Bangladesh wickets Monday put New Zealand in a prime position to pull off an exceptional victory in the rain-shortened second Test in Wellington.At stumps on day four at Basin Reserve, where the first two days were washed out, Bangladesh were hurting at 80 for three, still 141 from making New Zealand bat again.Taylor, dropped twice on 20, proceeded to punish the Bangladesh attack with a rollicking 200 from 212 balls before New Zealand declared at 432 for six. He said he was determined to make the most of his two lives but it took a while to realise 200 was on the cards.Bangladesh made a disastrous start to their second innings when Tamim, their leading run-scorer, was out for four. Mominul Haque followed for 10 and Shadman Islam for 29 leaving M Mithun on 25 with Soumya Sarkar not out 12. Tamim said letting Taylor off the hook early really hurt. “It was sad that we dropped catches of someone, twice in the same over, who went to hit a double-hundred,” he said.New Zealand piled on 394 runs in 73 overs on Monday before sending Bangladesh back in for 23 overs before stumps. Taylor clouted Taijul Islam for six over the long-on boundary to bring up his century which took him past his mentor, the late Martin Crowe, to become New Zealand’s second most prolific century-maker with 18, two behind Kane Williamson.He put on 172 with Williamson for the third wicket and then 216 with Henry Nicholls for the fourth. But after reaching 200 for the third time in his career, and raising his bat in salute, he was dismissed from the next ball he faced, caught behind off Mustafizur. Williamson, who batted with a painful shoulder injury, made it through to 74 before he was dismissed and taken for a scan which proved inconclusive. He will have a second scan on Tuesday morning. Nicholls swept Taijul Islam to the boundary to bring up his fifth century in the second over after tea, but only faced another seven deliveries before Taijul bowled him for 107. Mahmudullah had varied his attack as best he could but for most of the day Taylor, Nicholls and Williamson had an answer for every move.Bangladesh first innings: 211New Zealand first innings (overnight 38-2):J. Raval c Soumya b Jayed 3T. Latham c Liton Das b Jayed 4K. Williamson c&b Taijul 74R. Taylor c Liton Das b Mustafizur 200H. Nicholls b Taijul 107C. de Grandhomme not out 23B. Watling c Soumya Sarkar b Jayed 8Extras: (lb5, w7, nb1) 13Total: (for 6 wickets dec; 84.5 overs) 432Bowling: Jayed 18.5-2-94-3, Ebadat 16-2-84-0 (5w), Mustafizur 14-2-74-1 (2w, 1nb), Soumya 6-0-35-0, Taijul 21-0-99-2, Mominul 9-0-41-0Bangladesh second innings:Tamim Iqbal b Boult 4Shadman Islam c Watling b Henry 29Mominul Haque c Southee b Boult 10M. Mithun not out 25Soumya Sarkar not out 12Extras: 0Total: (for 3 wickets; 23 overs) 80Bowling: Boult 8-1-34-2, Southee 5-1-18-0, Henry 4-2-17-1, de Grandhomme 2-0-3-0, Wagner 4-2-8-0Toss: New ZealandSeries: New Zealand lead 1-0Umpires: Paul Reiffel (AUS), Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SRI)TV umpire: Nigel Llong (ENG)Match referee: David Boon (AUS).

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