It has been a memorable time for Bangladesh cricket and their fans after the side led Mominul Haque scripted a glorious victory by beating the hosts New Zealand by 8 wickets in the first Test of the two-match Test series. The visitors registered an emphatic victory in the first game, played at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui.
New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor who is playing his last Test series expressed that Bangladesh’s victory is good for world cricket.
“If you look at it from a neutral point of view, I think it was good for world cricket. I think for Bangladesh to come in, a proud nation with a lot of proud history, for the game of cricket and Test cricket, I don’t think this was a bad result,” Taylor was quoted as saying in a press conference.
Poor batting display
Kiwi batters performed miserably in the second innings of the Test match and could manage to score just 169 runs in their second innings, which meant that Bangladesh batters had a mere target of 40 to reach in order to secure an amazing Test victory.
For Bangladesh, their pacer Ebadot Hossain exhibited a terrific show after scalping six wickets in the second innings and deservedly won the Man of the Match award as well. His fellow teammate, Taskin Ahmed was also on fire as he picked up three crucial wickets.
Kiwis were “outplayed”
Kiwi veteran Taylor believes that they did not put up a bit of a contest against Bangladesh. According to the 37-year-old right-handed batsman the Kiwis were “outplayed the whole time.”
“Obviously, we were disappointed that we didn’t put up a bit of a contest. We were outplayed the whole time but I think for Test cricket to survive, we need Bangladesh to be a thriving nation and I think they will get a lot of confidence from that,” he stated.
“We’re one-nil down, we know we have to play some aggressive cricket, but it’s also a ground that we know how we’re going to play and we’ve have had a lot of success here,” he added.
The second Test match between the two countries is scheduled to start on January 9 (Sunday) at the Hagley Oval, in Christchurch.
