Sports Encounter Desk:
New Zealand were 258/5 at stumps on day 1 against Bangladesh of the solitary test match. Kiwis recovered well thanks to unbeaten partnership of 100 runs between Guptill (80*) and McCallum (58*). After putting into bat New Zealand were struggling at one stage with 5 wickets down for only 158 runs on the board. Rubel Hussain took 3 wickets for Bangladesh. Ingram makes a test debut for New Zealand in this test match. There was only 68.1 overs play was possible due to bad light.
Match Summary
Stumps Day 1
New Zealand 1st Innings 258/5 in 68.1 overs
Martin Guptill 80*
McCallum 58*
Ingram 42
Taylor 40
Rubel Hussain 3/86
Shakib 1/34
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