Bangladesh move at sluggish pace

Oct 17, 2008

The day began with debutant Naeem Islam receiving his Test cap•AFP

Rajin Saleh was hit by a Jacob Oram delivery when he was on 5•AFP

Saleh was trapped leg before by O'Brien for 20 off 129 balls•AFP

Mehrab congratulates Mushfiqur on his fifty•AFP

Rahim and Mehrab were involved in an unbroken 139-run stand that took the score to 183 for 4 at stumps•AFP

Once the action started, Iain O'Brien dismissed Junaid Siddique with his first ball•AFP

It was slow going from there on: Bangladesh scored only 34 runs in 32 overs of the first session•AFP

Mehrab Hossain jnr got stuck in despite some early aggression•AFP

Vettori and Jeetan Patel bowled 45 overs on day one•AFP

Daniel Vettori had Tamim Iqbal caught behind for 18 soon after lunch•AFP

Mushfiqur Rahim also offered solid resistance•AFP

Mehrab played slowly for his unbeaten 79•AFP