Shakib the star once again

Oct 19, 2008

Shakib Al Hasan brought the New Zealand innings to a close at 171 early in the day, bowling out last man Iain O'Brien•AFP

Bangladesh lost their first wicket on 24. Aaron Redmond caught Junaid Siddique off Kyle Mills•AFP

Tamim Iqbal provided some resistance as he worked his way to 33 off 100 balls•AFP

Along with Shakib at the other end they looked to resurrect the Bangladesh innings•AFP

He ended with career-best figures of 7 for 36 as Bangladesh went into bat leading by 74 runs on the first innings•AFP

Jeetan Patel struck next, trapping Rajin Saleh lbw for 6•AFP

But New Zealand tightened the noose as Tamim followed soon after Mehrab Hossain jnr's exit. Bangladesh were struggling at 71 for 5•AFP

However, O'Brien castled Mushfiqur with the score on 127 for 6•AFP

Daniel Vettori, operating from the other end, accounted for Mohammad Ashraful in the very next over as Bangladesh were reduced to 37 for 3•AFP

Mushfiqur Rahim steadied the innings with a gritty 32•AFP

But Shakib continued strongly, scoring 71 as Bangladesh took stumps at 184 for 8, ahead of New Zealand by 258 runs •AFP