An unbeaten 70 by Mahmudul Hasan Joy, backed by 64 from Najman Hossain Shanto, put Bangladesh in a strong position at stumps on day two of the first Test against New Zealand at Mount Maunganui on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The tourists were 175 for two at the close of play, trailing New Zealand by 153 with eight wickets in hand and the pitch playing true.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
It was only the third innings in Tests for the 21-year-old Joy, who was dismissed for nought and six in his one previous outing against Pakistan last month.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But he played with plenty of maturity on a day that belonged to the tourists, facing 211 deliveries for his unbeaten 70.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With him at stumps was captain Mominul Haque on eight.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
New Zealand resumed in the morning at 258 for five and were all out for 328, their lowest score on a home wicket in nine Tests against Bangladesh.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bangladesh then enjoyed ideal batting conditions as they made a solid reply.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
They survived several near misses early in a test of concentration, but what began as a fight to survive gave way to an abundance of free-flowing shots by Shanto and Joy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
They put on 104 for the second wicket with Shanto bringing up his 50 with a huge six over the long-leg boundary.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He then played an audacious one-day stroke when he stepped away from a short Neil Wagner delivery, exposing all three stumps, and guided the ball past the close-catching cordon for four.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Wagner proved the most dangerous of the New Zealand bowlers and claimed the wicket of opener Shadman Islam for 22 with a diving catch after a low full toss was chipped back.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He then saw off Shanto with a succession of short deliveries before pitching up an outswinger which the batsman edged to Will Young in the gully.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He had struck Shanto on the body with his first ball to the new batsman and, when Joy was on 20, was frustrated by having an appeal for lbw turned down.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
New Zealand decided not to review and ball-tracking technology indicated the ball would have hit the stumps.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
When Joy was on 42, Wagner found the edge of the bat but the ball fell just short of the wicketkeeper.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
New Zealand, having made a promising start to be 139 for one, fell apart on the second morning to be all out for 328 with only Henry Nicholls (75) showing any resistance.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Nicholls, along with Devon Conway (122), and Will Young (52) who were out on the first day provided all but 79 of the New Zealand total.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
It was the Bangladesh spinners who did the damage on the second day.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mehidy Hasan took three for three in the space of 21 deliveries while Mominul, a part-time spinner, removed Nicholls to go with the dismissal of Conway to lift his total career scalps to six in 48 Tests.<\/p>\r\n\r\n