29 October 2004	Friday	14 Ramazan 1425

CHITTAGONG, Oct 28: Daniel Vettori put New Zealand in a winning position in the second and final Test against Bangladesh at the M.A. Aziz Stadium here on Thursday.

The left-arm spinner grabbed 6-70 to help bowl out the home side for a meagre 182 in reply to New Zealand's 545-6 declared.

Vettori picked up another two wickets in Bangladesh's second innings as the home side were left tottering at 51-4 after being asked to follow-on.

Rajin Saleh (12) and Alok Kapali (zero) were the not out batsmen as Bangladesh failed to make a fight of it after conceding a huge 363-run lead earlier in the day.

Overnight on 82-3, Bangladesh were tormented by Vettori and off-spinner Paul Wiseman (3-68) as they managed exactly 100 more runs in their first innings.

Javed Omar (58) was the only one to provide resistance, striking five boundaries off 151 deliveries before he was caught by Matthew Sinclair at silly-point off Wiseman.

Omar, 45 overnight, swept the spinners repeatedly as he got to his fifth half-century in Tests and also crossed the 1,000-run mark during his defiant knock.

The 27-year-old opener became only the second Bangladesh batsman to do so after indisposed skipper Habibul Bashar, who has got 2,079 runs in 30 Tests.

Bangladesh started the day badly as Mohammad Ashraful (zero) tried to loft only the second delivery and gave a simple catch to Nathan Astle at mid-on off Wiseman.

Scoreboard

NEW ZEALAND (1st innings 545-6 declared):

(S. Fleming 202, S. Styris 89, H. Marshall 69, Mohammad Rafique 3-130)

BANGLADESH 1st innings (overnight 82-3):

Nafees Iqbal c Styris b Vettori 13

Javed Omar c Sinclair b Wiseman 58

Aftab Ahmed lbw b Vettori 20

Rajin Saleh c Sinclair b Wiseman 2

M. Ashraful c Astle b Wiseman 0

Alok Kapali c Fleming b Vettori 13

Khaled Mashud lbw b Vettori 18

M. Rahman c McCullum b Franklin 15

M. Rafique c Wiseman b Vettori 32

Tapash Baisya c Sinclair b Vettori 0

Enamul Haque jr not out 0

EXTRAS: (b4, lb2, w2, nb3) 11

TOTAL: (overs 71.2) 182

FALL OF WKTS: 1-34, 2-66, 3-82, 4-82, 5-108, 6-128, 7-142, 8-181, 9-182

BOWLING: Oram 5-0-20-0, Franklin

5-0-17-1, Vettori 32.2-12-70-6, Wiseman

27-5-68-3, Astle 2-1-1-0

BANGLADESH (2nd innings):

Nafees Iqbal b Wiseman 9

Javed Omar c and b Franklin 1

Aftab Ahmed b Vettori 28

Rajin Saleh c Franklin b Vettori 35

M. Ashraful c Styris b Vettori 0

Alok Kapali c Astle b Wiseman 13

Khaled Mashud b Oram 51

M. Rahman b Vettori 20

M. Rafique not out 30

Tapash Baisya not out 15

EXTRAS: (b4, lb3, w1) 8

TOTAL: (for eight wkts, 63 overs) 210

FALL OF WKTS: 1-9, 2-25, 3-47, 4-51, 5-74,

6-123, 7-161, 8-183

BOWLING: Oram 10-4-33-1, Franklin

8-3-16-1, Wiseman 20-3-77-2, Vettori 25-8-77-4

TOSS: New Zealand

UMPIRES: Mark Benson (England) and Daryl Harper (Australia)

TV UMPIRE: AFM Akhtaruddin (Bangladesh)

MATCH REFEREE: Alan Hurst (Australia) -Agencies