New Zealand on top after Vettori triple-strike

Oct 28, 2008

Play finally began after three days were washed out. New Zealand started poorly, losing Jamie How•AFP

An error in judgement cost him his wicket and Shahadat Hossain was the beneficiary •AFP

McCullum too brought up his half-century•AFP

Mohammad Ashraful was trapped leg-before on the third ball off the over•AFP

Ross Taylor found his groove after New Zealand lost their openers•AFP

Jesse Ryder played his natural game and went on the attack, bringing up his fifty•AFP

Ryder fell just nine short of his maiden century and New Zealand declared a little later with the score on 262 for 6•AFP

And once Vettori removed Rajin Saleh in the last ball of the over, the momentum was with the visitors. However, bad light stopped play with Bangladesh on 13 for 3•AFP

He added 137 with Brendon McCullum for the fourth wicket•AFP

Bangladesh were going along steadily till Daniel Vettori came on in the tenth over. McCullum stumped Junaid Siddique off the first ball•AFP