CHITTAGONG: New Zealand struck back in the first test by reducing Bangladesh to 49-4 in their second innings at lunch on the third day on Sunday. Spinner Jeetan Patel took two for 12 and captain Daniel Vettori one for seven, while paceman Kyle Mills was one for 12 as Bangladesh began their second innings with a 74-run lead from the first innings. Opener Tamim Iqbal was not out on 30 while Mushfiqur Rahim was yet to open his account when the lunch break was taken. Opener Zunaed Siddique (6) was first to go when was caught at second slip by Aaron Redmond off Mills on the first ball of the seventh over of the innings. Rajin Saleh (6) was trapped lbw by Patel, while captain Mohammad Ashraful was caught at cover by Redmond off Vettori for duck. Mehrab Hossain (6) was caught at mid-on while playing a shot off a ball from Patel. Earlier Left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan grabbed seven wickets as Bangladesh bundled out the Kiwis for 171. Shakib completed the best bowling figures by a Bangladeshi in a test innings to help give the hosts a 74-run lead in the morning session on the third day. The Kiwis, replying to Bangladesh's 245, added 16 runs for one wicket from 26 balls after resuming on 155 for nine. Shakib bowled Iain O'Brien (15) in his second over of the day to finish with career-best figures of seven for 36 from 25.5 overs, his first five-wicket haul in tests. Abdur Razzak, Naeem Islam and Ashraful took one wicket apiece. Vettori top-scored with an unbeaten 55, his 17th test half-century.
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