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McCullum takes the game away

Rafique first Bangladeshi to break 50-wicket mark

SPORTS REPORTER
Brendon McCullum's maiden hundred and two late wickets by Daniel Vettori firmly put New Zealand in the driver's seat on the third day of the first Test against Bangladesh yesterday.
McCullum had expressed his desire to score a first Test ton on arrival in Bangladesh and fulfilled that dream in style when he hammered 143 to help the visitors to 402 in their first innings from overnight 207-5 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.
Earlier, left-arm spinner Mohammad Rafique grabbed his second six-wicket haul but could not stop the tourists from getting to a substantial total.
The country's top spinner celebrated his 50th Test wicket, the first Bangladeshi to achieve the feat, in the fifth over of the morning when he broke an 84-run sixth wicket stand between overnight pair McCullum and Jacob Oram (23).
The Tigers, faced with a 225-run
deficit, had reached 41 for two by close. They lost opener Javed Omar and Hannan Sarkar who came in at number three instead of his usual opening position to an ominous looking Vettori on a pitch where cracks are becoming more prominent. Bangladesh are now trailing by 184 runs.
19-year-old debutant Nafees Iqbal, dismissed for one in the first innings, was sent to open and responded to the task with courage. He on drove Jacob Oram for four in the first over and hit three more boundaries including a classic cover drive off the last ball of the day to remain 24 not out from 64 balls. Rajin Saleh was the other unbeaten batsman.
Omar (14) was deceived when he stretched forward to a flighted delivery only for the ball to spin away after pitching carrying a faint edge to McCullum in Vettori's second over. One-down Hannan (1), who was out for nought in the first innings, tried to help one to the
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onside but instead gave a return catch to Vettori.
Rafique's feat was the only bright spot for the home supporters on the day. Oram became his 50th victim in the spinner's 13th Test when he edged to Manzarul Islam at slip who took a sharp catch.
McCullum shared two more significant partnerships to shape the team's total.
The right-hander, who took 158 balls to complete his century in the last over before lunch by driving Rafique to the long-on fence, put on 71 runs with Vettori (23) and 57 with James Franklin (23).
Vettori was brilliantly caught onehanded by Nafees at forward short-leg off left-armer Manzarul while Franklin skied a pull off Tapash Baisya to the square-leg fielder Saleh.
23-year-old McCullum gave a chance on 119 but Nafees floored him at mid-wicket off Rafique.
McCullum kept the pressure on, lofting Mohammad Ashraful and Rafique for two sixes.
Having played an entertaining innings spanning 340 minutes and 243 balls, McCullum mistimed a flick and Alok Kapali took an easy catch at short extra-cover to give Rafique his fifth wicket of the match.
The umpires extended the second session by half an hour but the home side could not separate the last two batsmen before tea as Paul Wiseman (28) and Ian Butler (15) added 31 runs. The innings finally folded in the first ball after the interval when Rafique clean bowled Wiseman to end with 6-122.