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Chittagong Test on a knife-edge

Mohammad Isam in Chittagong
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza ran hard from point to short third-man, picked up the ball and in one swooping motion gave Bangladesh a much-needed spark at the end of the fourth day of the first Test against New Zealand yesterday.
With the Tigers fast losing grip on the match at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Mashrafe hit the stumps and found Jesse Ryder, on 38 and chasing a second run, well short of his crease two overs before the close of yet another fascinating day's cricket that saw the visitors staging a remarkable fightback in their pursuit of a daunting316runs for victory.
Mashrafe's moment of brilliance gave Bangladesh their second wicket but the Black Caps ended the day on a high 145, needing another 172 runs forvictory.
New Zealand will begin the fifth and final day with Aaron Redmond (62) and captain Daniel Vettori (0) at
the crease. Vettori. the most accomplished of the visitors' batsmen, is a nightwatchman on paper but it could be a brave tactical move.
Both teams will look to take control of the day's first session as it might pull the game into their direction.
Earlier, the aggressive Ryder played out 101 balls in an innings that contained four boundaries. He added 90 for the second wicket with Redmond, who has faced 192 and hit eight boundaries.
Redmond, admittedly the grafter, bunted the Bangladesh attack with precision defence mixed with some good shots especially off Shahadat Hossain, who took negative options too early in the innings.
It took the Otago batsman thirty balls to pick a bad delivery when he drove Shakib Al Hasan. Bangladesh's best performer with the ball so far, to the cover boundary And not surprisingly, the next
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Redmond fours came almost 20 overs later, when he crashed two off Tigers captain Mohammad Ashraful. He moved from 45 to 53 with two consecutive boundaries off Shahadat, reaching his maiden Test fifty in 135 balls in over three hours.
Redmond and Ryder grafted long and hard and thrived on a surprisingly better surface, which seemed refreshed by a bout of the heavy roller during the innings break, although Bangladesh didn't produce enough wicket-taking deliveries.
The two Kiwi openers gave them a fine start, adding 55 before Jamie How (36) played back to Abdur Razzak, only to see the off-stump disturbed. Ashraful rotated his bowlers around but luck took a nap for the Tigers.
But unlike the first three days, Bangladesh began well with Mashrafc and Razzak carrying on from their overnight partnership, adding 40 for the nintli wicket. Mashrafe was enterprising to the hilt, notching up 44 with seven boundaries and also adding another crucial 22 with last man Shahadat.
Mashrafc, who had a plan to attack the spinners, did just that as he smashed Vettori for four boundaries, twice over mid-on. And there was a game of cat-and-mouse when Vettori's over-the-wicket delivery that slid down the leg-side was kicked away by a charging Mashrafe.
But the Tigers innings ended when Mashrafe, having treated Redmond's leg-spin with disdain, was controversially given out stumped in the 108th over.
Mashrafe's contribution was minimal but could well be the foundation of something great today.