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Remembering Chittagong '08

NAIMUL KARIM from Chittagong
A boundary-filled 44 from Mashrafe Bin Mortaza at number seven helped Bangladesh set an imposing target of 317 for New Zealand with a little less than two days remaining at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in 2008. It was a target which many though would give Bangladesh their first ever Test win over a top-ranked Test nation.
After all Bangladesh were in the driver's seat for the first four days and the odds were in their favour. After posting 245 runs in the first innings, the hosts bundled the Kiwis out for 171 courtesy of a career-best 7 for 36 from Shakib Al Hasan.
"Whenever I think back on that match, I regret getting out at the stage I did," said Mashrafe while talking to Ute Daily Star Sport yesterday. "1 was stumped, but if I had scored some more runs things could have ended differently."
But as so often happens, the hosts' second innings witnessed a collapse. They were struggling at 175 for 7, before Mashrafe helped
the Tigers post 242.
The Kiwis who began their reply well with two good partnerships at the top of the order before a flurry of wickets disrupted their chase. Bangladesh got the crucial wickets of Ross Taylor and Brendon McCullum by lunch on the last day.
At 216 for 5, the Kiwis' top half were back in the pavilion, with Daniel Vettori and Daniel Flynn at the crease. However, a resilient Vettori meant that that was as close as Bangladesh would go to victory. His 213-ball 76 guided New Zealand home with three wickets to spare.
"Everyone was just heartbroken that day. 1 recall many players crying. I did not show much emotion on the ground, but once I went home and realised what we had missed, even I was broken," recalls Rajin Saleh, who was Bangladesh's number three batsman in that Test.
"Back then, we may have taken a few bad decisions on the field due to our inexperience, but I think five years on, if Bangladesh are in a similar position, we will win it because we are a lot more experienced now," he adds.
Mashrafe however views Bangladesh's chances differently. "While a lot has changed since 2008, I don't think we have the maturity yet to win a Test against higher-ranked opposition. On the other hand, if we play well it will be hard to beat us in our own conditions.”
The intensity of the match was as such that it made Ross Taylor, who will be facing Bangladesh today, recall the nervous moments of Chittagong 2008 during a press conference on the current tour.