New Zealand 260 for 7 (Taylor 77, Latham 68, Nicholls 56*, Shakib 3-32) trail Bangladesh 289 by 29 runs
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Steady rain kept the square and the bowlers’ run-ups under covers right through the third day © AFP
Persistent rain ruled out any chance of play on the third day of the second Test at Hagley Oval. Having begun at around 6am, the rain never really let up through the morning and afternoon, eventually forcing the umpires to call off play at 4 pm, two hours from the scheduled close.
With 17 wickets falling over the first two days, there is still a fair chance of the Test match ending in a decisive result, given better weather on days four and five. At stumps on day two, New Zealand were trailing Bangladesh’s first-innings total of 289 by 29 runs, with three wickets in hand, having just lost three quick wickets to Shakib Al Hasan’s left-arm spin.
Karthik Krishnaswamy is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo
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