NZ pile on pain for Bangladesh in 2nd Test
Tom Latham scored 252, Devon Conway scored another century and Ross Taylor possibly played his last Test innings as New Zealand declared at 6-521 on Monday and bowled out Bangladesh for 126 on the second day of the second cricket Test .
Trent Boult took 5-43, including his 300th Test wicket, to join Richard Hadlee, Daniel Vettori and his new teammate Tim Southee among New Zealand players to take 300 wickets in Tests.
The milestone came in Boult's 75th Test at an average of 27.35, as well as taking his ninth five-for.
"It certainly means a lot," Boult said. "I think as a team we're not all about milestones, but it certainly means a lot to join a particular club, membership is hard to get."
Latham declared New Zealand's first innings halfway mid-season on the second day in Christchurch, and Boult and Southee raced through Bangladesh's top-order in the seventh over to leave the tourists 4-11 - their Test low score. Challenged 43.
Yasir Ali showed the courage to complete the first Test half-century and was dismissed for 55 runs just before the stumps.
Latham took two of those four early wickets at second slip to maintain his outsized influence on the match, which represented a major turnaround in the fate of the series when Bangladesh defeated World Test champions New Zealand by eight wickets in the series-opener. Winning and defeating.
Latham completed his double century in 305 balls at the start of the second day. But he made a rare error when he called his partner for a quick single as the pair was gaining momentum and Conway, who seemed impregnable, was beaten with a direct hit at the non-striker's end.
Conway started the day with an unbeaten 99 and admitted to being nervous overnight, but showed nothing when he took a single off the first ball of the day and completed his third century in five Tests. Conway now has 623 runs in nine Test innings at an average of 69.22.
His dismissal brought Taylor to the crease in what is likely to be his last innings in Test cricket. The 37-year-old batsman will retire from Tests after the match in which he equaled Daniel Vettori's record of 112 Test matches for New Zealand.
He went to the crease to a loud applause, including from the fielding team, and went on to make 28 runs after similar cheers.
If he does not bat again in this match, he will end up with 7,683 Test runs, more than any other New Zealander, although that record will soon fall to Kane Williamson (7,272).
