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New Zealand reach 605 for 6 at lunch on day 3 in 1st Test
DHAKA, March 2, 2019 (BSS)- Skipper Kane Williamson completed his 20th Test
century as New Zealand continued to extend lead over Bangladesh scoring 605
for 6 at lunch on the third day of the first Test on Saturday.
The right handed batsman Williamson was unbeaten on 166 joining openers Tom
Latham (161) and Jeet Raval (132) on three figures as the Black Caps
extending their lead to 371 after adding 154 in the first session.
It is only the 13th time in the history of Test cricket and the second time
by New Zealand that the first three batsmen have scored centuries in the same
innings.
But for the Tigers it is the third time they have been on the receiving
end, most recently in 2017 against South Africa in Bloemfontein and before
that against India in Dhaka in 2007.
For Williamson it has been an innings of milestones as the Black Caps
skipper became the first batsman to score 20 Test centuries for his country.
In the course of his 71st Test, he has also joined 6,000 runs club,
becoming the fourth and fastest New Zealander to do so and with the best
average of 52.79 after he resumed the third day on 93 and was content to take
a back seat while Neil Wagner pushed the score along in a 60-run stand for
the fourth wicket stand.
Wagner, who claimed five wickets in the first innings, finished with his
Test-best 47 of which 42 runs came from boundaries — six fours and three
sixes. His blistering innings finally came to an end when he was caught
behind to give Ebadat Hossain his first Test wicket.
Replacement batsman BJ Watling was out on the last ball before lunch for
31.
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