New Zealand vs Bangladesh,1st Test Stats Preview: Players records and approaching milestones

After a disappointing series in India, the World Test Championship winners and semi-finalists of the T20 World Cup 2021 New Zealand start their home summer against depleted looking Bangladesh team for two-match Test series with the first game taking place on New Year’s day on January 1 at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui. The hosts will be without their regular skipper Kane Williamson who is out with a shoulder injury with Tom Latham set to don the captaincy hat.

New Zealand had a golden and fruitful 2021 in the whites as they won the inaugural WTC final against India and the Test series against England in England. The visitors, Bangladesh, had a disastrous year especially in the longest format of the game as they lost five Tests, drew one with their solitary victory coming against Zimbabwe.

To make matters worse, the Asian team’s record in New Zealand is nothing but an embarrassment as they have played nine Tests and lost all of them. Bangladesh would like to start their new year on a good note by performing better than their previous visits to New Zealand. The home side would like to continue their domination on Bangla Tigers in their cold and seam-friendly conditions, which tends to haunt all the visiting teams

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of New Zealand vs Bangladesh, 1^st Test:

Head-to-head: New Zealand and Bangladesh have met each other 15 times in Tests with the Kiwis clinching victories in 12 matches and three games were ended up in a draw. Bangladesh are still winless against the Blackcaps in this format. In New Zealand, the record is even more terrible for the tourists as they have competed nine times with New Zealand and lost all.

8 – Trent Boult is eight wickets away from reaching 300 scalps in Tests.

6 – Taijul Islam requires six wickets to reach 150 wickets in Tests.

55 – Mushfiqur Rahim is 55 runs away from becoming batter with most runs in away Tests for Bangladesh.

4 – Devon Conway needs four fours to complete 50 fours in Tests.

2 – Taskin Ahmed is two scalps away from 100 wickets across formats.

20 – Mominul Haque is 20 runs away from reaching 4000 runs in international cricket.

4 – Ross Taylor needs four catches to reach 350 catches across formats.

47 – Liton Das is 47 runs short of 1500 runs in Test matches.

7 – Shakib Al Hasan is seven fours away from completing 500 fours in Tests.

6 – Henry Nicholls requires six fours to reach 400 fours in international cricket.

23 – Mehidy Hasan Miraz is 43 runs short of 1500 runs across formats.

4 – Tim Southee is four grabs away from completing 150 catches across formats.

1 – Liton Das is one catch away from reaching 50 catches in the longest format of the game.

5 – Neil Wagner needs five wickets to surpass Chris Martin and become fifth highest wicket-taker for New Zealand in Tests.

43 – Mehidy Hasan Miraz needs 43 runs to reach 1000 runs in Tests.

3 – Shadman Islam requires three runs to complete 500 runs in Tests.