Vettori seals emphatic NZ victory

First Test, Dhaka, day four: New Zealand 402 beat Bangladesh 177 and 126 by an innings and 99 runs

Match scorecard

Vettori now has eight five-wicket hauls in Test cricket

Spinner Daniel Vettori took 6-28 as New Zealand cruised to victory in the first Test against Bangladesh by an innings and 99 runs in Dhaka.

The home side only managed to prolong the match until just after lunch and were all out for 126 when Paul Wiseman (3-64) dismissed Mohammad Rafique.

They had resumed on 41-2, but lost Rajin Saleh in Vettori's opening over.

Nafis Iqbal made 49, but Mohammad Ashraful (26) and Rafique (24) were the only other batsmen to pass 20.

It was Bangladesh's 28th defeat in 31 matches since attaining Test status - the other three ending in draws.

And a lack of resolve among their batsmen was once again in evidence once Nafis and Ashraful had been separated after adding 46 in 16 overs.

They came together when Saleh was caught behind by Man of the Match Brendon McCullum for nought

NZ'S BIGGEST INNINGS WINS Inns & 185 runs v Pakistan, Hamilton 2001 Inns & 132 runs v England, Christchurch 1984 Inns & 105 runs v West Indies, Wellington 1999 Inns & 99 runs v Bangladesh, Dhaka 2004 Inns & 99 runs v Pakistan, Auckland 1985

But their partnership came to a disappointing end when Nafis was run out by Wiseman's throw, one run short of what would have been a half century in his debut Test.

McCullum took another catch in the following over as Wiseman removed Alok Kapali for a duck and the off-spinner followed up with the wicket of home skipper Khaled Mashud for two.

Next to go was Manjural Islam Rana, caught by Mark Richardson off Vettori for one, and when Ashraful's 96-ball show of defiance was ended with the total on 112, it looked like the Kiwis would wrap things up with two full sessions remaining in the day.

Aziz was lbw for nought in Vettori's next over, but Rafique responded with some positive strokes to extend the game past the interval.

He hit five fours in his 18-ball knock but attempted a lofted drive off the sixth delivery following the resumption and only succeeded in edging to Stephen Fleming at slip.

Full post-match reaction

New Zealand's success ended a run of four successive defeats, one at home by South Africa and three in England.

"It is nice to return to winning ways - it was a comprehensive victory," said skipper Fleming.

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Bangladesh: Hannan Sarkar, Javed Omar, Nafis Iqbal, Rajin Saleh, Alok Kapali, Mohammad Ashraful, Khaled Mashud (capt, wk), Manjural Islam Rana, Mohammad Rafique, Tapash Baisya, Tareq Aziz.

New Zealand: MH Richardson, NJ Astle, SP Fleming (capt), MS Sinclair, SB Styris, BB McCullum (wk), JDP Oram, DL Vettori, JEC Franklin, IG Butler, PJ Wiseman.