Taijul Islam broke through the castle of Kane Williamson close to the end of the second day as New Zealand were 266 for eight before bad light put an end to the day's play in Sylhet.

“We got dismissed playing rash shots,” said a remorseful Joy at the end-of-day press conference yesterday.

"Why are you here?" The day's play had just begun at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. The players had taken the field in front of about a hundred fans in the gallery.

His 47-ball hundred was the joint fastest in the format for an Australian batter.

The fight for the remaining spot is still on, with Uganda, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Nigeria still in the reckoning.

Phillips was aided by the Bangladesh batters who lacked the temperament necessary in the red-ball format.

The players and coaching staff also received bonuses based on the Pakistan series success.

With only 2.2 overs left before the Tea break on the opening day of the first Test against New Zealand, Bangladesh were on the verge of going for a satisfying recess with an impressive score of 180-2 on the board.

Just into his career’s 10th Test, Bangladesh Test opener Mahmudul Hasan Joy has seen the highs and lows not particularly seen in internationals. Today against the Kiwis in the first Test, there was highs and lows too, following a team-high 86 which saw him miss out on a ton but his resilience sees the game in balance after day one.

Captain Pat Cummins said Tuesday that cricketers were "not robots" with Australia's Twenty20 team struggling in India straight after their 50-over World Cup triumph.

Part-time off-spinner Glenn Phillips took four wickets as Bangladesh were reduced to 310 for nine at the end of the first day of the first Test at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today.

Bangladesh lost two of their well-set batters -- Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Mominul Haque -- late in the afternoon session to see the momentum sway towards New Zealand on Day 1 of their first Test at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today.

Pakistan are scheduled to host the next edition of the eight-team ODI event two years later

Joy, who is batting on 53, completed his half-century off 93 balls as Bangladesh reached 116-2 after 31 overs.

Joy is now batting on 42 and he is accompanied in the middle by Mominul Haque, who is unbeaten on three.

The ball pitched on around the fifth stump line, then turned back sharply to crash into Zakir’s off stump, ending his innings on 12 off 42 balls.

The Tigers have gone with a spin-heavy attack with Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Nayeem Hasan and Taijul Islam

Bangladesh will embark on their journey in the third ICC World Test Championship (WTC) cycle with the series against New Zealand, slated to begin with the first Test in Sylhet today.

The venue for the first Test starting tomorrow between Bangladesh and New Zealand, the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium (SICS), had hosted only a solitary Test previously.

An act of publicly taking the blame and responsibility, an initiation or indication of setting in motion an overhaul, or a statement of how things are to be taken from here on -- none of the aforementioned measures or steps were taken by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) even as over a fortnight passed since Bangladesh closed their disastrous World Cup campaign.