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[caption id="attachment_34739" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Tim Southee finished with 5 for 94. Image Source: ICC[/caption] Internet Desk: Soumya Sarkar led a patchwork Bangladesh to a competitive 289 on the first day of the second and final Test against New Zealand at Christchurch’s Hagley Oval on Friday (January 20). Bangladesh, set back by a long injury list that includes some of its most experienced players, fielded seven men with three or fewer Tests to their names, and was bowled out in the last over of a curtailed day – 84.3 overs were bowled – when Tim Southee picked up his fifth wicket to end with 5 for 94 to go with Trent Boult’s 4 for 87. Neil Wagner picked up the other wicket. After being put in to bat on a typical green Christchurch pitch, Bangladesh came out intent at being aggressive, but lost Tamim Iqbal, leading the side in Mushfiqur Rahim’s absence, and Mahmudullah inside 11 overs with the scoreboard reading 38 for 2. Shakib Al Hasan then scripted fightback with a rapid 127-run stand with Sarkar, who celebrated his return to Test cricket and first hit as an opener with 86 off 104 balls. Sarkar’s recall came as injuries kept Imrul Kayes, Rahim and Mominul Haque, with a combined experience of 98 Tests, out of the game. In their place came Sarkar and debutants Nurul Hasan, the wicketkeeper-batsman, and Nazmul Hossain, the 18-year-old middle-order batsman. Sarkar brought up his half-century by driving Colin de Grandhomme to the boundary and then had a life on 52 when Jeet Raval dropped him in the slips off the same bowler – it was the first of four catches the New Zealand fielders missed. Boult claimed Sarkar’s wicket after lunch to start a New Zealand counter-attack – 14 for 3 in 16 deliveries – that left Bangladesh at 179 for 5. Boult removed Sabbir Rahman after that and Shakib, coming off a double-century and a duck in the first Test, got 59 before he fell to Southee. Nurul and Nazmul then mounted another fightback as they defied New Zealand's bowlers with a 53-run partnership. Nazmul fell for 18, and New Zealand followed that up with the wickets of Mehedi Hasan and Taskin Ahmed. Nurul got lucky, being dropped on two and 36 while an edge on 25 went between first and second slip. But he stuck it out, batting for nearly three hours before he was caught behind to give BJ Watling, the wicketkeeper, his fifth catch and Boult his fourth wicket. Rubel Hossain, who was struck on the helmet grille and the elbow of his bowling arm, was unbeaten on 16 at the close.