Tom Latham’s hundred steers New Zealand into safer waters at Tea on Day 3 of the first Test against Bangladesh in Wellington. The hosts were 287 for 3, still 308 adrift of the visitors’ total at the break.Just before the Lunch break, Kamrul Islam Rabbi had snared the scalp of Jeet Raval (27) to raise Bangladesh’s spirits. However, Williamson and Latham unfurled a series of shots to lay the platform for New Zealand to whittle away at the visitors’ massive first innings total.Williamson, in particular, explored every nook and cranny of the ground and looked in pristine form. In the 21st over of the innings, the New Zealand captain displayed his full repertoire of shots as he punched, flicked and late cut Kamrul Islam to the boundary hoardings. Latham, his partner at the other end, also kept the scoreboard moving and composed a well-measured fifty.When Tamim Iqbal, the acting captain, reintroduced Mehedi Hasan into the attack, Williamson chipped down the track and flicked the off-spinner to collect yet another boundary. Williamson soon reached his 25th Test fifty by nurdling Taskin Ahmed around the corner. However, Williamson fell to Taskin the very next ball by edging one behind the stumps.Ross Taylor (36 not out), who replaced Williamson in the middle, crunched a slew of boundaries, including three fours off Taskin’s 10th over as New Zealand ended the session on a strong note. Taskin was arguably the best bowler on show for the visitors. Kamrul Islam also pounded some life out of the deck, but struggled for consistency.At the start of the day, Bangladesh batted for an hour before declaring their innings. Neil Wagner picked up his fourth scalp of the innings when he dislodged Taskin with Tim Southee grabbing the catch in the slip cordon. Sabbir Rahman then rode his luck a bit and composed an unbeaten 86-ball 54.Bangladesh added just 53 runs in 16 overs. It was strange tactics by the think-tank as the visitors need ample time to take 20 wickets on a track that isn’t providing much assistance for the pace bowlers.Once the tourists declared their innings just five short of 600, Raval and Latham chipped away at the lead. It was only at the stroke of lunch when Kamrul bowled a fine delivery to produce the edge with Imrul Kayes taking the catch behind the stumps. The southpaw opener was dropped on 26 by Shakib Al Hasan at third slip off Taskin, but he couldn’t make the opposition pay for it.Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladesh’s Test captain, has been off the field with a thumb injury. Hence, Tamim took over the duties of leading the side with Kayes donning the wicketkeeping gloves.With Cricbuzz