Latham hits 252 and Boult takes 300th wicket pile as NZ dominate

New Zealand did what they do best after making a big score at home: dismantle the oppositions' batting line-up. Bangladesh were reeling on 27 for 5 shortly after tea, and ended the second day 126 all out, behind by a mammoth 395 runs. Trent Boult reached 300 Test wickets with his fourth of the innings, clean bowling Mehidy Hasan Miraz. He joins Sir Richard Hadlee, Daniel Vettori and Tim Southee as the fourth New Zealander to reach the landmark. He is also the fifth left-arm fast bowler to take 300 wickets.

The day had two other milestones for New Zealand when their captain Tom Latham made the highest score by a Kiwi captain opening the innings. He made 252 to cross Graham Dowling's 239 against India in 1968. Latham's innings guided New Zealand to 521 for 6, with stands of 148 and 215 for the first and second wickets. One of those was with Devon Conway who made his third century in only his fifth Test.

All those big runs set the ideal platform for Boult and Tim Southee who swung the ball around on command. Boult got his ninth five-wicket haul, while Southee and Kyle Jamieson shared five between them.