||CF Correspondent||

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson scored a brilliant unbeaten double hundred as they left Bangladesh facing an innings defeat in the first Test in Hamilton on Saturday.

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal missed out on his second hundred and did well early on with him and Shadman plotting on the counter-attack but it followed it up with a mini-collapse to put the host on the top.

The home side declared their first innings on record 715-6 riding on an unbeaten double century of skipper Kane Williamson before reducing Bangladesh to 174-4 at stumps on day three.

Bangladesh, who were all for 234 runs in the first innings before conceding a huge 481-run deficit, were trailing New Zealand now 307 runs with only four wickets in hand.

Soumya Sarkar remained unbeaten on 39 alongside stand-in skipper Mahmudullah, 15 not out, at stumps. Tamim, the only shining light in Bangladesh’s first innings with 126 off 128 balls, led batting charge once again putting 88-run with Shadman Islam in the opening stand.

Tamim looked heading towards becoming the first Bangladeshi to score twin hundred in Tests before his unfortunate dismissal for 74 runs.

Tamim ducked to avoid a bouncer of Tim Southee but could not take his bat away as the ball left him off-balance. The ball touched the bottom corner of his batting before flying to wicketkeeper BJ Watling, ending his 86-ball effort featuring 12 fours and a six.

Bangladesh earlier suffered mini collapse losing three wickets in the space of four overs after Neil Wagner broke the opening stand. Wagner, New Zealand’s bowling hero in the first innings, tempted Shadman with repeated short balls before finally forcing him to give a catch to Trent Boult at deep fine leg for 37 runs.

Kane Williamson was on 200 with de Grandhomme on 676 as New Zealand took a first innings lead of 481 after bowling out Bangladesh for 234 on an opening day.

One-down Mominul Haque edge Boult to Ross Taylor at first slip after making just eight while Mohammad Mithun flashed the same bowler to Williamson gully without opening his account.

Mahmudullah survived a review to see off the day with Soumya, who looked to be confident in his 51-ball 39 inclusive of five fours and a six. New Zealand declared their innings immediately after Williamson completed his second double century of career pulling Abu Jayed for a boundary.

Williamson passed 6,000 career Test runs in the course of the New Zealand innings, which also featured centuries by Tom Latham and Jeet Raval. New Zealand's previous highest innings of 690 was against Pakistan in 2014, when Williamson contributed 192.

The world innings record is held by Sri Lanka, who scored 952 for six declared against India in 1997.

Brief Score

1st Innings

Bangladesh: 234

Tamim 126; Wagner 5-47, Southee 3-76