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The pair added 82 runs in the final session, providing a much-needed spark after the top-order batsmen struggled to cope with the Black Caps' attack.

At one point the hosts were 44 for four, but Hossain Jr (79 not out) and Mushfiqur (59no) injected some impetus with 20 boundaries between them.

Bangladesh lost opener Junaid Siddique to the seventh ball of the innings, Iain O'Brien removing him lbw for a first-ball duck, and although the hosts recovered and did not lose any more wickets before lunch, they amassed just 34 runs.

Daniel Vettori and O'Brien did the damage after lunch, Vettori removing Tamim Iqbal before O'Brien grabbed his second wicket.

Rajin Saleh had stubbornly stuck around for 129 balls, making just 20 runs, but finally went when he tried to force O'Brien through the off-side and edged onto his stumps.

Mohammad Ashraful also frustrated New Zealand, making two off 35 balls, but Vettori cut short his innings by trapping him lbw in the 43rd over.

Hossain Jr and Mushfiqur progressed well after lunch, with the former completing his second Test 50 in 84 balls and Mushfiqur reaching the same milestone from 138.

Their collective 139 was the best fifth-wicket partnership for Bangladesh in Tests since Aminul Islam and Ashraful against Sri Lanka in 2001.