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The hosts closed on 156 for four to put them 19 runs in front of the tourists, who were dismissed for 137 after struggling in their first Test for six months.

Chris Martin and Jacob Oram claimed seven wickets between them, while Matthew Bell hit a half-century to put the Black Caps firmly in the driving seat.

New Zealand opted to bowl first after winning the toss - and they had picked up their first wicket by the third over.

Martin accounted for Junaid Siddique, Habibul Bashar and Mohammad Ashraful before Tamim Iqbal and Shahriar Nafees steadied the ship with a 35-run partnership.

Nafees was unfortunate when the ball crashed onto his stumps via a thick inside edge, and Iqbal reached his half-century before Martin picked up his fourth wicket.

New Zealand then had little trouble finishing off the lower order

Bangladesh started well with the ball, dismissing Craig Cumming, Peter Fulton, Stephen Fleming and Matthew Sinclair, but Bell was unbeaten on 74 alongside Oram, who was on 17.