Visiting New Zealand beat Bangladesh by four wickets on the fourth day of the final Test to draw the two-match series at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday. 

Glenn Phillips scored an unbeaten 40 under pressure as New Zealand reached 139-6 an hour into the final session of the day, with Mehidy Hasan Miraz claiming 3-52 for Bangladesh.

Phillips, who top-scored in the first innings with 87, combined with fellow allrounder Mitchell Santner (35 not out) in an unbroken seventh-wicket partnership worth 70, after NZ had slumped to 69-6.

Opener Tom Latham grafted for 60 balls for 26 on a woeful wicket which offered a ridiculous amount of turn and made batting virtually a lottery – and not a richly rewarding one.

Earlier, left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel led the way for New Zealand’s bowlers, taking 6-57 from 18 overs – his second-best return in tests behind his 10-wicket haul against India in Mumbai in 2021, and his fourth five-wicket bag in an innings in 16 tests.

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