Wellington, January 13:

New Zealand had a firm grip on the second Test against Bangladesh on the second day with the tourists needing 199 more runs with five wickets remaining to avoid an innings defeat.

Bangladesh, down 1-0 in the two-Test series, had collapsed to 51-5 at stumps after starting their second innings 250 runs in arrears.

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal broke his thumb when he dropped a chance from Mathew Sinclair and there were doubts whether he would bat.

New Zealand compiled 393, led by Daniel Vettori (94) and Stephen Fleming (87), in reply to Bangladesh’s first inning total of 143. The third biggest contributor was extras (51) as the visitors endured a horror day.

Vettori, who hit five fours in one over from Sajidul Islam, was finally caught and bowled by Aftab Ahmed. For Bangladesh, Shahadat Hossain was the most successful bowler with 3-83.