New Zealand vs Bangladesh Tests January 2022: Drawn 1-1 — Bangladesh's Historic First Win in NZ (Ebadot 6/46), Latham 186* in NZ's 2nd Test Win, Ross Taylor's Farewell

The New Zealand vs Bangladesh Test series January 2022 ended drawn 1-1. 1st Test at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui (January 1-5): Bangladesh won by 8 wickets — NZ 328 & 169; Bangladesh 458 & 42/2. Ebadot Hossain took 6/46 in New Zealand's 2nd innings. It was Bangladesh's first-ever Test win in New Zealand, ending NZ's 17-match home unbeaten Test record. 2nd Test at Hagley Oval, Christchurch (January 9-11): New Zealand won by an innings and 117 runs — NZ 521/6d; Bangladesh 126 & 278. Tom Latham scored 186*; Trent Boult took 5/43. Devon Conway won Player of the Series with 244 runs. Ross Taylor played his final Test at Christchurch. Tom Latham captained New Zealand; Mominul Haque captained Bangladesh.

Bangladesh's Historic First Win in New Zealand: Ebadot Hossain's 6/46

Bangladesh winning the 1st Test at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui by 8 wickets — their first-ever Test win in New Zealand, ending New Zealand's 17-match unbeaten home Test record — gave the January 2022 bilateral its defining moment: an emerging Test nation defeating one of world cricket's strongest home bilateral teams at a New Zealand ground (Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, which had produced NZ wins against West Indies, England, and Australia in previous Tests) with Ebadot Hossain's 6/46 as the match-deciding bowling performance. Ebadot, a right-arm pace bowler from Sylhet, taking 6/46 in New Zealand's 2nd innings — producing the sustained pace and movement that NZ's batting (Latham, Conway, Taylor, Williamson-absent, Blundell) could not counter across the 2nd innings — gave Bangladesh's touring pace bowling the bilateral impact that their spin-heavy reputation had not suggested: a Bangladesh pace bowler producing 6 wickets in a 2nd innings chase-preventing spell that allowed Bangladesh's batting (458 in the 1st innings, then chasing only 42 runs in their 2nd innings) to complete the 8-wicket win. Bangladesh had scored 458 in their 1st innings — NZ's 328 all out then surpassed by 130 runs — giving Bangladesh the 1st-innings lead that, combined with Ebadot's 6/46 dismissing NZ for 169 in the 2nd innings, produced the 8-wicket winning margin.

Ross Taylor's Final Test and NZ's Christchurch Response: Innings Win in 3 Days

New Zealand winning the 2nd Test at Hagley Oval, Christchurch by an innings and 117 runs (completed in 3 days) — Tom Latham's 186* giving NZ the 521/6d total that Bangladesh's batting (126 and 278) could not reach — gave the bilateral its levelling second match result and Ross Taylor the bilateral's final match in which he played Test cricket. Taylor, New Zealand's most-capped and prolific Test run-scorer (16,000+ first-class runs, New Zealand's Test batting record-holder at the time of his retirement), playing his final Test at Hagley Oval, Christchurch — the ground where he had produced some of his most important NZ bilateral contributions across a 17-year Test career — gave the Christchurch 2nd Test its end-of-era bilateral context: the levelling match for the Bangladesh bilateral also being Taylor's Test farewell. Trent Boult's 5/43 in Bangladesh's 1st innings at Christchurch — the left-arm seamer generating the pace and swing that Hagley Oval's surface assists on overcast Canterbury mornings — giving NZ the bowling control that restricted Bangladesh to 126 in their 1st innings before Latham's 186* built the innings total Bangladesh could not chase. Devon Conway's 244 series runs — consistent across both Tests rather than a single dominant match score — giving him the Player of the Series bilateral recognition over Latham's higher individual innings total (186*).

NZ vs Bangladesh Tests January 2022 in Context

The Bangladesh tour of New Zealand Tests January 2022 — Bay Oval Mount Maunganui (BAN won 8 wkts, Ebadot 6/46, BAN's first-ever NZ Test win) and Hagley Oval Christchurch (NZ won innings and 117 runs, Latham 186*, Boult 5/43, Ross Taylor's final Test) — produced a 1-1 drawn series with Conway's 244-run Player of the Series and two contrasting bilateral results across NZ's two Test venues. Bangladesh's Mount Maunganui win — ending NZ's 17-match home unbeaten record — gave Bangladesh's Test programme the away bilateral landmark that their previous NZ tours (multiple visits without a Test win in NZ) had not produced. Ross Taylor's Test farewell at Christchurch — the 2nd Test's bilateral end for New Zealand's record-breaking batter — gave the January 2022 series its personal departure note: a bilateral where Bangladesh achieved their first NZ Test win and New Zealand bid farewell to their most prolific Test run-scorer in the same 2-match series.