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The second Test match of the BRAC Bank two-Test series between Bangladesh and New Zealand ended in a draw at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday.

New Zealand clinched the Test series 1-0 as the Kiwis beat the Tigers by three wickets in the nail-biting first Test match in Chittagong, the port city of the country on October 21.

Three days of the second Test was abandoned due to heavy rain.

Later, Mohammad Ashraful won in the coin-session on the fourth day and decided to field first.

Batting first New Zealand made 262 for the loss of six wickets and declared their first innings.

In reply, Bangladesh were 13 for the loss of three wickets at the close of the fourth day's play.

Opener Tamim Iqbal and Mehrab Hossain (Junior ) resumed the first innings with the overnight score of eight and nought respectively. But Jeetan Patel removed Mehrab's wicket for seven. And Daniel Vettori struck again as he dismissed Tamim Iqbal for 24 when the host's total was 44 for the loss of five wickets off 25.1 overs. Vettori played extremely well and finished his spell as 19-6-66-5. Vettori was adjudged the man of the match and also man of the Test series.

Iein O'Brien, the other successful bowler of the day, struck first as he dismissed Mushfiqur Rahim for seven. Mushfiqur Rahim, the wicketkeeper-batsman was caught behind by Brendon McCullum off O'Brien when the board was giving a reading of 44 for the loss of six wickets.

Later, Shakib Al Hasan and Mashrafe Bin Mortaza rescued their team adding together 78 runs in the seventh wicket stand before Shakib was trapped lbw by Vettori when the team's total was 122 for the loss of seven wickets. Shakib was deprived for a half century for just one run. He knocked a painstaking 49 off 87 balls. He hit six boundaries in his 112-minute innings.

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza was caught by Daniel Flynn off O'Brien scoring 48 off 89 balls and led his team to avoid folloe-on.

Mashrafe hit seven fours and two sixers before he returned to the pavilion when Bangladesh's total was 155 for the loss of eight wickets.

Abdur Razzak was not out with a run-a-ball 16.

Bangladesh declared their first innings scoring 169 for the loss of nine wickets after Shahadat was dismissed by O"Brien for just four.

O'Brien bagged three wickets for 31 runs.

Then, New Zealand scored 79 for the loss of one wicket.

Jesse Ryder and Aaron Redmond were on 39 and 30 before the two captains agreed for a draw with 40 minutes remaining to play for the fifth and final day's game.

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza had to be satisfied with one wicket. He dismissed opener Jamie How for just 8 runs.