Wellington — After being flogged around the Basin Reserve for 595 runs, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson felt his bowlers had responded superbly to set up an improbable seven-wicket first-Test victory against Bangladesh on the final day on Monday. Williamson scored his 15th Test century to lead New Zealand to their target of 217/3 with 17.2 overs remaining after Bangladesh had been dismissed for 160 in their second innings. "Credit to the bowlers with the way they came back with a lot of energy after a tough first innings," Williamson said. "To bowl Bangladesh out on a very good surface was a tough thing to do." Bangladesh had achieved their second-highest Test score in the first innings when Mushfiqur Rahim declared at 595/8. However, the hosts re-sponded with 536 with Tom Latham scoring 177. "To get as close as we did was a fantastic effort … [a] lot of credit to Tom Latham with a big hundred to get us basically back to parity," Williamson said. "It then really came down to the...
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