Wellington, Jan 16: After suffering a confidence-crippling defeat to New Zealand in the first cricket Test, Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim on Monday (Jan 16) said the team was let down by its bowling.
Match scorecard
He said things could have been different if the bowlers could keep the Kiwi batsmen under pressure from both ends, reports bdnews24.com.
(New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets)
Although spinner Shakib Al Hasan kept things tight from one end, Williamson (unbeaten 104) and Taylor (60) milked the runs off bowlers from the other end.
The pair put paid to Bangladesh's hopes with a 163-run partnership as New Zealand took 1-0 lead in the two match series.
"We had some injury issues but we lost the match for our bowling. We needed to create pressure from both ends. Our bowling is inexperienced. I hope they will learn quickly," Mushfiqur said after the match.
Even with a 595 runs on the scoreboard in the first innings, Bangladesh's inexperienced pace attack of Taskin Ahmed and Subashis Roy on debut were unable to put New Zealand under sustained pressure with the ball.
"We didn't execute our plans the way we should have and if we had, we could have had a 200-run lead in the first innings and it would have been a different ball game," Mushfiqur added.
"If you want to take a wicket in Test cricket you have to bowl consistently well and we couldn't do that. We had some great partnerships in the batting but didn't have any in the bowling and we need to do that if you want to get them out. We will work on that and get better in the second Test."
The second Test begins in Christchurch on Friday.
IANS