Bangladesh reach windy Wellington

The Bangladesh team reached the windy city of Wellington yesterday afternoon to gear up for the Test leg of the tour of New Zealand. The 15-man Test squad flew in from Tauranga, where Bangladesh played the last two T20Is of their three-match series, via Auckland.

It was a particularly windy day in the Kiwi capital, which sits in the North Island's southern most point. It should give Mushfiqur Rahim and his team a fair idea of what awaits them at the Basin Oval, where the first Test gets underway from January 12.

It has been an unhappy tour for Bangladesh so far as they remain winless in New Zealand, having been blanked 3-0 in both the ODI and T20I series. It remains to be seen how they tackle the windy conditions on foreign pitches in a format they are weakest in.

The Bangladesh team are staying at Rydges Wellington hotel and will have a training session from 10:00am to 1:00pm today.

The tour, which started with the first ODI on December 26, will wrap up with the second Test in Christchurch from January 20.