(Reuters) - New Zealand plan to give retiring Ross Taylor the perfect send off when they face Bangladesh in a two-test series beginning in Mount Maunganui on Saturday, with the tourists' hopes of playing party poopers dimmed by the absence of talismanic all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan.
World test champions New Zealand are without regular skipper Kane Williamson, who has been sidelined by a nagging elbow injury which flared up during their 1-0 series loss in India earlier this month.
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