In all, 15 players have been told to go, including former All Black Chris Jack, Cencus Johnston and long-serving club men Kevin Sorrell and Ben Skirving.
Junaid Siddique and Shakib Al Hasan departed after attempting, and failing, to hit Johnston out of the ground, and Kevin O'Brien needed two attempts at first slip to give his former skipper the vital wicket of Mohammad Ashraful.