New Zealand’s Ben Campbell has made the most of his first start in Asia for the 2018 Asian Tour season with a brilliant runner-up result at the Bangladesh Open.

Campbell earned status on the Tour at the Q-School earlier in the year but has played just twice since, when he teed up at the co-sanctioned ISPS HANDA New Zealand Open and the tri-sanctioned ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth.

However, after some brilliant play in Bangladesh, he may decide to play more events after rounds of 70-66-68-69 saw him share second place three shots behind winner Malcolm Kokocinski.

"It’s a great finish. I came into the week thinking I might be able to complete the tournament as I had a back injury. So to finish joint-second, this week feels really good," said Campbell who won the Horizon Golf NZ PGA Championship on the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia earlier this year.

"I have a lot of positives to take out from this week. I chipped it really well, my tee shots were good too although I lost it a little bit on the back-9.

"It was close and I look forward to heading to China next week for the Asia Pacific Classic. I hope to get some practice and do what I need to work on. It’s always good to get a good start to the season so I can’t complain."

I didn’t really get off to a good start today. It was tough around the greens. I knew I had to make some birdies but my chipping was good. I hit a lot of fairways too and gave myself a lot of chances.

Campbell was the best of the 11 Australasians to make the trip to Bangladesh, David Gleeson next best of the group at T11.

Jack Wilson, who also earned his card at the Q-School, was next best at T22, the Victorian also making just his third start for 2018 since joining the Tour.

It was a good week for Wilson who won two pro-ams in Western Australian in the lead-up and will take some confidence from a final round 67 which saw him leapfrog 27 players.

Marcus Both (T43), Matt Stieger (T51), Gareth Paddison (T56) and Steven Jeffress (T60) were the other Australasians to make the cut, Adam Blyth missing by a shot after rounds of 76-69.

Travis Smyth and Kieran Pratt also missed the weekend while Oliver Goss was listed as a missed cut but only completed the opening round.