Bangladesh’s tempo assault shredded New Zealand’s batting on a inexperienced Napier pitch to file a historic nine-wicket win within the third and remaining one-day worldwide on Saturday. Having been properly crushed within the first two matches to cede the sequence, Bangladesh produced a outstanding type reversal at McLean Park to dismiss the hosts for simply 98 in 34.1 overs. The run chase was a procession, with captain Najmul Hossain Shanto scoring an unbeaten half-century as they coasted to 99-1 in 15.1 overs.
It was Bangladesh’s first ODI win over the Black Caps on New Zealand soil, the place that they had misplaced the 18 earlier fixtures since their first try in 1990.
Shanto mentioned victory can be a supply of delight and was simply reward for the enhancements he believes his eighth-ranked group are making.
“Actually happy with the boys taking part in on this match,” he mentioned.
“Earlier than we began this sequence we actually believed that we may win the sequence.
“The final couple of matches we performed properly however we could not end. Immediately the boys performed some good cricket and we bought the consequence.”
Shanto’s contribution started with him successful the toss and inserting the Black Caps on a lush, bouncy floor which additionally provided sideways motion — and his seamers responded.
Three of them picked up three wickets as New Zealand had been skittled for his or her lowest complete in 45 ODIs between the groups.
Tanzim Hasan Sakib (3-14) and Soumya Sarkar (3-18) each bagged career-best figures whereas Shoriful Islam‘s 3-22 included the scalp of top-scoring Will Younger, caught within the gully for 26.
Sakib mentioned his strategies had been easy.
“I attempted to bowl wicket to wicket and I attempted to bowl line and size. The wicket did the remainder of the work. It actually helped me.”
Younger has been in very good contact within the sequence, scoring 105 and 89 within the wins in Dunedin and Nelson respectively.
Captain Tom Latham (21) placed on 36 with Younger for the third wicket however his dismissal — clear bowled by Islam — sparked a collapse which noticed the final eight wickets fall for 40 runs, lots of them to wayward pictures.
There was an early blemish within the run chase when opening batter Sarkar — who scored 169 in a shedding trigger in Napier on Wednesday — was compelled to retire damage for 4 due to a watch downside.
Unfastened New Zealand bowling meant there have been few issues from that time, with Shanto (51 not out) placing on 69 with opener Anamul Haque, who was the one batsman dismissed when edging paceman William O’Rourke on 37.
O’Rourke had earlier been struck for 4 successive boundaries by the free-hitting Shanto within the eleventh over of the innings.
New Zealand had rested various senior gamers for the sequence and Latham mentioned a few of his newer squad members could have realized rather a lot.
“Clearly it was a really below-par efficiency,” he mentioned.
“Bangladesh discovered a option to bowl on that floor and managed to get a lot out of it. We weren’t capable of construct any form of strain and put it again on them so it is fairly disappointing.”
The groups will put together for a three-match T20 worldwide sequence, beginning in Napier on Wednesday.
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