Having been effectively crushed within the first two matches to cede the sequence, Bangladesh produced a outstanding kind 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, having misplaced the 18 earlier fixtures.
Shanto’s contribution started with him profitable the toss and inserting the Black Caps on a inexperienced, bouncy floor which additionally supplied sideways motion — and his seamers responded.
Three of them picked up three wickets as New Zealand have been skittled for his or her lowest whole 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.
Younger has been in excellent 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, a lot of them to wayward photographs.
New Zealand cricketers after their ODI sequence win in opposition to Bangladesh in Napier. (AFP Photograph)
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 harm for 4 due to a watch downside.
Free 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.
The groups will put together for a three-match T20 worldwide sequence, beginning in Napier on Wednesday.
