NAPIER
\nBangladesh\u2019s pace attack shredded New Zealand\u2019s batting on a green Napier pitch to record a historic nine-wicket win in the third and final One-day International here at McLean Park on Saturday.
\nHaving been well beaten in the first two matches to cede the series, Bangladesh produced a remarkable form reversal to dismiss the hosts for just 98 in 34.1 overs.
\nThe 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.
\nIt was Bangladesh\u2019s first ODI win over the Black Caps on New Zealand soil, where they had lost the 18 previous fixtures since their first attempt in 1990.
\nNajmul said victory would be a source of pride and was just reward for the improvements he believes his eighth-ranked team are making.
\n\u201cReally proud of the boys playing in this match,\u201d he said. \u201cBefore we started this series we really believed that we could win the series. \u201cThe last couple of matches we played well but we couldn\u2019t finish. Today the boys played some good cricket and we got the result.\u201d
\nNajmul\u2019s contribution began with him winning the toss and inserting the Black Caps on a lush, bouncy surface which also offered sideways movement \u2014 and his seamers responded.
\nThree of them picked up three wickets as New Zealand were skittled for their lowest total in 45 ODIs between the teams.
\nTanzim Hasan Sakib (3-14) and Soumya Sarkar (3-18) both bagged career-best figures while Shoriful Islam\u2019s 3-22 included the scalp of top-scoring Will Young, caught in the gully for 26.
\nTanzim said his methods were simple.
\n\u201cI tried to bowl wicket to wicket and I tried to bowl line and length. The wicket did the rest of the work. It really helped me.\u201d
\nYoung has been in superb touch in the series, scoring 105 and 89 in the wins in Dunedin and Nelson, respectively.
\nCaptain Tom Latham (21) put on 36 with Young for the third wicket but his dismissal \u2014 clean bowled by Islam \u2014 sparked a collapse which saw the last eight wickets fall for 40 runs, many of them to wayward shots.
\nThere was an early blemish in the run chase when opening batter Soumya \u2014 who scored 169 in a losing cause in Napier on Wednesday \u2014 was forced to retire hurt for four because of an eye problem.
\nLoose New Zealand bowling meant there were few problems from that point, with Najmul (51 not out) putting on 69 with opener Anamul Haque, who was the only batsman dismissed when edging paceman William O\u2019Rourke on 37.
\nO\u2019Rourke had earlier been struck for four successive boundaries by the free-hitting Najmul in the 11th over of the innings.
\nNew Zealand had rested a number of senior players for the series and Latham said some of his newer squad members will have learned a lot.
\n\u201cObviously it was a very below-par performance,\u201d he said. \u201cBangladesh found a way to bowl on that surface and managed to get plenty out of it. We weren\u2019t able to build any sort of pressure and put it back on them so it\u2019s pretty disappointing.\u201d
\nThe teams will prepare for a three-match T20 International series, starting in Napier on Wednesday.
\nSCOREBOARD
\nNEW ZEALAND:
\nW. Young c Mehidy b Shoriful 26
\nR. Ravindra c Mushfiqur b Tanzim 8
\nH. Nicholls c Najmul b Tanzim 1
\nT. Latham b Shoriful 21
\nT. Blundell c Mehidy b Tanzim 4
\nM. Chapman b Shoriful 2
\nJ. Clarkson b Soumya 16
\nA. Milne b Soumya 4
\nA. Ashok c Mushfiqur b Soumya 10
\nJ. Duffy not out 1
\nW. O\u2019Rourke b Mustafizur 1
\nEXTRAS (B-1, W-3) 4
\nTOTAL (all out, 31.4 overs) 98
\nFALL OF WICKETS: 1-16 (Ravindra), 2-22 (Nicholls), 3-58 (Latham), 4-61 (Young), 5-63 (Chapman), 6-70 (Blundell), 7-85 (Clarkson), 8-86 (Milne), 9-97 (Ashok)
\nBOWLING: Shoriful 7-0-22-3; Tanzim 7-2-14-3; Mustafizur 7.4-0-36-1 (2w); Soumya 6-1-18-3 (1w); Mehidy 1-0-3-0; Rishad 3-0-4-0
\nBANGLADESH:
\nSoumya Sarkar retired hurt 4
\nAnamul Haque c Blundell b O\u2019Rourke 37
\nNajmul Hossain not out 51
\nLitton Das not out 1
\nEXTRAS (NB-2, W-4) 6
\nTOTAL (for one wicket, 15.1 overs) 99
\nFALL OF WICKET: 1-84 (Anamul)
\nDID NOT BAT: Mushfiqur Rahim, Towhid Hridoy, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman BOWLING: Milne 4-0-18-0; Duffy 5-0-27-0 (2w, 2nb); Clarkson 2-0-19-0; O\u2019Rourke 4-0-33-1 (2w); Ashok 0.1-0-2-0
\nRESULT: Bangladesh won by nine wickets.
\nSERIES: New Zealand won three-match series 2-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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