Bangladesh celebrate another wicket as the hosts ran through the New Zealand batting lineup in the second ODI at Mirpur today. Photo: Firoz Ahmed
Bangladesh bowlers ran through the New Zealand batting lineup to beat the visitors by 40 runs to clinch the three-match series 2-0 in the second one day international at Mirpur today.
Kiwis were dismissed for 207 runs in 46.4 overs as Mashrafe Mortaza and Sohag Gazi
195 runs off 46 overs for the loss of nine wickets with Kyle Mills and Tim Southee batting on 16 and 0 respectively at the Sher-e Bangla Stadium when this report was filed.
Satellite channel Gazi TV and state-run television BTV are broadcasting the match live.
Mashrafe Mortaza drew the first blood as he dismissed opener Hamish Rutherford for 1.
Sohag Gazi then caught and bowled Anton Devcich, with Grant Elliot following suit the very next ball, being out leg before off the bowling of Abdur Razzak.
Mashrafe Mortaza came back to claim the wicket of Corey Anderson for 37, who was out caught as skipper Mushfiqur Rahim took a superb flying catch.
Part-timer Mominul Haque accounted for the wicket of Brendon McCullum as the Kiwi skipper was out leg before for 14.
Tom Latham departed early as well, victim to a mix-up with Taylor before scoring a run.
Earlier in the Bangladesh innings, Kiwi pacers Corey Anderson and James Neesham ran through the late order reining in a promising surge dismissing the hosts for 247.
Opener Tamim Iqbal top scored with a composed 58, hitting five boundaries and a six as Tigers strived to register a win to seal the series.
Tamim was well supported by Shamsur Rahman, Mominul Haque and Mushfiqur Rahim as they scored 25, 31 and 31 respectively.
However, failing to convert starts into big scores hurt the Bangladesh batsmen as they could not put up sizable partnerships to lift the team total.
Anderson and Neesham were the pick of the Kiwi bowlers as they collected four wickets each.
Earlier, Tigers won the toss and elected to bat first.
Tigers are looking to continue their impressive performance as they beat the visitors by 43 runs (D/L method) in the first ODI held in the same venue on Tuesday.
Earlier, the two-match Test series between the Tigers and Black caps were drawn by 0-0.
Visiting New Zealand so far in this tour could not win a match.
The final match of the ODI series will be held at Fatullah Stadium in Narayanganj on November 3, 2013.
New Zealand will finish their tour after playing a T20 match against Bangladesh at Mirpur on November 6.
New Zealand: Hamish Rutherford, Anton Devcich, Tom Latham, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Brendan McCullum, Corey Anderson, Nathan McCullum, Tim Southee, Kyle Mills and Jimmy Neesham.
Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Shamsur Rahman, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Naeem Islam, Nasir Hossain, Mahmudullah, Sohag Gazi, Abdur Razzak, Mashrafe Mortaza and Rubel Hossain.
Source: The Daily Star
