NZ vs BAN 1st ODI: New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets

New Zealand wanted simply over 21 overs Saturday to overhaul Bangladesh’s whole of 131 and win the primary of three one-day cricket internationals by eight wickets.
Bangladesh, lately out of managed isolation, was by no means comfy in unfamiliar batting situations on the University Oval and was bowled out by New Zealand in solely 41.5 overs. Mahmudullah’s 27 from 54 balls was its highest rating.
After Martin Guptill crashed 38 runs from 19 balls with three fours and 4 sixes on the high of the order, New Zealand was at all times heading in the right direction to win loads of overs to spare.
Henry Nicholls made an unbeaten 49 in his fiftieth ODI to steer New Zealand to victory within the twenty second over, combining in a 65-run partnership for the second wicket with Devon Conway (27).
New Zealand gained the toss and despatched in Bangladesh in cool and overcast situations. When Trent Boult produced a late out-swinger with the primary ball of the match which shocked and beat Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal, it was clear the vacationers have been in for a tricky day.

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“It was nice to get over the line and start the series with a win,” Boult mentioned.
“We kept them to a decent total and it was nice to chase it down with only a couple of wickets down.”
Swing was short-lived however Bangladesh struggled to attain freely on a pitch which was gradual and holding and towards a New Zealand assault which produced containing strains and lengths.
Bowling into the batsmen and pitching in need of a size, the New Zealand bowlers, particularly Boult who took 4-27, reduce down scoring choices each sq. of the wicket and down the bottom.
Bangladesh struggled to 33-2 after 10 overs and posted their 50, with three wickets down, within the sixteenth over.
Thanks to Guptill, New Zealand’s 50 got here with no wicket down and in solely 5 overs, and it reached 100 within the sixteenth over.
Bangladesh had misplaced all 28 of its earlier ODIs towards New Zealand in New Zealand, primarily due to the discomfort of its batsmen in situations which favor the bowlers and the issues its bowlers have had in adapting to these situations.
The vacationers felt they’d an opportunity to interrupt that shedding streak on Saturday as a result of New Zealand was with out senior batsmen Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor and main bowler Tim Southee. Tom Latham captained New Zealand in his one hundredth ODI.
Bangladesh in flip was with out the fulcrum of its batting lineup. Shakib Al Hasan was left at house on paternity go away, however coming into this collection in type after a 3-0 house collection victory over the West Indies, the vacationers felt assured.

Brilliant Boult ⚡️@trent_boult claims Player of the Match honours after bowling figures of 4/27 towards Bangladesh 👏#NZvBAN pic.twitter.com/a0w9Fz4IyM
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Apart from Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim made 23 from 49 balls and Liton Das made 19 from 36.
Boult struck at each ends of the innings, eradicating Tamim (13) and Soumya Sarkar (0) inside three balls within the fifth over, then taking a catch to dismiss Das. He returned to seize the final two wickets to fall.
Jimmy Neesham dismissed Das and Mushfiqur, then had a hand (actually) in dismissing Mohammad Mithun, by deflecting Mahmudullah’s straight drive onto the stumps on the non-striker’s finish after Mithun had left his floor.Mahedi Hasan, on debut, hit a six for his first runs in ODIs and regarded decided to carry the scoring fee however he fell to left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner for 14.
“There were a lot of soft dismissals,” Bangladesh captain Tamim mentioned. “No doubt they bowled extremely well but we played some loose shots and we have ourselves to blame.”