Bangladesh vs New Zealand 3rd ODI 2010 in Bangladesh-Micromax Cup

Bangladesh vs New Zealand 5 match ODI series in Bangladesh 2010 - 3rd ODI- Summary,Scorecard

Bangladesh have won the 2^nd ODI against New Zealand at Shere Bangla National Stadium,Mirpur.It was a day match and Bangladesh have made it clear like day light that they are no longer a team to be underestimated and can win against Stronger teams consistently. This is their first ever second consecutive win against stronger team. Plenty to chill for them. Most importantly, they have won the game convincingly. They have totally outplayed New Zealand in that match.

Bangladesh captain,Sakib Al Hasan won the toss at morning and decided to bowl first. Shafiul Islam, who was the replacement of Mashrafee Bin Mortaza,did not take too many time to make his decision correct. He got the wicket of Brendan Mccullum,at his very first over,before New Zealand could add any runs at their score board. Then a liitle partnership builds between Ryder and Watling of 55 runs. At 15^th over Bangladesh strike back and got the wicket of Ryder. They were able to take wickets in regular interval and New Zealand became 101/7 at 33^rd over. Then Taylor and Mills tried to pull the team and had some great hits. They made a partnership of 72 runs in 9.2 overs. They looked furious. But Bangladesh came back and took the wicket of Mills (26 off 28 balls) Then the next over Mahmudullah took two wickets and wrapped up the tail of New Zealand’s innings at just 173. At the other end Taylor was the spectator. The New Zealand’s innings could be longer if somebody would many a company with Taylor. He kept unbeaten till the end at (62* of 72 balls,4 sixes and 3 fours).

Suhrawadi Shuvo was the pick of the bowler. His figures of bowling was 10-2-14-3.This is his career best figure.

Bangladesh had to start carefully. But the way Shahriar Nafees,who was the replacement of Tamim Iqbal, and Imrul Kayes started their innings, they did not look like chasing a small total of 173.However,between those two, Nafees was more active in his hitting. He came back to the team after some months now and that was a great comeback. He played both the ODIs with great confidence and hitting. He made a quick fifty in just 49 balls and was looking to his Hundred, but eventually got out at 73 (off 73 balls,13 fours) after putting the team at a comfortable position at 127. This is the highest partnership for Bangladesh at any wickets against New Zealand. After that they lost 2 more wickets of Imrul Kayes (50)and Junaid Siddique (14) in a quick succession.But this did not make them worry. Raqibul Hasan and captain Sakib took them to the end. Sakib hit a boundary to finish the match with 7 wks in hand and exactly 10 overs to spare.

Suhrawadi Shuvo was the man of the match for his match winning bowling performance.

This was the 3^rd win for Bangladesh against New Zealand and they took the lead 2-0 in the series. They will now look at series win and probably whitewashing New Zealand.

4th ODI:
14/10/10,Thursday
Shere Bangla International Stadium,Mirpur,Dhaka at 9.00 local time (+6 GMT).

Man of the Match (3/14)