New Zealand slide to series defeat

Oct 31, 2013

Bangladesh elected to bat in the second ODI and handed a debut to Shamsur Rahman, who opened the innings and made a solid 25•AFP

Tamim Iqbal was restrained in his approach for the most part, but pounced on the occasional loose delivery. He scored 58•Associated Press

Regular wickets kept New Zealand on top, with Anderson finishing with 4 for 40 - his best figures in ODIs. Bangladesh were bowled out for 247 in 49 overs•AFP

New Zealand lacked substantial partnerships and things got worse for them when Mominul Haque had Brendon McCullum out leg before for 14•AFP

Bangladesh completed their sixth successive ODI victory over New Zealand in completed matches and also won their second successive series against New Zealand, the last one being the 4-0 win in 2010•AFP

Shamsur added 63 with Tamim Iqbal for the first wicket before being stumped off a Nathan McCullum delivery•AFP

Corey Anderson picked up the wicket of Tamim, putting the brakes on Bangladesh's progress•AFP

New Zealand had another poor start while batting, as Hamish Rutherford was bowled for 1 by Mashrafe Mortaza in the third over•Associated Press

Mominul then went on to dismiss Nathan McCullum, irrevocably turning the match in Bangladesh's favour. Sohag Gazi picked up the important wickets of Devcich, Ross Taylor and James Neesham and was awarded Man of the Match for his figures of 3 for 34•AFP

James Neesham was impressive too. He had Mushfiqur Rahim caught behind in the Powerplay which triggered a mini-collapse, Bangladesh losing two more wickets•AFP

The visitors received a further setback when Anton Devcich and Grant Elliott were dismissed off successive balls to leave them tottering at 45 for 3 •AFP

Tim Southee was the last man to be dismissed, bowled by Mortaza for a duck, as New Zealand folded for 207. Mortaza also finished with a three-wicket haul, conceding 43 runs in 8.4 overs•AFP