Shamsur, Naeem star in Bangladesh win

Nov 03, 2013

Put in to bat, Anton Devcich gave New Zealand an aggressive start, striking fours early on•AFP

Devcich, however, failed to convert his start into a big innings and was dismissed for 38 by Mahmudullah•AFP

Taylor let Munro dominate the early part of the stand but opened up after he reached his fifty. Together the pair added 130 runs for the fourth wicket before Munro was dismissed for 85 off 77 balls•AFP

Mitchell McClenaghan got the first breakthrough for New Zealand, dismissing Ziaur for 22•Associated Press

Corey Anderson dealt a blow to Bangladesh at the start of the 35th over, dismissing Shamsur for 96. The batsman finished with his maiden fifty in ODIs•AFP

At the other end, Tom Latham made a quiet start and the pair added 66 for the first wicket, New Zealand's first fifty-plus opening stand since February 2012•Associated Press

In the absence of Brendon McCullum and Kane Williamson, the mantle of the senior batsman fell on Ross Taylor. He made a quiet start to the innings and didn't score his first four until his 58th delivery, in the 39th over•AFP

Taylor began his onslaught in the 46th over, smacking Razzak for two fours. He followed that up in the next over with three successive sixes off Gazi. His 50 came off 69 balls but Taylor needed only 22 balls to bring up his eighth ODI hundred and help New Zealand post 307 for 5•AFP

Mominul Haque, who performed well in the Tests, kept up the run-scoring tempo. However, he fell to Anton Devcich and failed to convert his 33-ball 32 into a bigger score.•Associated Press

Naeem and Nasir Hossain added a brisk 50-run stand, but Naeem's run-out in the 43rd over gave New Zealand a chance of making a strong comeback•AFP

New Zealand had made four changes to the line-up for this game, and Colin Munro was given his first game of the tour. He made the most of it, hitting sixes off Sohag Gazi and Abdur Razzak•AFP

In reply, Bangladesh showed plenty of intent at the start of their chase as openers Ziaur Rahman and Shamsur Rahman added 61 off 46 balls•AFP

With 179 required from a little more than 30 overs, Naeem Islam and Shamsur Rahman came together. They focused on singles in the early part of their stand but hit some big shots against Nathan McCullum and Devcich•AFP

However, Nasir and Mahmudullah hit some quick blows and their 39-run stand brought Bangladesh closer to victory. Nasir's 38-ball 44 helped Bangladesh win their second 300+ run-chase, and also claim the series 3-0•AFP