| 0.3 : 0.3: M Henry to T Iqbal, FOUR! Bangladesh are up and running with a boundary. Henry strays it full on the leg side. Easy pickings for Tamim as he flicks it through fine leg and gets a boundary. |
| 3.4 : 3.4: T Boult to T Iqbal, FOUR! Gorgeous flick this. Full on middle and off, Tamim likes it there and he flicks it through mid-wicket. Lockie gives it a chase but was always going to come second as the ball races away to the fence.. |
| 4.3 : 4.3: M Henry to S Sarkar, FOUR! This will give Soumya a lot of confidence. Full on off, Sarkar slashes it over the bowler's head for a boundary. First one of the game for Soumya. |
| 6.2 : 6.2: M Henry to S Sarkar, FOUR! In the air, but in the gap! Soumya Sarkar is in a different sort of form altogether. Not that a bad delivery, just a hint of width. A fraction wide of off stump on a length but Sarkar slaps it through the covers for a boundary. |
| 6.5 : 6.5: M Henry to S Sarkar, FOUR! 'That is world class,' marvels Ian Smith on air. Slower ball, on a length, outside off, Sarkar flays the kitchen sink and gets it through the covers! |
| 7.5: T Boult to T Iqbal, FOUR! Pulled and pulled hard. Short on off and middle, Tamim stays on his back foot and pulls it though mid-wicket in a controlled manner to get a well-deserved boundary. |
| 8.3 : 8.3: M Henry to S Sarkar, OUT! BOWLED! Henry strikes and a good-looking opening stand has come to an end. Fuller on middle and leg, Sarkar looks to go hard at it as he tries to heave it on the leg side. He misses his shot and the ball clips his pad and deflects onto the stumps. This shot was not needed at all at this point of time as Bangladesh are going at a very good rate here. Sarkar will be disappointed looking back at that. Henry is a happy man though and he has once again got the breakthr |
| 13.2 : 13.2: L Ferguson to T Iqbal, OUT! Thew short ball does the trick here. It is a well directed short ball from Lockie. It is on the body, Tamim looks to pull but he ends up hitting it off the upper half of his bat and it lobs up towards short mid-wicket. Trent Boult there takes a simple catch. Tamim, just like his opening partner, Soumya cannot convert his start and his innings comes to an end. |
| 16.4 : 16.4: de Grandhomme to M Rahim, IN THE AIR... CHANCE MISSED... FOUR! Has Trent Boult missed an opportunity here? Short and around middle, Rahim comes down the track and looks to play the pull. He miscues and it goes high in the air. Does not have enough distance on it though and Trent Boult covers great distance to his left from fine leg. But in the end, he chooses not to go for the catch and the ball goes past him, bouncing into the ropes! Should he have dived and gone for the catch? |
| 19.6 : 19.6: J Neesham to Al Hasan, FOUR! Placed beautifully from Shakib. Slightly shorter in length, Shakib pulls it through mid-wicket and dissects the fielders at deep square leg and long on for a boundary. |
| 20.4 : 20.4: de Grandhomme to M Rahim, FOUR! Brilliant from Mushfiqur. Good length ball on off, Rahim moves towards his off stump and paddles it over towards the fine leg region for a boundary. |
| 22.1 : 22.1: J Neesham to Al Hasan, FOUR! Length ball outside off, Shakib likes the pace at which Neesham bowls. He whacks his pull through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 22.2 : 22.2: J Neesham to Al Hasan, FOUR! Two in two. Neesham comes around the wicket and overcorrects his line. He bowls it full on off, Shakib smashes it wide of point for a boundary. |
| 22.3 : 22.3: J Neesham to Al Hasan, FOUR! Hat-trick of boundaries here and Neesham is under the pump here. Full again outside off, Shakib drives it uppishly wide of diving Guptill at point and gets his third boundary on the trot. |
| 23.5 : 23.5: M Santner to M Rahim, OUT! This was coming, wasn't it? They have played a lot of games together but their communication today has left a lot to be desired. Floated ball on off, Rahim punches it wide of cover and looks for a quick single. Mushfiqur in fact gets off straightaway after hitting. Shakib though came forward for a bit and then sends Rahim back who was half way down the track. Guptill gets to the ball and throws it to Latham. The throw is a good one and this time Latham whips the |
| 24.4 : 24.4: L Ferguson to Al Hasan, FOUR! Tickled fine down the leg side! Ferguson bowls a length ball on the stumps and Shakib just tickles it fine and the ball runs away to the fine leg fence. A reliever after the wicket. |
| 26.6 : 26.6: L Ferguson to M Mithun, FOUR! Delightful shot this. Back of a length ball on off, Mithun rocks onto his back foot and slams his pull over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 28.2 : 28.2: de Grandhomme to Al Hasan, FOUR! Short, pulled through mid-wicket! Class written all over it. Shakib pulls this shorter one through mid-wicket and the ball races to the fence in a flash. No need to run for such valuable hit. |
| 28.5 : 28.5: de Grandhomme to Al Hasan, FOUR! Edged away behind point! |
| 30.2 : 30.2: de Grandhomme to Al Hasan, OUT! The dangerous Shakib is out of here. Good length ball outside off, Shakib goes chasing after it. He looks to cut it but gets a feather on it. Latham behind the stumps takes a good sharp catch behind the stumps. This is the wicket New Zealand desperately wanted and the ploy to keep the keeper up has worked. |
| 35.2: M Henry to M Mithun, FOUR! Cheeky from Mithun, paddles this over the keeper! Mithun plays the lap shot over the keeper, Henry bowls a fuller ball and Mithun is equally good to respond to it. Good thinking from the batsman there. |
| 36.5 : 36.5: T Boult to M Mithun, FOUR! Defty touch there from Mithun. Length ball outside off. It was a knuckle ball. Mithun uses no power and just guides it down the vacant third man region for a boundary. |
| 37.1 : 37.1: M Henry to M Mithun, OUT! Henry gets his second off the game. His 5th of this World Cup. Henry bends his back and bangs it in short on middle. Mithun comes down the track a bit and goes for the pull but he is late in his shot as the ball zips off the surface. He ends up top edging it towards fine leg. Colin de Grandhomme runs to his left and takes a good catch. Henry is ecstatic and why woudn't he be? |
| 42.3 : 42.3: M Santner to Mahmudullah, OUT! Santner finally gets a wicket. He has bowled very well and has deserved to get into the wicket column. He bowls it short on off. He bowls it slower through the air, Mahmudullah looks to up the ante and go after Santner. He looks to flat bat it over covers but it goes off the toe part of his bat to cover. Kane Williamson there makes no mistake and takes a regulation catch. |
| 42.5 : 42.5: M Santner to M Saifuddin, MISFIELD, FOUR! Rare to see a Kiwi do this. Landed outside off, Saifuddin punches this behind point. Matt Henry runs after it from short third man, gets to it, puts in a slide but while pushing the ball away, he ends up pushing it back into the ropes! |
| 44.6 : 44.6: M Santner to M Saifuddin, SIX! That was six the moment it left the bat. Tossed up on off, Saifuddin swings his bat at it and he connects as well. The ball goes way over the cow corner fence for a mammoth maximum. It has taken 45 overs for us to witness the first six of the game. Good day for Santner though with the ball. He finishes with the figures of 10-1-41-1. |
| 45.5 : 45.5: L Ferguson to M Saifuddin, FOUR! Saifuddin can hit big! He connects this length ball outside off from the sweet spot of the bat and pulls it handsomely to mid-wicket. It looked that it will travel the distance but the ball just bounces in side the ropes to fetch a boundary. Whatever it is a SIX or a FOUR Bangladesh will take it happily. |
| 46.2 : 46.2: T Boult to M Hossain, OUT! In the air...and taken. Full ball on middle, Boult misses his yorker and ends up bowling a full ball. Mosaddek clears his front leg and looks to tonk it over long on. He does not time it well and hits it in front of long on. Martin Guptill there comes in and takes an easy catch. He has been everywhere in the field today. |
| 48.2: T Boult to M Hasan, OUT! Boult gets his second of the game. Smart thinking this from Boult. He follows the slower one with a bouncer. Hasan comes down the track and looks to pull it but gets a feather on it which goes behind to Latham. He takes the catch and starts celebrating. Hasan is unmoved but the umpire raises his finger. Mehedi then starts walking back he does not take the review as he knows he had got something on it. 150th ODI wicket for Trent Boult! |
| 48.5 : 48.5: T Boult to M Saifuddin, FOUR! How unlucky is Boult there? A perfect yorker on middle and leg, Saifuddin does well to get his bat down in time and to his luck it goes down past the leg stump to the fine leg fence! |
| 49.1 : 49.1: M Henry to M Mortaza, OUT! Third wicket for Henry in this game. Another good outing for the pacer. He bowls it full outside off, Mortaza looks to hit it over covers but gets a top edge which flies down to third man. Trent Boult stationed there takes an easy catch. New Zealand just a wicket away from wrapping up this innings. |
| 49.2 : 49.2: M Henry to M Saifuddin, OUT! Cleaned 'em. Full ball on the stumps, Saifuddin looks to hit it but he misses and the ball hit him on the pads and goes crashing onto the stumps. BANGLADESH BOWLED OUT FOR 244 with 4 balls wasted. |
| 0.1 : 0.1: M Mortaza to M Guptill, FOUR! HAMMERED! Oh yeah, bring it on! New Zealand are eyeing an opportunity to go hard against the new balls. Fractionally short outside off, Guptill pulls it wide of mid on and starts the run chase with a boundary! |
| 1.1: M Hasan to M Guptill, SIX! Not the welcome Mehedi would have wanted. He tosses it up on off, Guptill gets down on one knee and demolishes it over mid-wicket fence for a biggie. |
| 2.2 : 2.2: M Mortaza to M Guptill, FOUR! Don't bother chasing that, it was four the moment he hit it. Mortaza bowls it on a length. Guptill likes it there at Mashrafe's pace. He whacks his pull over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 2.5 : 2.5: M Mortaza to C Munro, FOUR! That is Munro power. Fuller on off, Munro smashes his drive through covers for a boundary. |
| 3.1 : 3.1: M Hasan to M Guptill, FOUR! This time off the sweep. Six to begin his first over and now a boundary to begin his second. Hasan tosses it up on middle and off, Guptill gets down on one knee and sweeps it through square leg for a boundary. |
| 4.3 : 4.3: M Rahman to C Munro, FOUR! What a shot! Good length ball outside off, Munro picks the length early and thrashes it through covers for a boundary. |
| 5.1 : 5.1: Al Hasan to M Guptill, OUT! Bangladesh desperately needed a wicket and their superstar has given them just that. Shakib bowls a straighter one on off, Guptill looks to hit it over the bowler's head. He does not time it well and ends up hitting it towards long on. Tamim stationed there comes running and takes an easy catch. Guptill's cameo comes to an end, he though will be disappointed to not make the most of his start. |
| 5.2 : 5.2: Al Hasan to C Munro, SIX! That's modern day cricket for you. A wicket falls and rather than defending the next one, Munro comes down the track to this tossed up ball and smokes it over the bowler's head for a maximum. |
| 6.6 : 6.6: M Hasan to C Munro, FOUR! No calmness on show here. Mosaddek flights it outside off, Munro gets down on one knee and drags his sweep over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 9.6: Al Hasan to C Munro, OUT! What a catch! Mehedi has taken an excellent catch here. Shakib bowls it flatter on middle and leg, Munro stretches out to heave it on the leg side. He was later stuck in two mind, whether to hit or block it but decides to go with the shot. He drags his shot towards mid-wicket which goes uppishly. Mehedi Hasan at short mid-wicket dives in front and takes it inches above the ground. All of a sudden New Zealand have lost both their openers and Bangladesh are right bac |
| 10.5 : 10.5: M Mortaza to R Taylor, FOUR! Taylor gets underway with a beautiful square drive. Mortaza bowls a fuller one outside off and Ross just gets to the pitch off the ball and drives it beautifully through point. No need to run for these. |
| 11.5: Al Hasan to R Taylor, FOUR! Floated on off, Taylor comes down the track and hits it over his favorite mid-wicket region for a boundary. |
| 14.6 : 14.6: M Saifuddin to R Taylor, FOUR! Short ball outside off, Ross pulls it through mid-wicket. The ball races away to the fence. The man in the deep cannot comes second to the ball. |
| 16.4 : 16.4: M Hasan to K Williamson, FOUR! Beautiful shot this from the Kiwi skipper. Short outside off, Williamson cuts it excellently through point for a boundary. |
| 17.2 : 17.2: Al Hasan to R Taylor, FOUR! Creamed away! Flighted outside off, slightly overpitched from Shakib. Taylor effortlessly drives it through covers for a boundary. |
| 19.1 : 19.1: M Hossain to R Taylor, FOUR! Mosaddek starts with a short ball outside off, Taylor cuts it through point. Soumya Sarkar tries to stop it with a dive but he touches the ball as his legs touch the cushion. |
| 22.1: M Rahman to R Taylor, FOUR! Good start to the over for New Zealand. Good length ball outside off, Taylor cuts it over point and gets a boundary. |
| 24.4 : 24.4: M Rahman to R Taylor, FOUR! Ross reaches his 48th Fifty! His 4th in the world cups. Rahman bowls one short and wide Ross throws his bat at it and cuts it up and over the point fielder for a boundary. What an innings it has been from the veteran. |
| 29.2 : 29.2: M Hasan to R Taylor, FOUR! What a way to get the partnership over 100. Floated on middle and leg, Taylor makes room and smashes it through covers for a boundary. |
| 31.1 : 31.1: M Hasan to K Williamson, OUT! Williamson holes out! Mehedi is a happy man. He tosses it up on middle and leg, Williamson comes down the track and looks to hit it over the mid-wicket fielder. Williamson's bottom hand comes off the handle as he looks to hit it and he ends up chipping it to the man at deep mid-wicket. Mossadek in the deep takes an easy catch. Have Bangladesh found an inroads in this game? |
| 31.6 : 31.6: M Hasan to Tom Latham, OUT! Don't go anywhere as this match is not over by any stretch of imagination. Mehedi bowls it short on the stumps, Latham gets on his back foot and looks to hit it over the deep mid-wicket fielder. He is unable to get properly under it and ends up hitting it towards deep mid-wicket. For an instance it looks like it will fall short of the man there but Saifuddin runs in and takes an excellent catch diving in front. Wicket off the first ball and wicket off the last b |
| 35.1 : 35.1: M Hasan to J Neesham, SIX! Neesham has taken the charge here. Tossed up on off, Neesham frees his arm and smashes it over long on. The ball bounces just on the cushion and it has been signalled as six. |
| 36.3 : 36.3: M Hossain to J Neesham, FOUR! Mosaddek is guilty of bowling on the pads, Taylor makes the full use of it and flicks it over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 36.5 : 36.5: M Hossain to R Taylor, FOUR! Once again it is on the pads, Taylor flicks it fine down the leg side. The fielder runs behind it but as he stops the ball he touches the ropes. |
| 38.3 : 38.3: M Hossain to R Taylor, OUT! Big, big wicket here for Bangladesh. It was a nothing delivery. Mosaddek bowls it down the leg side, Taylor looks to flick it but gets a feather on it. Mushfiqur takes it behind the stumps and puts in an appeal. The umpire raises his finger and Taylor walks back without even reviewing it. |
| 39.1 : 39.1: M Mortaza to de Grandhomme, FOUR! De Grandhomme is not gonna miss a full toss that too on a Free Hit. Full toss outside off, de Grandhomme smashes it over covers and it bounces inside the ropes for a boundary. |
| 41.2 : 41.2: M Rahman to J Neesham, FOUR! This should get Neesham going. Full outside off, Neesham slashes it over covers for a boundary. |
| 42.1 : 42.1: M Saifuddin to de Grandhomme, FOUR! Almost chopped on. New Zealand are not complaining though, they will take it no matter how they come. Good length ball outside off, de Grandhomme looks to play it on the off side but gets an inside edge which misses the stumps and goes to the fine leg fence. First mishits the slower ball and now the inside edge misses the stumps. De Grandhomme is clearly riding his luck here. |
| 42.5 : 42.5: M Saifuddin to de Grandhomme, OUT! Brilliant catch from Mushfiqur. Slower bouncer outside off, de Grandhomme looks to play the upper cut but mistimes it. It goes behind to Mushfiqur, he jumps and takes a good one hand catch stretching his right hand. Mushfiqur Rahim has not had a good game here but he has taken a brilliant catch. |
| 43.3 : 43.3: M Hossain to J Neesham, OUT! Taken! Well o well, when everyone was wondering why has Mosaddek been given the ball, he strikes! Hossain gets his second of the match. Neesham looks to finish the game and targets the part- timer. Hossain bowls a flatter one outside off. Neesham without coming to the pitch of the delivery looks to go down town but can only manage to offer a simple catch to Sarkar at long off. He cannot get the elevation and distance right. |
| 44.4 : 44.4: M Saifuddin to M Santner, FOUR! Off the edge! Full outside off, Santner looks to drive but gets a thick outside edge which goes fine of the man at third man and into the fence. |
| 45.4: M Rahman to M Henry, FOUR! New Zealand just need 11 now. Full outside off, it is in the slot. Henry maintains his balance and drives it through covers for a boundary. |
| 46.3 : 46.3: M Saifuddin to M Henry, OUT! Bowled! Slower ball but it looks like it slips off his hand and it ends up being a full toss. Henry goes for the big one but misses and the ball hits middle and off. Saifuddin is a happy man and can he win it for his side? |
| 46.6 : 46.6: M Saifuddin to L Ferguson, FOUR! Just a run required now. Full outside off, Ferguson deliberately guides it down the third man region for a boundary. Lockie has done the job here. Over to you, Santner. |
| 47.1 : 47.1: M Rahman to M Santner, FOUR! Santner finishes it off in style. Full outside off, Santner gets on his front foot and creams his drive through covers for a boundary. NEW ZEALAND WIN THE GAME BY 2 WICKETS AND GO TOP OF THE TABLE. |
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