http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 record historic series triumph over New Zealand - 4th ODI
The minnows of international cricket, Bangladesh, are celebrating the greatest triumph of their short cricketing history as the Tigers roar for once to topple the fancied New Zealand team in the third ODI to take an unassailable
3-0 lead in the five match series.
The series that was being touted as preparation for the Kiwis for next year’s World Cup has turned out to be an absolute disaster for them with their third successive defeat at the hands of their inexperienced hosts.
The shocking result was greeted with delirium across Bangladesh as their heroes fashioned out a nail-biting win to record their first ever series win against a major Test playing team that contained some of the best talent to have
emerged from New Zealand.
Now the beleaguered Kiwis can hope for a consolation win at best as they endure the embarrassment of becoming the first major scalp in a bilateral series of the Asian Tigers.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 won the toss and opted to field first in the match played at Mirpur; they made immediate inroads leaving the hosts tottering at 44/3 in the 8th over of the match.
Despite maintaining a healthy run rate, the hosts were on the back foot when their third wicket fell; the batsman dismissed was Raqibul http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hasan-c61990.
Before him, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Junaid-Siddique-c1749 had fallen for a duck and 17 runs respectively.
The hosts were rescued by a 53-run partnership for the fourth wicket between Imrul Kayes and skipper Shakib Al Hasan, who was in scintillating form.
Kayes was dismissed at this juncture after making 37 runs off 52 balls with four hits to the fence. The Bangladeshi skipper was joined by wicketkeeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045 at this stage.
Mushfiqur Rahim was dismissed for 13 runs with the total at 148/5; he was run out as he looked set for a big one.
The sixth-wicket stand between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahmudullah-c1877 and Shakib yielded 68 runs in almost 13 overs.
During the stand, Shakib completed a magnificent hundred. The left-hander struck 11 fours and one six to once again prove that he was a truly world class all-rounder who has added a new dimension to Bangladeshi cricket.
He eventually perished with the score at 216; all in all he faced 113 balls for his 106 runs knock before offering a return catch to New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori.
Along with Shakib, Mahmudullah played a useful 37 runs innings; his enterprising knock came off 55 balls and included four hits to the fence.
The hosts ended their innings at 241; they were bowled out with 11 balls to spare.
The Black Caps got off to another disastrous start in their chase of the challenging target; they were reduced to 80 for 5 inside 20 overs as the Bangladeshi medium pacers made quick inroads to leave the nervous New Zealanders
rattled.
At this stage, the tourists were brought back in the match by a splendid batting performance by newcomer Kane Williamson.
He carried the brunt of the Black Caps batting, scoring his maiden international hundred.
His innings of 108 runs came off 132 balls and included six fours and a brace of sixes.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Grant-c60671 Elliott and Nathan McCullum also played some useful shots scoring 22 and 33 runs respectively, yet it was not destined to be New Zealand’s game.
The tourists folded for 232 runs in the last over of the innings, falling short by 9 runs as ecstatic home supporters danced in joy over their team’s historic triumph.
Shakib Al Hasan was named man of the match for his outstanding performance in the crucial tie both with the bat and ball (he took 3 wickets in the match.)
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