http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 register 4-0 win over Black Caps
Bangladesh capped off one of the most remarkable upsets in ODI cricket history when the Tigers completed a 4-0 series win over New Zealand.
After winning the series with an emphatic win in the fourth match, the Tigers went one step better by recording a nail-biting 4 run win over the tourists in the last match played at Mirpur.
Needing 8 runs off the last over, Bengali pacer Hossain clean bowed Kyle http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mills-c76321 with a perfectly pitched yorker to spark wild celebrations across the ground.
After batting first, the hosts got off to a poor start when they lost two wickets inside the first 7 overs of the innings. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahriar-Nafees-c2486 and Junaid Siddiqui were the batsmen who were sent packing for 11 and 10 runs respectively.
Nafees fell to McKay, while Kyle Mills got rid of Junaid Siddiqui who was caught by Daniel Vettori.
Imrul Kayes and Raqeeb Ul Hasan steadied the ship for the hosts’, adding 37 more runs in seven overs.
The third wicket to fall was that of Raqeeb Ul Hasan, the batsman was clean bowled by the New Zealand skipper.
Raqeeb scored 6 off 22 balls. The next to go was Kayes who scored 34 runs off 50 balls. He struck two fours and three sixes in his attacking knock.
At this stage, the hosts were in a spot of bother with four batsmen dismissed with 77 runs on the board.
A 55 runs stand in 74 balls ensured that the Tigers post a competitive score in tough batting conditions. The wicket was offering turn to the slower bowlers and was sluggish in nature.
The fifth wicket to fall was that of skipper Shakib Ul http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hasan-c61990, the in-form Bangladeshi skipper scored 36 runs off 47 balls. His innings included two hits to the fence.
Shakib was caught by youngster Williamson with Graeme Elliot the successful bowler. The hosts lost their sixth wicket with the score on 144. The batsman dismissed was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahman-c78092 who contributed a gutsy 29 to the total.
The seventh wicket stand yielded 17 runs before a collapse saw the hosts’ crash to 174 runs all out.
The last wicket fell in the 45th over of the innings, as the hosts squandered the opportunity of adding some crucial runs at the end of the innings.
For http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 Mills and Vettori claimed three wickets each, while Elliot and McKay captured two wickets to send the hosts packing.
The Black Caps batsmen looked down on confidence after their mauling in the first three matches. The hosts were all over them sending the first five batsmen back with a mere 20 runs on the board.
Opening bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 was bowled by a beauty by left arm spinner
Abdur Razzak.
Daniel Vettori tired to resurrect the situation with a fighting partnership with Elliot, he was brilliantly held at the deep mid-wicket region by Shafiul Islam with the Bangladeshi skipper Shakib Ul Hasan taking the crucial wicket.
Nathan McCullum was then cleaned up by Shakib, and with the hosts smelling blood. Elliot perished, lofting a catch off spinner Shuvo.
The Black Caps also lost McKay at the same score, crashing to 145/9. With 30 runs needed, the match was in Bangladesh’s bag. Despite that, Mills had other ideas as he played with great determination to push the tourists with-in a shot of victory.
It all came down to the last over, 8 runs were needed with Mills on strike. The lanky all-rounder struck a boundary off the first ball, but his resistance ended when Hossain yorked him to capture his fourth scalp of the day.
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