Bangladesh vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2007 - 08
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Bangladesh vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2007 - 08
Bangladesh will play 2 tests followed by 3 ODI matches during the New Zealand tour starting December 19, 2007.
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Cricket Matches Schedule
- Wed 26, December 2007: 1st ODI - Bangladesh vs New Zealand at Auckland
- Fri 28, December 2007: 2nd ODI - Bangladesh vs New Zealand at Napier
- Mon 31, December 2007: 3rd ODI - Bangladesh vs New Zealand at Queenstown
- Fri 4 - Tue 8, January 2008: 1st Test - Bangladesh vs New Zealand at Dunedin
- Sat 12 - Wed 16, January 2008: 2nd Test - Bangladesh vs New Zealand at Wellington
Bangladesh vs New Zealand First ODI at Auckland
New Zealand cruise home over Bangladesh
Dec 26, 2007
New Zealand produced a morale-boosting performance as they romped to a six-wicket win over Bangladesh in their ODI on Wednesday, the first of a three-match series.
Set a modest target of 202 on the short-boundaries of Eden Park, opener Jamie How set the platform with a patient 88 before Scott Styris ended the game with a towering six in the 43rd over. Following heavy defeats to leading cricket nations Australia and South Africa in the past two months, New Zealand were desperate to stem the slide against the minnows of international cricket.
With Bangladesh racing along at five an over, Ashraful belted the Oram delivery straight to Peter Fulton at deep mid-wicket, triggering a sensational collapse. Bangladesh were then 150 for four after 29 overs, and in the space of the next 20 more balls they added just four more runs and lost three wickets to be 154 for seven.
Mashrafe Mortaza (17) and Abdur Razzak (not out 22) added some life to the tail before the Bangladesh innings ended at 201 in the 43rd over. Despite New Zealand's batting shortfalls in recent months they were never in trouble on the ideal batting wicket.
How and Brendon McCullum started with a 90-run opening partnership before a lack of concentration by McCullum (40) saw him lob a full toss straight back to Farhad Reza. Fulton (35) joined How to add another 67 for the second wicket. Fulton's dismissal, followed by How and Ross Taylor (8) in quick succession left Styris to end formalities with his second six to remain unbeaten on 25.
The second game in the series will be played in Napier on Friday with the third and final ODI in Queenstown on New Year's Eve ahead of two Test matches.
NZ vs BAN, First ODI, Auckland: New Zealand 203-4 beat Bangladesh 201 by six wickets
Bangladesh vs New Zealand First ODI at Auckland
Scores
New Zealand won the toss and decided to field
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201 all out (46.3 overs)
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203 for 4 (42.4 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Tamim | c Gillespie | b Oram | 50 |
66 | 4 | 2 |
| Siddique | c Gillespie | b Mills | 13 |
33 | 1 | 0 |
| Aftab | c Fulton | b Gillespie | 8 |
11 | 2 | 0 |
| Ashraful | c Fulton | b Oram | 70 |
57 | 10 | 1 |
| Saqibul | b Gillespie | 6 |
9 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mehrab | c How | b Oram | 3 |
13 | 0 | 0 |
| Rahim | c McCullum | b Gillespie | 0 |
3 | 0 | 0 |
| Reza | c Styris | b Mills | 4 |
30 | 0 | 0 |
| Mortaza | c Oram | b Mills | 17 |
30 | 2 | 0 |
| Razzak | not out | 22 |
19 | 2 | 1 | |
| Shahadat | run out | 3 |
9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 1nb 4w | 5 | ||||
| Total | all out | 201 | (46.3 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| How | c Aftab | b Saqibul | 89 |
120 | 5 | 1 |
| McCullum | c and b | Reza | 40 |
50 | 4 | 2 |
| Fulton | c Mehrab | b Saqibul | 35 |
53 | 3 | 0 |
| Styris | not out | 24 |
20 | 0 | 2 | |
| Taylor | lbw | b Saqibul | 8 |
8 | 0 | 1 |
| Sinclair | not out | 1 |
5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 2w 4lb | 6 | ||||
| Total | for 4 | 203 | (42.4 ovs) | |||
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Umpires: G A Baxter, P D Parker
New Zealand: How, McCullum, Fulton, Taylor, Styris, Sinclair, Oram, Mills, Vettori, Gillespie, Martin
Bangladesh: Tamim, Siddique, Aftab, Ashraful, Saqibul, Mehrab, Reza, Rahim, Mortaza, Razzak, Shahadat
Bangladesh vs New Zealand First ODI at Auckland
Venue
Eden Park is the main sports ground in Auckland, New Zealand for both rugby union during winter, and cricket in summer. To accommodate both sports, the cricket pitch is removable. The ground is located three kilometres southwest of Auckland's CBD, straddling the boundary between the Kingsland and Mt. Eden suburbs.Eden Park has a crowd capacity of 42,000 for cricket, and 45,472 for rugby. This is the largest of any New Zealand sports arena. There are no standing areas. Temporary seating in front of the ASB Stand and the West Stand is required for the capacity of 45,472 to be reached. Due to sight-screens and the larger area required for cricket matches, cricket capacity is less.