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 Second ODI at Napier
New Zealand seal series win (2:0)
Dec 29, 2007
New Zealand clinched the one-day series against Bangladesh with a match to spare after a 102-run victory by the Duckworth-Lewis method in Napier.
Rain forced an early end to play in the second ODI, with Bangladesh 181 for six after 43 overs chasing the hosts' 335 for five. Kyle Mills finished with figures of four for 40 as the tourists struggled to keep up with the run-rate. Bangladesh were always up against it once they slipped to 68 for three, having lost opener Tamim Iqbal for 43.
Aftab Ahmed top-scored with 54 and was last man out before the umpires took the teams off the field.
Earlier, Jamie How, Peter Fulton and Jacob Oram all scored half-centuries as New Zealand posted a formidable total.
NZ vs BAN, Second ODI, Napier: New Zealand 335-5 (50 ovs) beat Bangladesh 181-6 (43 ovs) by 102 runs (D/L method)
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Second ODI at Napier
Scores
New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 102 runs (D/L)
New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat
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335 for 5 (50.0 overs)
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181 for 6 (43.0 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| How | lbw | b Razzak | 74 |
77 | 12 | 0 |
| McCullum | run out | 35 |
31 | 4 | 1 | |
| Fulton | c Rahim | b Razzak | 83 |
93 | 5 | 1 |
| Styris | c Imran | b Reza | 41 |
44 | 3 | 0 |
| Taylor | not out | 34 |
24 | 2 | 1 | |
| Oram | c Tamim | b Mortaza | 55 |
31 | 4 | 4 |
| Extras | 12w 1lb | 13 | ||||
| Total | for 5 | 335 | (50.0 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Tamim | c McCullum | b Mills | 43 |
49 | 6 | 1 |
| Siddique | c sub | b Mills | 15 |
26 | 3 | 0 |
| Ashraful | c Taylor | b Mills | 3 |
10 | 0 | 0 |
| Aftab | c Oram | b Vettori | 54 |
78 | 5 | 1 |
| Imran | lbw | b Vettori | 22 |
40 | 4 | 0 |
| Saqibul | c Martin | b Mills | 15 |
28 | 1 | 0 |
| Reza | not out | 11 |
15 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rahim | not out | 4 |
12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 9w 5lb | 14 | ||||
| Total | for 6 | 181 | (43.0 ovs) | |||
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Umpires: A L Hill, P D Parker
New Zealand: How, McCullum, Fulton, Taylor, Styris, Sinclair, Oram, Mills, Vettori, Gillespie, Martin
Bangladesh: Tamim, Siddique, Aftab, Ashraful, Saqibul, Imran, Reza, Rahim, Mortaza, Razzak, Shahadat
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Second ODI at Napier
Venue
McLean Park is a cricket ground in Napier, New Zealand. It is one of the 10 proper Cricket Grounds of New Zealand. McLean Park is an outstanding sportsground of international standards which includes an indoor stadium and Centennial Hall. The home team for this ground is Central Districts Cricket Association. Also the names of two ends of this stadium are Centennial Stand End and Embankment End.The ground is used for hosting both ODIs and Test Matches. Apart from this, the McLean Park Complex also hosts rugby matches, including one match at the 1987 Rugby World Cup. It has hosted a total of 5 Tests and 26 ODIs. The ODI played here was between New Zealand and Sri Lanka in Rothman's Cup of 1982/83. In this match New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka by 7 wickets.