Bangladesh vs Newzealand :3 ODI Sep 21-26,2023 at Dhaka - Page 7

BAN: 153-7 after 37 overs

36.5 Boult to Nasum Ahmed, FOUR, pitched right in the arc and Nasum puts it away. Boult tries to follow him but the length is right up, allows Nasum to get under it and pump it over mid-on, one bounce and over the ropes

BAN: 153-8 after 38 overs

37.6 Ish Sodhi to Hasan Mahmud, out Bowled!! Wicket maiden! Maiden was the only thing that was missing from Sodhi's figures and he's got that as well. Set Mahmud up beautifully there. All previous balls were leg-breaks and this was the googly, Hasan Mahmud b Ish Sodhi 0(9)

Ish Sodhi to Hasan Mahmud, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Bangladesh need 102 runs in 72 balls

NZ - 254 (49.2)

BAN - 153/8 (38)

CRR: 4.03

RR : 8.50

Batting R(B) 4s 6s SR

Nasum Ahmed * 9(20) 1 0 45

Bowling O M R W

Trent Boult* 7 0 31 0

Ish Sodhi 9 1 32 6

BAN: 159-8 after 39 overs

38.5 Boult to Nasum Ahmed, SIX, this is turning into a nice contest. Nasum is happy to leave when the ball is short of length and when it is pitched up, he keeps smashing them. Slower ball but once again right in the arc, Nasum slams it flat and just gets it over the rope

39.5 Ish Sodhi to Nasum Ahmed, SIX, that's gone a mile. He's dealing in sixes. Second one for him. Tossed up on off-stump, Nasum sits down, gets under the ball and launches the slog sweep over deep mid-wicket

BAN: 166-8 after 40 overs

39.6 Ish Sodhi to Nasum Ahmed, no run, dropped! That should have been a 7-fer. But Allen has put it down. Googly on off-stump, Nasum closes the bat face and the outside edge goes quickly to slip. Allen is a tad late to react and cannot hang on even though he goes with two hands. Still an excellent spell from Sodhi, 10-1-39-6

40.2 Jamieson to Nasum Ahmed, out Caught by Boult!! Nasum perishes looking for his third six. Jamieson angles it in from round the wicket, misses the yorker and this was in the arc, but Nasum does not get the loft off the middle and miscues it towards long-on, Boult runs to his right and hangs on safely. Nasum Ahmed c Boult b Jamieson 21(30) [4s-1 6s-2]

Jamieson to Nasum Ahmed, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

41.1 Ferguson to Khaled Ahmed, out Bowled!! New Zealand win by 86 runs. Skipper Ferguson comes back and picks up the final wicket. He just keeps it plain and simple - full, fast and at the stumps, Khaled is beaten for pace and the off-stump is pegged back. Sodhi leads New Zealand out of the field. Khaled Ahmed b Ferguson 1(2)

Ferguson to Khaled Ahmed, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

New Zealand have broken their Bangladesh rut, first ODI win since 2008 and Ish Sodhi played a big part in the victory. It was his day with the bat and ball. He added crucial runs towards the end of New Zealand's innings and then spun a web around the Bangladesh batters. Jamieson picked up Litton in the powerplay and after that it was the Sodhi show, he struck twice in his second over, dismissing Tanzid and Sarkar. Tamim and Mahmudullah were the only ones who showed some sort of application and their 40s were not enough to get Bangladesh close to the target. Sodhi finished with career-best ODI figures and was well aided by the rest of his mates. Stick around for the presentations..

Litton Das: Before 40 overs we were in the game. Their lower order batted really well. The wicket was not bad to bat on, we were not up to the mark with our batting. Like I said, their lower order batted really well and scored 40-50 runs. Our two senior guys played well but the rest of the batters were not up to the mark.