- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.1 and he strikes straightaway. A soft dismissal for Finn Allen. Was a fuller delivery on the pads and he ends up whipping it towards mid-on where Mahmudullah accepts the surprise gift 16/19.3 fuller on the stumps, Ravindra comes forward and looks to whip it towards midwicket but misses the ball completely. The ball crashes into the leg stump 58/46.4 trapped right in front. A length ball around off and middle. Young wanted to flick it on the leg side but misses as the ball keeps a touch low and hits him on the pads. Young has opted for a review after a discussion with his partner. There is no inside edge, it hit him in front of off and would have gone on to hit the middle stump 46/26.6 Saifuddin gets another. Another slower one, fuller outside off and coming back in. de Grandhomme planted his front foot and went for the flick but missed. He also opts for a review. No inside edge involved. And it would have gone on to hit the top of the leg stump, umpire's call there. de Grandhomme walks back but at least don't lose their review 46/310.5 ...and he has spooned a return catch. Latham dares to step out, Mahedi drags his length back, the batter closes his bat-face fairly early once again and chips it back to the left of the bowler 62/5Extras2 (w 2)TOTAL128/5 (20 Overs, RR: 6.4)Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Finn Allen, 2.1 ov), 2-46 (Will Young, 6.4 ov), 3-46 (Colin de Grandhomme, 6.6 ov), 4-58 (Rachin Ravindra, 9.3 ov), 5-62 (Tom Latham, 10.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mahedi Hasan 4 0 27 1 6.75 10 3 0 0 0 Nasum Ahmed 2 0 10 0 5.00 5 1 0 0 0 Mustafizur Rahman 4 1 29 1 7.25 9 4 0 1 0 Shakib Al Hasan 4 0 24 0 6.00 7 2 0 0 0 Mohammad Saifuddin 4 0 28 2 7.00 10 3 0 1 0 Mahmudullah 2 0 10 1 5.00 5 1 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.6 played on. A length ball outside off, slower off the wicket. Naim looks to hit it in front of cover but ends up playing away from the body, gets an inside edge on to the stumps 32/42.5 given lbw and after a bit of discussion with his partner, decided to walk. A length ball around off and spinning in. Liton went for that aerial sweep but was early into the shot and missed. Got struck on the front pad and up goes the finger 23/13.3 Ajaz gets his first. A length ball at the stumps, Mahedi went back and ended up chipping it towards short midwicket where the fielder lunged forward to take a low catch 24/23.5 Ajaz traps the big fish.Shakib dances down the ground and looks to smash it over long-on. But he fails to middle it, the bottom hand comes off the bat too as he skies it towards long-on, where McConchie takes a juggling a catch 25/39.2 hits it straight to extra cover. A fuller length ball around off, Mahmudullah backs away and goes for the drive but fails to keep it down. Another low catch by Nicholls as a distraught Mahmudullah walks back 43/59.3 bowled 'im! Tossed up but it's almost a yorker-length ball around off stump. Afif looks to jam his bat at it but misses and the ball spins in to hit the off stump. Ajaz has his fourth and he is on a hat-trick 43/613.1 McConchie comes back and strikes immediately. Blundell, who is usually behind the stumps, tears across to his left from long-on and completes a tumbling catch. Dangled up outside off, Nurul aims to dump it down the ground, but can only miscue it to the outfielder. NZ are three wickets away from victory 57/715.4 90.6ks slider from McConchie, fizzes in as opposed to turning away to catch Saif in the crease. He plays across it and is struck on the front pad in line with middle. Saif has asked for a review. No bat involved and it's crashing into leg stump. Saif loses his wicket and a review 66/817.2 back of a length and clattering into middle stump as Nasum misses his leg-side heave. The middle stump is knocked out. NZ are one away from a stunning victory in Dhaka 70/919.4 pitched up and outside off, Mustafizur swings for the hills and holes out to Bracewell, the sub fielder, at deep midwicket. de Grandhomme runs his fingers across this and closes the game out for NZ 76/10Extras4 (lb 1, w 3)TOTAL76 all out (19.4 Overs, RR: 3.86)Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Litton Das, 2.5 ov), 2-24 (Mahedi Hasan, 3.3 ov), 3-25 (Shakib Al Hasan, 3.5 ov), 4-32 (Mohammad Naim, 6.6 ov), 5-43 (Mahmudullah, 9.2 ov), 6-43 (Afif Hossain, 9.3 ov), 7-57 (Nurul Hasan, 13.1 ov), 8-66 (Mohammad Saifuddin, 15.4 ov), 9-70 (Nasum Ahmed, 17.2 ov), 10-76 (Mustafizur Rahman, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JA Duffy 4 0 14 0 3.50 16 2 0 0 0 AY Patel 4 0 16 4 4.00 17 2 0 1 0 CE McConchie 4 0 15 3 3.75 17 2 0 0 0 R Ravindra 4 0 13 1 3.25 12 0 0 0 0 SC Kuggeleijn 3 0 14 1 4.66 6 0 0 2 0 C de Grandhomme 0.4 0 3 1 4.50 2 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Bangladesh led the 5-match series 2-1
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.30, Interval 17.30-17.50, Second Session 17.50-19.20
Match days
5 September 2021 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 40 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 6.4: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Umpire - Masudur Rahman, Batter - WA Young (Struck down)
- Over 6.6: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Umpire - Masudur Rahman, Batter - C de Grandhomme (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 8.4 overs (52 balls), Extras 0
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 17.3 overs (105 balls), Extras 1
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls (HM Nicholls 29, TA Blundell 21, Ex 1)
- Over 19.5: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Umpire - Sharfuddoula, Batter - TA Blundell (Upheld)
- Innings Break: New Zealand - 128/5 in 20.0 overs (HM Nicholls 36, TA Blundell 30)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 30 runs, 3 wickets)
- Bangladesh: 50 runs in 11.2 overs (68 balls), Extras 3
- Over 15.4: Review by Bangladesh (Batting), Umpire - Masudur Rahman, Batter - Mohammad Saifuddin (Struck down)
Match Coverage
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"If you're able to stick in there, then it is actually tough for them as well," Nicholls says about the tough Dhaka tracks
For Ajaz Patel, the plan is to 'bowl into the wicket and spin the ball hard'
"You have to take a bit of responsibility in these conditions and make sure you do something for your team"
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Earlier, Henry Nicholls and Tom Blundell rescued New Zealand from a precarious position to post a respectable total
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