Kiwis crush Bangladesh by 75 runs at World T20
New Zealand bowled Bangladesh out for a record low of 70 as they
cruised to a 75-run victory at cricket's World Twenty20 Saturday,
maintaining their perfect record at the tournament.
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Top scorer Kane williamson drives |
Allrounder Grant Elliott took three wickets for 12 runs in his four
overs while Ish Sodhi chipped in with three for 21 as Bangladesh's quest
for a consolation win ended in tatters.
The Black Caps, who had already qualified for the tournament's
semi-finals, had earlier made 145 for eight at Eden Gardens with
Mustafizur Rahman taking five for 22.
But what had appeared to be a modest total soon proved to be too much
for the Tigers who lost their leading batsman Tamim Iqbal in the second
over, run out for just three.
Bangladesh were all at sea against New Zealand's quartet of slow
bowlers and their top score came from tailender Shuvagata Hom who made
16. Only two others reached double figures.
After 11 overs they had made 45 for six and then had to sweat it out
in the dressing-room after a floodlight failure brought a halt to
procedings for more than 10 minutes.
After the resumption, they continued to find the Black Caps' bowlers
pretty much unplayable and their innings only featured one six, a late
blow from Rahman.
The total was the lowest for Bangladesh in any T20 international,
with the record previously standing at 78.
It heaps more misery on a Bangladeshi team who failed to win any of
their games at the tournament and suffered an agonising one-run defeat
against India on Wednesday.
But it means that New Zealand go into the last four in good heart,
with skipper Kane Williamson beginning to find form after scoring a
brisk 42 off 32 balls at the top of the order.
Williamson was the second New Zealand wicket to fall to Rahman, who
finished with figures of five for 22.
The opener Henry Nicholls, who was brought in to give Martin Guptill
a rest, was the first to go, bowled by Rahman off a slower cutter with
the score on 25.
Wiliamson had looked in good nick in an innings that included five
boundaries and a six before he was also sent back to the Eden Gardens'
dugout at the end of Rahman's first spell.
He was one of a number of the Black Caps' top order who promised to
post a big score but were out just as they had finished building their
platform.
Colin Munro had been warming up for his first substantial knock of
the tournament. But three balls after lofting Al-Amin Hossain into the
stands, he had his middle stump removed by the same bowler.
(AFP)
New Zealand
Kane Williamson b Rahman 42
Colin Munro b Al-Amin Hossain 35
Ross Taylor c Mithun b Al-Amin Hossain 28
Corey Anderson b Mortaza 00
Grant Elliot c Hom b Rahman 09
Luck Ronchi not out 09
Mitchell Santner b Rahman 03
Mitchell McClenaghan not out 06
Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 1) 07
TOTAL (7 wickets; 20 overs) 145
To bat: Nathan McCullum, Ish Sodhi
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Nicholls), 2-57 (Williamson)
3-9 (Munro), 4-100 (Anderson)
5-122 (Elliott), 6-127 (Taylor)
7-139 (Santner)
Bowling: Mortaza 3-0-21-1
Hom 3-0-16-0
Al Hasan 4-0-33-0
Rahman 4-0-22-5
Hossain 4-0-27-2
Mahamudullah 2-0-21-0
Bangladesh
Tamim Iqbal run out (Munro) 03
Mohammad Mithun b McClenaghan 11
Sabbir Rahman c Santner b McCullum 12
Shakib Al Hasan c McCullum b Santner 02
Soumya Sarkar st Ronchi b Sodhi 06
Mahmudullah b Sodhi 05
Mushfiqur Rahim b Elliott 00
Shuvagata Hom not out 16
Mashrafe Mortaza lbw b Elliott 03
Mustafizur Rahman c Ronchi b Elliott 06
Al-Amin Hossain b Sodhi 00
Extras (lb 5, w 1) 06
Total (all out, 15.4 overs) 70
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Tamim Iqbal), 2-29 (Mohammad Mithun)
3-31 (Shakib Al Hasan), 4-38 (Sabbir Rahman)
5-43 (Soumya Sarkar), 6-44 (Mushfiqur Rahim)
7-48 (Mahmudullah), 8-59 (Mashrafe Mortaza)
9-65 (Mustafizur Rahman), 10-70 (Al-Amin Hossain)
Bowling: McCullum 2-0-6-1
Anderson 2-0-7-0
Santner 3-0-16-1
McClenaghan 1-0-3-1
Elliott 4-0-12-3
Sodhi 3.4-0-21-3 |
