Seamers Lead Bangladesh’s Victory

News Desk

Islamabad: Bangladesh’s seamers made an impressive display by restricting New Zealand to just 98 runs, marking the lowest total New Zealand has ever scored against Bangladesh. This performance helped Bangladesh secure a convincing nine-wicket victory in the third ODI in Napier.

The Bangladeshi pace attack, led by Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, and Soumya Sarkar, was instrumental in dismantling New Zealand’s batting lineup, with each of them claiming three wickets.

Tanzim Hasan Sakib set the tone early on, dismissing Rachin Ravindra and Henry Nicholls in quick succession. Despite a brief resistance from Will Young and Tom Latham, Shoriful Islam’s bowling breakthroughs triggered a collapse in New Zealand’s batting order, leading to a flurry of wickets.

Soumya Sarkar also played a significant role, claiming crucial wickets and further adding to New Zealand’s woes. Mustafizur Rahman wrapped up the innings, completing a dominant bowling performance for Bangladesh.

During Bangladesh’s innings, despite a watchful start by the openers, Soumya Sarkar faced an unfortunate injury, forcing him to retire hurt due to an issue with his right eye. However, Anamul Haque and Najmul Hossain Shanto stepped up, accelerating the run chase. Anamul’s aggressive batting and Shanto’s composed innings led Bangladesh to swiftly reach the target set by New Zealand.

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Though Anamul departed after a quickfire inning, Shanto continued the momentum, reaching a half-century in just 42 balls, ultimately sealing the victory for Bangladesh.

This match highlighted Bangladesh’s stellar bowling performance and composed batting display, securing a historic ODI victory against New Zealand on their home ground.

Only four New Zealand batters reached double figures as Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, and Soumya Sarkar picked up three wickets each.

Tanzim got the party started for Bangladesh, squaring Rachin Ravindra up to have him nick behind in the fourth over. He then got the better of Henry Nicholls in the eighth with a short ball.

Will Young, who finished as the top scorer in the series, then provided some resistance along with Tom Latham as the two added 36 runs for the third wicket. But Shoriful bowled Latham through the gate with a nip-backer to spark a slide that saw New Zealand lose four wickets in the space of five overs and 12 runs. Shoriful had Young edging one to gully before castling Mark Chapman with another good delivery. Tanzim then had Tom Blundell caught at a backward point to leave New Zealand 70 for 6.

Sarkar then took over, knocking Josh Clarkson and Adam Milne over and getting Adithya Ashok to nick off. Mustafizur Rahman picked up the final wicket to complete the rout.

Bangladesh’s openers started watchfully until Sarkar had to retire hurt after something went into his right eye. He tried applying water and even an eye drop, but could not carry on.

Anamul Haque hit Jacob Duffy for two boundaries in the next over as Bangladesh shifted gears. Clarkson and Will O’Rourke conceded three boundaries each in the 10th and 11th overs as Anamul and Najmul Hossain Shanto raced towards the paltry target.

O’Rourke had Anamul edging behind for a 33-ball 37, but it was much too little and much too late as Shanto sealed the win two overs later, bringing up a 42-ball half-century in the process.

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