Bang Vs Nz 5th Match : New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 59 runs
Pallekele : New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 59 runs in the Group D opener of the World Twenty20 cricket at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium here Friday.
Put into bat, New Zealand raced to 191 for three as wicket-keeper batsman Brendon McCullum struck 123.
In reply, Bangladesh could only manage 132 for eight. Nassir Hossain (50) scored the sole half-century of the Bangladeshi innings while Kyle Mills and Tim Southee clinched three-wickets each.
The teams:
Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Ashraful, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (captain), Mahmudullah, Nasir Hossain, Ziaur Rahman, Mashrafe Mortaza, Elias Sunny, Abdur Razzak, Shafiul Islam.
New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Rob Nicol, Brendon McCullum, Ross Taylor (Captain), Kane Williamson, Jacob Oram, James Franklin, Daniel Vettori, Nathan McCullum, Tim Southee, Kyle Mills.