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Southee blows away Bangladesh in 3rd ODI at Dunedin

by Alastair Symondson Wednesday 20 February 2019

Tim Southee 6-65 for New Zealand against Bangladesh today

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Tim Southee ripped the heart out of the Bangladesh top order batsmen to give New Zealand another convincing ODI win and complete a 3-0 whitewash in the Series.

Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl against New Zealand in the 3^rd and final ODI of the series at the University Oval, Dunedin today.

Match Summary

New Zealand 330 - 6 (Henry Nicholls 64 ,Ross Taylor 69, Tom Latham 59; Mustafizur Rahman 2-93)

Bangladesh 242 (Sabbir Rahman 102, Mohammad Saifuddin 44; Tim Southee 6-65)

Result - New Zealand won by 88 runs

Scorecard

Series Stats

New Zealand seal another bilateral ODI series victory over Bangladesh at home!

2007/08: Win 3-0 ?
2009/10: Win 3-0 ?
2016/17: Win 3-0 ?
2018/19: Win 3-0 ?

Batsmen, Tim Southee power their side to a comprehensive win in Dunedin.#NZvBAN REPORT ??https://t.co/iSJ2ohI56L pic.twitter.com/Z7orfyYzVH
— ICC (@ICC) 20 February 2019

Asked to bat first, New Zealand set about accumulating 330-6 in their 50 overs. This time Henry Nicholls 64 ,Ross Taylor 69 and Tom Latham 59 scored the bulk of the runs with Jimmy Neesham 37 and Colin de Grandhomme 37* also contributing towards the end of their innings.

In reply, Bangladesh had a disastrous start with Tim Southee taking the wicket of the top three batsmen leaving them 3-2 at one stage. A remarkable century by Sabbir Rahman 102 supported by Mohammad Saifuddin 44 helped Bangladesh to a face saving score 242, with Southee taking afurther 3 wickets, finishing with match figure of 6-65.

New Zealand - Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Henry Nicholls, Ross Taylor, Tom Latham(c)(wk), Jimmy Neesham, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult

Bangladesh - Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das(wk), Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Sabbir Rahman, Mehedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mashrafe Mortaza(c), Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain