Kane Williamson marked his return to worldwide cricket with a sublime half-century whereas Daryl Mitchell blazed away to a 67-ball 89 as New Zealand crushed Bangladesh by eight wickets within the ICC World Cup on Friday. This was the Kiwis’ third win in as many matches, finishing the chase of 246 with loads to spare. Enjoying in his first match of the continuing showpiece after lastly recovering totally from the knee harm he had sustained in the course of the IPL in April and the following surgical procedure, Williamson confirmed his class with an old school calculative ODI batting that fetched him 78 runs from 107 balls.

On the different finish, Daryl Mitchell appeared in a rush as he smashed fours and sixes at will to seal the difficulty in his group’s favour with 43 balls left.

Having discovered two handsome boundaries at the beginning of his innings, Williamson embellished his knock with eight fours and a six, whereas the Mitchell hammered six fours and 4 sixes throughout his breezy, unbeaten keep within the center.

The win helped New Zealand take the highest spot within the World Cup 2023 factors desk, whereas South Africa slipped to the second spot. Regardless of the loss on Fridaty, Bangladesh remained on the sixth spot.

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Restricted to 245 for 9 after being requested to bat first, Bangladesh bowlers had no reply to the Kiwi response however they did a number of issues flawed, together with their skipper and largest weapon with the ball Shakib al Hasan finishing his quota of overs as a substitute of preserving them for the top overs.

The New Zealand dressing room, nonetheless, was not blissful to see an exhausted Williamson strolling again retired harm after trying a flashy drive. This was after he had taken a blow to his left thumb.

New Zealand, by then, had executed sufficient to make sure victory.

Earlier, Mushfiqur Rahim top-scored with 66 as Bangladesh battled arduous within the face of New Zealand’s disciplined bowling effort to publish 245 for 9.

Mushfiqur’s 75-ball knock, alongside precious contributions from Shakib (40 off 51 balls) and Mahmudullah (41 off 49), lifted Bangladesh after they have been reeling at 56 for 4 within the thirteenth over.

The Tigers started on a disastrous observe, dropping Litton Das (0) off the very first supply of the sport to pacer Trent Boult, as his tried flick was collected by Matt Henry in effective leg.

Tanzid Hasan (16 ) and Mehidy Hasan Miraz (30) tried to place up some resistance earlier than the previous fell prey to pacer Lockie Ferguson, providing a catch to Devon Conway in sq. leg.

Notably, Tanzid was dropped when he was but to open his account by Tom Latham within the opening over itself. It was a troublesome likelihood, nonetheless.

When the rating learn 56, Bangladesh misplaced Miraz to Ferguson, adopted by Najmul Hossain Shanto (7) to spinner Glenn Phillips.

Dropping two wickets in an area of three balls was a physique blow for Bangladesh, just for Shakib and Mushfiqur to take management for a while with a 96-run partnership for the fifth wicket.

Nevertheless, Shakib seemed to be struggling within the scorching and humid situations right here, taking a medical break earlier than ultimately being dismissed by Ferguson within the thirtieth over.

The pitch seemed to be aiding the pacers, and Ferguson appeared to capitalise along with his ‘bowl quick and fast’ technique.

Additionally, the strip utilised was totally different from the one which helped the spinners in the course of the India-Australia contest on Sunday.

In the meantime, Mushfiqur introduced up his forty eighth ODI half-century and was cleverly attacking the unfastened deliveries, whereas spinners Mitchell Santner and Rachin Ravindra bowled tight strains.

Within the thirty sixth over, pacer Matt Henry gave the Kiwis reduction as he bowled Mushfiqur with a wonderful slower off-cutter that stayed low and uprooted the off-stump, leaving Bangladesh at 175 for six.

After dropping the seventh wicket in Towhid Hridoy for 13, Mahmudullah and Taskin Ahmed (17) added 34 runs for the eighth wicket earlier than the latter gave a catch to Daryl Mitchell off Santner.

Whereas Mustafizur Rahman was the ninth man out within the forty eighth over, the ultimate pair managed to bat out the remaining deliveries.

Ferguson took 3 for 49, whereas Boult grabbed 2 for 45, together with his 2 hundredth ODI wicket. In the meantime, Santner was essentially the most economical of all of them, ending with figures of 1/31 in 10 overs.