Bangladesh stroll to historic win
Date: Thursday, October 09 @ 17:50:57 CDT
Topic: Cricket
Bangladesh secured a first ever one-day international victory over New Zealand with a seven-wicket win in Mirpur.
New Zealand were reduced to 79-6 against a new-look Bangladesh playing their first international since the Indian Cricket League exodus.
Jacob Oram hit a well-constructed 57 but the visitors struggled to 201-9.
Junaid Siddique (84) and Mohammad Ashraful (60) guided Bangladesh to a historic win which Mashrafe Mortaza (4-44) had earlier set in motion.
Bangladesh had previously won just five one-dayers against the eight leading cricket nations.
And the victory with 27 balls to spare was even more unexpected as last month the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) handed 10-year bans to 13 of its players associated with the ICL, a tournament run in direct competition to the officially recognised Indian Premier League.
One-day international: Bangladesh 203 for three (45.3 overs) beat New Zealand 201 for nine (50.0 overs) by 7 wickets
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