Trent Boult takes several to set up crushing New Zealand victory

New Zealand 132 for 2 (Nicholls 49*) defeat Bangladesh 131 (Boult 4-27) by eight wickets

New Zealand laid downwards an extraordinary marker on their go back to ODI cricket for the very first time in a year with a thumping triumph above a disappointing Bangladesh. Trent Boult top rated and tailed the wicket-taking as the tourists' batting was overwhelmed on an area offering bounce in that case Martin Guptill briefly peppered the grass banks as the target was hunted down with more than 28 overs to spare.

Simply Madmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim passed 20 for Bangladesh as the line-up was challenged by the University Oval surface that was exploited correctly by New Zealand once they bowled initially. In an indicator of the hold they had with the ball, there were only eight boundaries (along with three sixes) because they bundled the opposition out with eight overs staying when Boult claimed the last two wickets in three balls. Jimmy Neesham and Mitchell Santner claimed a tidy brace each.

Guptill found his T20 form from the series against Australia, mailing seven of his 19 deliveries to the boundary, including four for six, within an opening stand of 54 in 5.3 overs. His fun was finished when he had a huge swing at Taskin Ahmed, who bowled with great pace, and edged behind although Guptill wasn't sure and consumed a review.

Without scoreboard pressure Henry Nicholls and Devon Conway, the latter of three New Zealand debutants went along at a relaxed pace. Conway departed with a small number of runs needed, selecting deep square leg, nonetheless, it allowed fellow debutant Will Adolescent a short stay at the crease and his consecutive boundaries covered up victory, leaving Nicholls one brief of his fifty.

This is New Zealand's first ODI since their aborted tour of Australia last March and just their fourth since the 2019 World Cup final. For the very first time since 2012 they passed out three brand-new caps in the same video game with allrounder Daryl Mitchell signing up for Conway and Young. Mitchell wasn't wanted with bat or ball and his one opportunity to can get on the scoreboard was spurned when he was distracted by Tom Latham diving across him as Matt Henry located the advantage of Liton Das in the 6th over. It had been New Zealand's only mistake of the innings.

The opening scoring shot of the overall game was a six as Tamim Iqbal upper cut Boult over backward point, however the contest was shortly won by the left-armer with a classic set-up: after twice beating Iqbal with later away swing he produced one hold its line which thundered into Iqbal's pads to earn the lbw. Three balls after and Boult possessed his second when Soumya Sarkar performed a poor stroke against a shorter delivery, popping a get in to the off side.

Das shaped up well in challenging conditions just as he tried to commit sometimes fully forward or totally back, but his effort was undone when he got a leading edge to mid-on in Neesham's opening more than.

The scoring rate rarely got above three an over against a relentless New Zealand attack. Kyle Jamieson, who struggled in the T20I series against Australia, proceeded to go wicketless but sometimes Bangladesh could hardly lay a bat on him as he attained troublesome bounce from a reasonably total length.

Rahim played solidly to give his team some chance of creating a foundation but became Neesham's second wicket when he was cramped for room playing a cut and found gully. That was the to begin three wickets to fall for nine works in six overs.

Bangladesh's woes were compounded when Mohammad Mithun was going out backing up after a company straight drive from Mahmudullah flicked the finger of Neesham in to the non-striker's stumps. Mehidy Hasan then moved too much across his crease against Santner and possessed his leg stump tickled.

Debutant Mahedi Hasan marked the occasion when his first scoring stroke on ODIs was a huge 94-metre six more than long-off but an effort to repeat it several overs after offered a catch to mid-about leaving Bangladesh seven downward with 18 overs leftover.

Madmudullah and Ahmed formed a 10-above stand although large elements of it had been purely survival before Madmudullah, attempting to inject some impetus, chosen midwicket where Santner timed his leap perfectly. Boult do the rest.