Oram, Fulton win series for NZ

New Zealand8217;s winning margin was determined by the Duckworth-Lewis scoring system. Bangladesh had to achieve its highest-ever one-day score to win the match and to beat by 135 runs its highest total against New Zealand -the 201 posted in the first match on Wednesday when it lost by six wickets. Openers Tamim Iqbal 43 and Zunaed Siddique 15 gave their team a solid base with a partnership of 64 for the first wicket but their dismissals and the loss of Mohammad Ashraful for three, leaving Bangladesh 68-3, sapped any winning chance.

Scoreboard

New Zealand: J How lbw b Razzak 74, B McCullum run out 35, P Fulton c Mushfiqur b Razzak 83, S Styris c Tushar b Farhad Reza 41,R Taylor not out 34,J Oram c Tamim b Mortaza 55;

Extras 1-lb, 12-w 13

TOTAL for five wickets, 50 overs 335

Fall of wickets: 1-82, 2-147, 3-229, 4-246, 5-335.

Bowling: Mortaza 10-1-66-1, Hossain 8-0-52-0, Razzak 10-0-75-2, Reza 9-0-69-1,

Shakib 10-0-55-0, Tuhsar Imran 3-0-17-0.

Bangladesh : T Iqbal c McCullum b Mills 43,J Siddique c sub Patel b Mills 15, M Ashraful c Taylor b Mills 3, A Ahmed c Oram b Vettori 54,T Imran lbw b Vettori 22, S Hasan c Martin b Mills 15,F Reza not out 11,M Rahim not out 4

Extras 5-lb,9-w 14

TOTAL for six wickets, 43 overs shortened by rain 181

Fall of wickets: 1-63, 2-64, 3-68, 4-108, 5-141, 6-164.

Bowling: Mills 10-1-40-4, Martin 9-1-29-0, Gillespie 1-0-16-0, Oram 8-0-41-0, Vettori 10-1-30-2, Styris 4-0-18-0, Taylor 1-0-2-0