Bangladesh vs. New Zealand, Only T20I: Scorecard and Recap from Mirpur

New Zealand completed their tour of Bangladesh with a 15-run victory in the one-off Twenty20 International in Mirpur.

Replying to the Black Caps’ 204 at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, the hosts could only make 189 for nine.

T20 debutant Anton Devcich gave NZ a blistering start with 59 off 31 balls, including 10 fours and a six. When he departed in the 10th over, the hosts had reached 83 for two.

Batsman	Dismissal	Runs	Balls	Minutes
AP Devcich	c Shamsur Rahman b Abdur Razzak	59	39	31
HD Rutherford	c Nasir Hossain b Sohag Gazi	17	29	29
LRPL Taylor	c Naeem Islam b Ziaur Rahman	28	49	49
C Munro	not out	73	50	50
Corey J Anderson	b Al-Amin Hossain	18	8	8
L Ronchi†	c & b Al-Amin Hossain	0	1	1
NL McCullum	not out	0	3	0
Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Mashrafe Mortaza	4	0	46	0
Sohag Gazi	3	0	30	1
Al-Amin Hossain	4	0	31	2
Nasir Hossain	1	0	16	0
Mahmudullah	4	0	34	0
Abdur Razzak	2	0	19	1
Ziaur Rahman	2	0	26	1

The tourists had lost Hamish Rutherford earlier for 17, but Ross Taylor and Colin Munro put on 93 for the third wicket with the latter taking the lead.

The South African born left-hander smashed his highest T20 International score in entertaining fashion.

Bangladesh needed to score at in excess of 10 runs per over but lost three wickets in the opening two overs with Tim Southee removing openers Shamsur Rahman and Ziaur Rahman before Mitchell McClenaghan dismissed Mominul Haque.

Batsman	Dismissal	Runs	Balls	Minutes
Shamsur Rahman	c McClenaghan b Southee	4	1	1
Ziaur Rahman	b Southee	6	5	2
Mominul Haque	c Mills b McClenaghan	9	5	6
Mushfiqur Rahim*†	c Taylor b Anderson	50	46	46
Naeem Islam	c Southee b Mills	18	17	29
Nasir Hossain	c & b McCullum	28	28	10
Mahmudullah	c Taylor b Anderson	34	30	20
Sohag Gazi	run out (McCullum/†Ronchi)	24	22	25
Mashrafe Mortaza	not out	7	12	15
Abdur Razzak	b Southee	0	4	7
Al-Amin Hossain	not out	5	3	1
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
TG Southee	4	0	38	3
MJ McClenaghan	3	0	45	1
KD Mills	4	0	32	1
NL McCullum	2	0	18	1
AP Devcich	3	0	32	0
Corey J Anderson	4	0	21	2

Home captain Mushfiqur Rahim steadied the ship with 50 off 29 balls, and when he was removed at the end of the 11th over, Bangladesh were five wickets down and needed 89 from eight overs.

However, the lower order could not get the job done with Corey Anderson following up the wicket of Rahim by removing dangerman Mahmudullah for 34 in the penultimate over.

Bangladesh were 177 for eight and needed 28 from 10 balls with Southee picking up his third wicket in the final over to close out the victory.

It is a bright note for the Kiwis, who suffered a disappointing tour, having drawn both Tests before losing the one-day series 3-0.