Sports desk: New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 67 runs in the second one-day international at Saxton Oval on Thursday to take a winning 2-0 lead in the three-match series:
New Zealand 251 (Neil Broom 109 not out, Luke Ronchi 35; Masrafe Mortaza 3-49, Taskin Ahmed 2-45, Shakib Al Hasan 2-45).
Bangladesh 184 (Imrul Kayes 59, Sabbir Rahman 38; Kane Williamson 3-22, Trent Boult 2-26, Tim Southee 2-33).
Later, the Tigers skipper bowled out Colin Munro at 107/5 in 25.3 overs and finally dismissed Lockie Ferguson, was caught by debutant Nurul Hasan, at 228/9 in 46.5 overs. The Tigers' skipper conceded 49 runs in 10 overs.
Delivering 10 overs and conceding 45 runs each, all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and pacer Taskin Ahmed captured two wickets apiece.
Promising spinner Mosaddek Hossain and debutant pace bowler Subashis Roy took one wicket each for 12 and 45 runs in two and 10 overs.
The Tigers skipper experimented his side strength well, making three changes in the playing eleven that played in the first ODI at Christchurch where the Kiwis won by 77-run to take 1-0 series lead.
Nurul Hasan made his ODI debut replacing injured wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim who was retired hurt from the 1st match, after scoring 42 runs, suffering a hamstring injury that sidelined him from the squad for the first time in more than six years.
Mashrafe sent deceitful left-handed cutter master Mustafizur Rahman to rest and dropped Soumya Sarkar, replacing them by debuts pacer Subashis Roy and legspinner Tanbir Hayder respectively.
