2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs New Zealand

April 2, 2007

New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 9 wickets (with 124 balls remaining) in the Super 8 phase in the World Cup at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda.

This was Bangladesh's second defeat in three days in the Super 8 stage, having also lost convincingly by 10 wickets to Australia.

By contrast, New Zealand have yet to taste defeat.

Toss:  New Zealand won, and elected to field first.

Fall of wickets: 1-55 (Tamim Iqbal, 16.4 ov), 2-62 (Javed Omar, 18.4 ov), 3-105 (Aftab Ahmed, 28.2 ov), 4-122 (Habibul Bashar, 33.3 ov), 5-127 (Saqibul Hasan, 35.1 ov), 6-127 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 35.6 ov), 7-129 (Mohammad Ashraful, 38.2 ov), 8-140 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 42.1 ov), 9-140 (Abdur Razzak, 42.3 ov), 10-147 (Syed Rasel, 48.3 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Fulton, 9.2 ov)

Bangladesh: Javed Omar, Tamim Iqbal, Aftab Ahmed, Saqibul Hasan, Habibul Bashar (capt), Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim (wkt), Mohammad Rafique, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, Syed Rasel New Zealand: P G Fulton, S P Fleming (capt), H J H Marshall, S B Styris, C D McMillan, J D P Oram, B B McCullum (wkt), D L Vettori, J E C Franklin, S E Bond, M J Mason

Player of the match: S E Bond (New Zealand)

Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and R E Koertzen (South Africa) TV umpire: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) Match referee: M J Procter (South Africa) Reserve umpire: B F Bowden (New Zealand)