Siddique, Mortaza help Bangladesh upset New Zealand

Zunaed Siddique and Mashrafe Mortaza scripted Bangladesh's first-ever victory over New Zealand in one-day cricket with a comfortable seven-wicket win in the opening match on Thursday.

Left-hander Siddique scored a brilliant 85 for his maiden half-century to anchor his team's successful chase of a 202-run target in 45.3 overs at Shere Bangla National Stadium after paceman Mortaza took 4-44 to jolt the tourists.

Mohammad Ashraful notched a return-to-form 60 not out to guide Bangladesh to their first win over the Black Caps in 12 one-dayers.

Ashraful was full of praise for his team's effort.

Mortaza and left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak (3-32) set up the sensational win by restricting New Zealand to 201-9 in their 50 overs.

Jacob Oram top-scored with a solid 57 and added 70 runs for the seventh wicket with Vettori (30) but that was not enough for New Zealand to avoid their lowest one-day total against Bangladesh.

Their previous lowest total against Bangladesh was 224 at Chittagong in 2004.

Bangladesh lost opener Tamim Iqbal (12) early but Siddique and Mushfiqur Rahim (30) added 67 for the second wicket before Ashraful sealed the fate of the match.

Siddique hit eight boundaries during his 139-ball knock while Ashraful hit five boundaries and a six in his rapid 56-ball innings. The result shatters New Zealand's dreams of regaining second spot in the one-day rankings against a Bangladesh side who faced an uphill task after 14 of their frontline players defected to a rebel Indian league last month. The second match will be played at the same venue on Saturday, while the final match is at Chittagong on Tuesday. AFP
 

NEW ZEALAND

J. Ryder c Riyad b Mortaza		34
B. McCullum c Rasel b Mortaza		14
J. How lbw b Mortaza			 7
R. Taylor c Ashraful b Hossain		 2
S. Styris lbw b Razzak			 4
D. Flynn c Riyad b Razzak		 6
J. Oram c Rasel b Razzak		57
D. Vettori c Islam b Hasan		30
K. Mills c Hossain b Mortaza		16
T. Southee not out			19
M. Gillespie not out	 		 2
EXTRAS: (lb5, w5)			10
TOTAL:(for nine wkts)			201
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-47, 2-55, 3-59, 4-62, 5-65, 6-79, 7-149, 8-174, 9-185.
BOWLING: Mortaza 10-2-44-4 (2w), Rasel 2-0-18-0, Hossain 6-0-29-1, Hasan 10-0-30-1 (1w), 
Razzak 10-0-32-3 (2w), Islam 10-0-35-0, Riyad 2-0-8-0.

BANGLADESH

Tamim Iqbal c Styris b Mills		12
Zunaed Siddique c Oram b Gillespie	85
Mushfiqur Rahim c Ryder b Styris	30
Mohammad Ashraful not out		60
Shakib Al Hasan not out			 5
EXTRAS: (lb6, w4)			10
TOTAL:(for three wkts)      		202
Did not bat: Naeem Islam, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, 
Shahadat Hossain, Syed Rasel.
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-18 , 2-85, 3-194.
BOWLING: Mills 7-0-28-1, Gillespie 8.3-1-36-1 (2w), Southee 9-0-41-0 (2w), Oram 5-0-11-0, 
Vettori 9-0-48-0, Styris 6-0-23-1, Ryder 1-0-9-0.