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New Zealand defeated Bangladesh in the second One-Day International (ODI) by five wickets at Hagley Oval in Christchu𒈔rch on Tuesday. With the victory, the Black Caps have also sealed t꧑he three-match series 2-0 with one game still to go.
Kiwi skipper Tom Latham shined with the willow and took hisജ team over the finish line with a sensational century. The left-handed batsman smashed his fifth ODI hundred and stayed unbeaten on 110 from 108 deliveries, including 10 boundaries.
Apart from Latham, Devon Conway continued ꦰhis impressive form, scor🧜ing 72 off 93 balls with the help of seven fours.
At one stage, the home side were struggling on 53/3 during the chase of 272 runs, but the powerful knocks from Latham and Conway inspired New Zealand to beat the visitors 💧by five wickets.
Mahedi Hasan was the most successful bowler for the Tigers. He conceded only 42 runs in his quota of 10 overs while taking aౠ couple of wickets.
Earlier, Bangladesh managed to post 271/6, thanks to remarkable knocks by captain Tamim Iqbal and lower-order batsman Mohammad Mithun. While Tamim got run out on 78 due to impressive footwork by James Nee🎀sham, Mithun remained u🌠nbeaten at 73 from 57 𒐪deliveries.
For the hosts, spinner Mitchell Santner picked up two wickets, whereas Trent Boult, Matt Henry and Kyle Jamieson bagged one wicket apiece.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
New Zealand win the ODI series! 🇳🇿
An unbeaten 110 from Tom Latham and 72 from Devon Conway guide the to💮 a five-wicket win in Christchurch. |
— ICC (@ICC)
Series win! Tom Latham with an impressive 110* to gu🦄ide the team home at Hagley Oval after early wickets. Daryl Mitchell with him on 12* in his first bat in ODI cricket. Scorecard |
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS)
Really good improvement from Bangladesh, and ulti🧸mately a good victory for New Zealand.
NZ batting effort not as composed as usual – seemed a bit frenetic at times – but perhaps understandable in absence of Williamson and Taylor.
— Andrew (@shortflyslip)
That s⛎hort passage of play was possibly decisive.
Neesham dropped.
Latham dropped
Latham 4 from a dropped catch
Latham 4 from a misfield.Lucky for NZ, combined with poor cricket and bad luck for Bang🎀ladesh.
— Michael Wagener (@Mykuhl)
Captain Tom Latham lead the run-chase with unbeaten 110 runs from 108 balls including 10 fours as New Zealand beat Bangla💖desh by 5 wickets and t𒆙ake 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
//twitter.com/sparknzsport/🃏status/13🎃74282844390838279
Nervous nineties, what?
‘Mot👍her of Dragons’ Tom Latham hits his fifth ODI hundred. Exceptional numbers as captain. 🙂
— Sritama (@cricketpun_duh)
Captain Tom Latham leadsꦚ from the front. SCORECꩵARD:
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
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Great innings by tom Latham
— rod van alphen (@rodvanalphen)
Well played Skipper Tom Latham and Devon Conway.
NZ won the second ODI by 5 wickets.— PJ____05 (@No_one_22_7)
Highest score by a wicket-keeper🤪 bat♐sman in an ODI run chase in New Zealand
118 – Adam Gilchrist vs NZ 🇳🇿, 1998
117* – Kumar Sangakkara vs ENG 🏴, 2015
110* – TOM LATHAM vs BAN 🇧🇩, 2021 ***
110 – Bradd Haddin vs NZ 🇳🇿, 2010— Thurunu Jayasiri (@ThurunuJ)
It’s all over at Hagley Oval – New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 5 wickets thanks to an outstanding innings from Tom Latham.
— BB (@2Be_BB)