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New Zealand defeated Bangladesh in the second One-Day International (ODI) by five wickets at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Tuesday. With the victory, the Black Caps have also sealed the three-match serieಌs 2-0 with one ✤game still to go.
Kiwi skipper Tom Latham shined with the willow and took his 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, inclu🍰ding 10 boundaries.
Apart from Latham, Devon Conway continued his impressive forꦦm, scoring 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 fro✅m Latham and Conway inspired New Zealand to beat the visitors by five wickets.
Mahedi Hasan was the most successful bowler for the Tigers. He concede🍬d only 42 runs in his quota of 10 overs while taking a 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 Neesham, Mithun r🌠emained unbeaten at 73 from 57 d🍰eliveries.
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 unbeate🌌n 110 from Tom Latham and 72 from Devon Conway guide t🥃he to a five-wicket win in Christchurch. |
— ICC (@ICC)
Series win! Tom Latham with an impres🧔sive 110* to guide the team hom🎐e 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 f﷽rom Bangladesh, and ultimately a good victo♒ry 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 short passage of play was possibl🍸y 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 Ban൲🍌gladesh.
— Michael Wagener (@Mykuhl)
Capt🧸ain Tom Latham lead the run-chase with unbeaten 110 runs෴ from 108 balls including 10 fours as New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 5 wickets and take 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
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Nervous nineties, what?
‘Mother of Dragoไns’ Tom Latham hits his fift𒉰h ODI hundred. Exceptional numbers as captain. 🙂
— stuart broad apologist (@cricketpun_duh)
Captain Tom L🥂atham lead💮s from the front. SCORECARD:
— 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.— No_One 😷 (@No_one_22_7)
Highest score by a wi𓃲cket-keeper batsman 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)