New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 88 runs to secure a 3-0 series whitewash in the final one-day international at Dunedin's University Oval on Wednesday.
Despite Sabbir Rahman's battling century the tourists fell well short of the 331-run target set by the Black Caps and were all out for 242 with 16 balls to spare.
Southee has six and that is it in Dunedin! Sabbir Rahman out caught and bowled for 102 with Bangladesh all out for 242. An 88 run win to complete the series 3-0. Scorecard | https://t.co/R5y7Oi6u1u #NZvBAN pic.twitter.com/iD6vJf6QbJ
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New Zealand made 330 for six after losing the toss and being sent in to bat, with half-centuries from Henry Nicholls, Tom Latham and Ross Taylor, who became New Zealand's highest ODI run-scorer with 8,026 career runs.
100 for Sabbir Rahman but then he loses Mahedi Hasan in the same over! Southee's fifth as Bangladesh go to 237/8 after 46. LIVE scoring | https://t.co/R5y7Oi6u1u #NZvBAN ? = @PhotosportNZ pic.twitter.com/jKR93hDiM3
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Tim Southee is the Man of the Match
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"Nice to do it in the middle and contribute to a team win. Just working on to get a few things right... I've been hitting the deck harder and getting some swing," says Southeehttps://t.co/JeDXuFpbCl #NZvBAN pic.twitter.com/nUbYzrCRNu
Tim Southee was the standout New Zealand bowler, taking six for 65, while Mustafizur Rahman was the only Bangladesh bowler to take two wickets but leaked 93 runs in his 10 overs.
SCORECARD:
New Zealand
M. Guptill c Iqbal b Saifuddin 29
C. Munro lbw Mortaza 8
H. Nicholls c Iqbal b Hasan 64
R. Taylor c Mamdullah b Rubel 69
T. Latham c Sarkar b Rahman 59
J. Neesham b Rahman 37
C. de Grandhomme not out 37
M. Santner not out 16
Extras: (lb 3, nb 2, w 6) 11
Total: (for 6 wickets; 50 overs) 330
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Munro), 2-59 (Guptill), 3-151 (Nicholls), 4-206 (Taylor), 5-271 (Neesham), 6-284 (Latham)
Bowling: Mashrafe Mortaza 10-1-51-1, Mustafizur Rahman 10-0-93-2 (3w, 1nb), Rubel Hossain 9-0-64-1 (1nb), Mohammad Saifuddin 10-0-48-1, Mehidy Hasan 9-0-43-1 (1w), Mahmudullah 2-0-28-0 (2w)
Bangladesh
T. Iqbal c Latham b Southee 0
L. Das lbw Southee 1
S. Sarkar b Southee 0
M Rahim c Munro b Boult 17
Mahmudullah c Munro b de Grandhomme 16
S. Rahman c and b Southee 102
M. Saifuddin c Guptill b Boult 44
M. Mortaza c Boult b Southee 2
M. Hasan c Guptill b Southee 37
R. Hossain run out (Santner/Southee) 3
M. Rahman not out 0
Extras: (lb 2, w 18) 20
Total: (all out; 47.2 overs) 242
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Iqbal), 2-1 (Sarkar), 3-2 (Das), 4-40 (Rahim), 5-61 (Mahmudullah), 6-162 (Saifuddin), 7-170 (Mortaza), 8-237 (Hasan), 9-242 (Hossain), 10-242 (S.Rahman)
Bowling: Southee 9.2-1-65-6 (11w), Boult 9-1-37-1 (2w), de Grandhomme 5-0-18-1 (2w), Ferguson 10-0-50-0 (3w), Santner 10-2-46-0, Neesham 4-0-24-0
Toss: Bangladesh
Result: New Zealand win by 88 runs
Man of the match: Tim Southee
Series: New Zealand win 3-0