Tom Latham and Colin Munro set up New Zealand’s 77-run win in Christchurch, after their 158-run fifth-wicket stand pulled the hosts out of a difficult position. The result left Bangladesh with a lot of worries, from their fast bowlers’ lack of discipline to Mushfiqur Rahim retiring hurt with a potential hamstring injury.

Latham played one of his more fluent innings that fetched him a career-best 137. Along with Munro’s 61-ball 87, it gave New Zealand 341 for 7 - their highest total in ODIs against Bangladesh.

In reply, Bangladesh ended on 264 for 9 in 44.5 overs, after James Neesham’s double-wicket maiden tilted the contest in New Zealand’s favour, and Lockie Ferguson’s short balls sealed it.

Latham started with a punch through covers in the third over and timed the ball well throughout his innings. His first six was a pick-up over square-leg off Soumya Sarkar, before he dropped anchor. His lasting till the 48th over was necessary considering the way New Zealand started.

Hagley Oval had provided a pitch with true pace and bounce, and all a batting side needed were partnerships. Kane Williamson won the toss and chose to put runs on the board, but every time two of his men seemed to have the measure of Bangladesh, they would falter.

Mustafizur, in his first international match since July, got rid of Martin Guptill with a slower ball in the sixth over. Williamson had looked solid, becoming the joint-fourth fastest to 4,000 ODI runs, getting there in his 96th innings, before he was caught behind off a Taskin short ball for 31. 

Shakib Al Hasan then removed Neil Broom, playing his first ODI in six years, and Neesham in the space of 4.1 overs, both leg-before playing back to full deliveries.

-ESPN