NZ v Bangladesh, 1st ODI, Auckland, 26th Dec

The disinterest is deafening.

'Silence buzzed in his ears'.

Wouldn't be surprised if the Kiwi's are beaten.

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field first.

Bangladesh 22/0 (6.6 ov)

Junaid out in the 9th, c Gillespie b Mills 13.

Bangla now 31 for 1. New Zees to win.

Aftab out in the 12th: c Fulton b Gillespie 8.

Bangla now 39 for 2.

Bangers doing well.136/2 off 26.5 and Tamim and Ash both on 50s NO.

Ouch, woofed Tamim. Still 50 off 66 balls, well played.

A HISTORIC MOMENT FOR BANGLADESH!!!!

Ashraful has scored the highest innings ever made by Bangladesh against New Zealand! Yes! Get in!

He beats the record held by himself, M Ashraful, when he bludgeoned the Kiwi bowlers into submission to the tune of 56 at Kimberley in 2003.

He will truly go down as a legend of Bangladeshi cricket if he carries on at this rate!

Sorry, just trying to add a bit of excitement into this game.

If Bangladesh pass 200 for the first ever time against NZ who knows just how excited we'll all get.

And now he's gone, for 70. Oh well, all good things must come to an end.

AND THE RECORDS JUST KEEP ON FALLING!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shakib Al Hasan & Mehrab Hossain Jnr's stand of 1 for the fifth wicket is the HIGHEST 5TH WICKET PARTNERSHIP for the BANGLADESH team in NEW ZEALAND!

They've written their names into the record books today.

162 for 7 in the 36th over. Bangladesh's innings going into a tailspin.

Kiwis will still find a way to lose it.

New zealand cruised it in the end.

W G GRACE wrote:New zealand cruised it in the end.

Yep, congrats New Zees. Well batted Iqbal and Ashraful for Bangla.

A paltry crowd

Basil wrote:A paltry crowd

...supports a paltry team....NZ is overjoyed today after topping the might of the bangles