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performances do not count for much if they do not lead to wins for the team. The tour of New Zealand has been a disappointing one so far as the Tigers were whitewashed after playing cricket that was consistently below par.
Keeping the upcoming ICC World Cup in England this summer in mind, the series in New Zealand was considered the perfect platform for the team management to form the ideal team combination for the mega event.
Among all the negatives - such as top-order batting failures - there were a few individual performances that will lend the team management relief. And that it did not come from serial performers like Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah Riyad may eventually prove to be a blessing in disguise.
There were three cricketers in particular who the selectors had kept an eye on and had question marks over their place in
the eleven before the tour. The players with question marks over
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consideration for the World Cup squad after initially playing some valuable innings in last year's Asia Cup, continued his fine run in New Zealand.
The right-hander struck consecutive fifties in the first two GDIs against New Zealand and showed a lot of character in tackling pressure situations. Even so, Mithun did make some mistakes because he wasted the platform he created to score big in both the GDIs he played, throwing his wicket away each time. It remains to be seen whether he will learn the lessons.
Arguably skipper Mahsrafe Bin Mortaza's biggest challenge was to justify his pre-tour request to include Sabbir in the touring party, for which the board controversially reduced a six-month disciplinary ban by a month.
The dashing right-hander however did prove his worth by displaying a rare comfort against express fast bowling in testing conditions and followed his 43 in the second ODI by smashing a maiden hundred - a 110-ball 102 in the third GDI in Dunedin yesterday.
Although his hundred ended up in a losing cause, the way Sabbir paced his innings and handled the likes of Trent Boult, Tim Southee and Lockie Ferguson with sheer class would be something the team management would expect more of from him in the World Cup.
Last but not the least, Saifuddin also remained instrumental with both bat and ball as he struck forties in the first and third ODI.
But bowling is his main function and the right-arm seamer did manage to create the impression of a genuine seam-bowling allrounder in all three GDIs against the Kiwis, which will certainly create a good balance
in the team for the World Cup.
NEW ZEALAND R/B 4s/6s
Guptill (Tamim b Saifuddin 29/40 3/1
Munro lbw bMashrafe 8/7 0/0
NidrollscTamimbMehedi 64/74 7/0
Taylor(Mahmudullah bRubel 69/82 7/0 LathamcSoumyabMustafizur 59/51 2/3
NeeshambMustafizur 37/24 3/2
DeGrandhommenotout 37/15 4/2
Santnernotout 16/9 0/1
Extras:(lb-3,nb-2,w-6) 11
Total:(For6wktsin50o«ers) 330 Did not bat Southee, Ferguson, Boult.
Fall of wickets: 1-21,2-59,3-151,4-206,5-271,6-284.
Bowler 0 M R W
Mashrafe 10 1 51 1
Mustafizur 10 0 93 2
Rubel 9 0 64 1
Saifuddin 10 0 48 1
Mehedi 9 0 43 1
Mahmudullah 2 0 28 0
BANGLADESH R/B 4s/6s
TamimclathambSouthee 0/2 0/0
LitonlbwbSouthee 1/4 0/0
SoumyabSouthee 0/2 0/0
MushfiqurtMunrobBoult 17/27 3/0
Mahmudullah (Munro bDeGrandhomme 16/36 1/1
Sabbirc&bSouthee 102/110 12/2
SaifuddincGuptillbBoult 44/63 4/0
MasbrafecBoultbSouthee 2/3 0/0
MehedicGuptillbSouthee 37/34 7/0
Rubel run out 3/3 0/0
Mustafizurnotout 0/0 0/0
Extras:(lb-2,w-18) 20
Total:(Alloutin47.2overs) 242 Fall of wickets: 1-0,2-1, 3-2,4-40,5-61,6-162,7-170,8-237,9-242,10-242.
Bowler 0 M R W
Southee 9.2 1 65 6
Boult 9 1 37 2
DeGrandhomme 5 0 18 1
Ferguson 10 0 50 0
Santner 10 2 46 0
Neesham 4 0 24 0
Result: New Zealand won by 88 runs and clinched the3-match series 3-0.
Player-of-the-match:Tim Southee.
Player-of-the-series:Martin Guptill.