New Zealand v Bangladesh, 2016-17
Wisden's review of the third Twenty20 International, New Zealand v Bangladesh, 2016-17
15-Apr-2017
Third Twenty20 international At Mount Maunganui, January 8, 2017. New Zealand won by 27 runs. New Zealand 194-4 (20 overs) (K. S. Williamson 60, C. J. Anderson 94*; Rubel Hossain 3-31); ‡Bangladesh 167-6 (20 overs) (Soumya Sarkar 42, Shakib Al Hasan 41). MoM: C. J. Anderson. T20I debut: T. A. Blundell (New Zealand).
Corey Anderson, playing with the freedom of someone hammering tennis balls from the sand to the surf, hit ten sixes in a format best 94* off 41 deliveries, and helped complete the limited-overs whitewash. He put on 124 with Williamson, eclipsing the New Zealand fourth-wicket record set by Munro and Bruce in the previous match. Bangladesh had moments of control, and were 80-1 after eight, but Soumya Sarkar's departure, via a return catch to Ish Sodhi, was a tipping point. Later, Sodhi's googly bamboozled Mahmudullah, which seemed to sow uncertainty in the rest.
Corey Anderson, playing with the freedom of someone hammering tennis balls from the sand to the surf, hit ten sixes in a format best 94* off 41 deliveries, and helped complete the limited-overs whitewash. He put on 124 with Williamson, eclipsing the New Zealand fourth-wicket record set by Munro and Bruce in the previous match. Bangladesh had moments of control, and were 80-1 after eight, but Soumya Sarkar's departure, via a return catch to Ish Sodhi, was a tipping point. Later, Sodhi's googly bamboozled Mahmudullah, which seemed to sow uncertainty in the rest.