New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 2 wickets in the 9th match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 at Kennington Oval, London on Wednesday.
However, It was a cracker of a contest between the two sides as Bangladeshi bowlers made it tough for the Kiwi batsmen to chase down the 245-run target. Ross Taylor struck a brilliant 82 to get his team over the line in the tight contest.
Bangladesh was bowled out for 244 inside 50 overs, put in on a fresh pitch which was slower than expected. Shakib Hasan, the 3rd Bangladeshi to play 200 ODIs, top scored with 64. He was the only batsman to make more than 30.
Man of the Match
Ross Taylor was declared as the man of the match in the 9th match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. He settled well at the crease and brought his 50 as well. He lifted his side once again when it was needed the most and smashed Mustafizur to bring up his 50.
Scorecard
New Zealand
| Batsman | Dismissal | Runs | Balls | Fours (4’s) | Sixes (6’s) | Fall of wicket | |
| Martin Guptill | c Tamim b Shakib | 25 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 35/1 Guptill | |
| Colin Munro | c Mehidy b Shakib | 23 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 55/2 Munro | |
| Kane Williamson | c Hossain b Hasan | 40 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 160/3 Kane | |
| Ross Taylor | c Rahim b Mosaddek | 82 | 91 | 9 | 0 | 162/4 Tom | |
| Tom Latham | c Saifuddin b Mehidy | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 191/5 Ross | |
| James Neesham | c Soumya b Hossain | 25 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 218/6 Colin | |
| Colin de Grandhomme | c Rahim b Saifuddin | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 218/7 Neehsam | |
| Mitchell Santner | not out | 17 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 238/8 Henry | |
| Matt Henry | b Shaifuddin | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lockie Ferguson | not out | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 248/8 | 47.1 | Overs | ||||
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | |||
| Mashrafe Mortaza | 5 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| Mehidy Hassan | 10 | 0 | 47 | 2 | |||
| Mustafizur Rahman | 7.1 | 0 | 48 | 0 | |||
| Shakib Al Hasan | 10 | 0 | 47 | 2 | |||
| Mohammad Saifuddin | 7 | 0 | 41 | 1 | |||
| Mosaddek Hossain | 8 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
Bangladesh
| Batsman | Dismissal | Runs | Balls | Fours (4’s) | Sixes (6’s) | Fall of wicket | |
| Tamil Iqbal | b Ferguson c Boult | 24 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 45/1 Soumya | |
| Soumya Sarkar | b Henry | 25 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 60/2 Tamim | |
| Shakib Al Hasan | c Latham b de Grandhomme | 64 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 110/3 Rahim | |
| Mushfiqur Rahim | run out (Guptill/Latham) | 19 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 151/4 Shakib | |
| Mohammad Mithun | b Henry c Grandhomme | 26 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 179/5 Magmudullah | |
| Mahmudullah | c Williamson b Santner | 20 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 197/6 Mahmudullah | |
| Mosaddek Hossain | c Guptill b Boult | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 224/7 Hossain | |
| Mohammad Saifuddin | b Henry | 29 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 235/8 Mehidy | |
| Mehidy Hasan | c Latham b Boult | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 244/9 Mortaza | |
| Mashrafe Mortaza | b Henry c Boult | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 244/10 Saifuddin | |
| Mustafizur Rahman | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 244/10 | 49.2 | Overs | ||||
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | |||
| Matt Henry | 9.2 | 0 | 47 | 4 | |||
| Trent Boult | 9.2 | 0 | 39 | 2 | |||
| Lockie Ferguson | 10 | 0 | 40 | 1 | |||
| Colin de Grandhomme | 8 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||
| James Neesham | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||
| Mitchell Santner | 10 | 1 | 41 | 1 |
New Zealand continued their winning run in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 after defeating Bangladesh by 2 wickets
