A fine knock of 85 by Junaid Siddique and an unbeaten 60 by skipper Mohammad Ashraful guided Bangladesh to their first win over New Zealand in a one-day international on Thursday. 

Chasing a victory target of 202 in 50 overs, Bangladesh reached their target in the 46th over with seven wickets in hand. For his match winning knock, opening batsman Siddique was named as the Man of the match. Skipper Ashraful hit five fours and a six in his 56-ball innings. He added 109-runs for the third-wicket with Siddique.

Earlier, batting first, New Zealand got to a solid start as its openers Jesse Ryder and Brendon McCullum piled 47 runs for the first wicket. However, after losing McCullum for 14, the Kiwi batting order collapsed. Ross Taylor (2), Jamie How (7), Scott Styris (4) and Daniel Flynn (6) even failed to get into double figures. Jacob Oram (57) and captain Daniel Vettori (30) tried to rescue the innings as both added a crucial 70 runs partnership for the seventh-wicket. Despite a good fight back in the last overs, the kiwis could manage only 201 runs for nine in 50 overs. Bangladeshi fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza took 4 wickets in his quota of 10 overs. He was well assisted by left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak who picked 3 for 33. 

Scores in brief:-

New Zealand:-201/9 in 50 overs, Oram 57, Ryder 34, Vettori 30, Mortaza 4/44, A Razzak 3/33.

Bangladesh:-202/3 in 45.3 overs, Siddique 85, Ashraful 60*, Rahim 30, Mills 1/28, Styris 1/23.

Man of the match: J Siddique (Bangladesh).