Bangladesh succumb to Vettori

New Zealand 402 (McCullum 143, Sinclair 76, Rafique 6-122) beat Bangladesh 177 (Ashraful 67, Franklin 5-28) and 126 (Vettori 6-28) by an innings and 99 runs
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Daniel Vettori got into his stride early and wrecked Bangladesh with a superb spell of 6 for 28 as New Zealand romped to victory by an innings and 99 runs at Dhaka. Not one batsman had an answer to Vettori's loop and bounce as he reduced Bangladesh's second innings to a shambles in a few hours of mayhem. He was ably assisted by Paul Wiseman, as both spinners exploited the dry Bangabandhu pitch perfectly. It was especially satisfying for Vettori, who claimed his first five-wicket haul since November 2001.

Rajin Saleh had played a painstaking knock in the first innings, but Vettori prevented a repeat in his first over. Making the ball fizz, he sneaked one past Saleh's defensive prod and Brendon McCullum, the wicketkeeper, went up in celebration (41 for 3). Replays showed that Saleh did not get a snick. But there was no doubt about the other dismissals. Vettori had Manjural Islam Rana in two minds, and a hopeless prod resulted in a loopy catch to Mark Richardson at silly point. Then, Mohammad Ashraful (26) fended off a nasty lifter to Scott Styris at slip, while Tareq Aziz padded up to an arm ball (122 for 9).

Meanwhile, Wiseman played the support act to perfection. He first ran out Nafis Iqbal (49) with an accurate throw, and then got among the wickets himself. Alok Kapali edged on to McCullum, while Khaled Mashud played a delivery straight to Styris at leg slip. Mohammad Rafique flailed valiantly, hitting 24 off 18 balls before edging the ball to slip just after lunch.

The complexion of this game changed on the third morning, when Bangladesh failed to limit New Zealand, who fought hard to put up a respectable total and finally ended up with an imposing 402. What seemed a contest at one stage slowly descended into a rout.