New Zealand 128/5 (Nicholls 36, Blundell 30, Saifuddin 2/28)
Bangladesh 76 ( Mushfiqur 20no, Patel 4/16, McConchie 3/15)
New Zealand win by 52 runs. Bangladesh lead five match series 2-1
Ajaz Patel's four wickets, coupled with fighting knocks from Tom Blundell and Henry Nicholls have lifted New Zealand to a 52-run win against Bangladesh in the third T20 in Dhaka.
Patel took 4/16 as the Blackcaps rolled the hosts for 76, after setting 129 for the Tigers to seal a series win.
Backed up by Cole McConchie 3/15 and Rachin Ravindra 1/13, New Zealand's spin attack proved too good for a Bangladeshi batting lineup that looked in a hurry.
Patel grabbed the key wicket of Shakib Al Hasan (0) in his second over - just three balls after removing Mahedi Hasan (1) as Bangladesh crumbled to 25/3.
By the end of the 10th over Patel had four wickets and the hosts were reduced to 43/6 and the result was in the bag for the Kiwis.
Earlier Blundell (30no) and Nicholls (36no) rebuilt an inning threatening to fall apart.
The pair added an unbeaten 67 for the sixth wicket in the Blackcaps' 128/5 after they were reduced to 62/5 in the 11th over.
Promising innings' from Finn Allen (16), Rachin Ravindra (20), and Will Young (20) were thrown away, and when captain Tom Latham (5) fell, New Zealand had lost 4/16.
But Blundell and Nicholls resisted playing aggressive shots until the final five over flurry of 46 runs to lift the Blackcaps to a competitive score.
The teams play again in Dhaka on Wednesday night.
20th over - Colin de Grandhomme to bowl the final over.
WICKET - Mustafizur Rahman c sub (DAJ Bracewell) b de Grandhomme 4 FOW 76
Wrapped up with a couple of balls to spare. Mustafizur caught on the boundary by Bracewell and CDG has a wicket.
19th over - Duffy to bowl his last. 0/14 from three.
Two runs from the over. BAN 73/9
18th over - Kuggeleijn back. 0/13 from two.
WICKET - Nasum Ahmed b Kuggeleijn 1 (5b 0x4 0x6) FOW 70/9
Big swing from Nasum but he makes no contact and his castle is rocked back.
Two runs and a wicket from the over. BAN 71/9
17th over - Duffy is back for his third over.
Just three runs from the over. BAN 69/8
16th over - McConchie to bowl his final over.
WICKET - Mohammad Saifuddin lbw b McConchie 8 FOW 66/8
Arm ball and Saifuddin is struck in front and the umpire raises the finger quickly.
Two runs and a wicket from the over. BAN 66/8
15th over - Ajaz Patel to bowl his last - 4/11 from three.
Saifuddin smacks this one down the ground for four. Powerful shot.
Just the five runs from the over. BAN 64/7
14th over - McConchie returns
WICKET - Nurul Hasan c Blundell b McConchie 8 (11b 0x4 0x6) FOW 57/7
Nural looks to launch this out of the ground but he can't get enough on it and Blundell makes good ground and completes a very good running catch.
Two runs and a wicket from the over. BAN 59/7
13th over - 76 from 48 balls the equation. Ravindra to bowl his final over - 1/9.
Four runs from the over - Ravindra ends with 1/13. BAN 57/6
12th over - Kuggeleijn is back - 0/7 from his first over.
Five runs from the over. BAN 53/6
11th over - Ravindra continues - 1/5 from two overs.
Four singles from the over. BAN 48/6
10th over - Ajaz Patel is back - 2/9 from two.
WICKET - Mahmudullah c Nicholls b Patel 3 (7b 0x4 0x6) FOW 43/5
Pressure tells and the skipper holds out at cover trying to force a shot. Well bowled Ajaz.
WICKET - Afif Hossain b Patel 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) FOW 43/6
First ball! Ajaz yorks Afif and hits off stump. Blackcaps getting closer. Patel on a hat-trick.
Hat-trick ball is defended. BAN 44/6
9th over - Ravindra continues.
Just three singles from the over. BAN 42/4
8th over - Scott Kuggeleijn into the attack to bowl his first over.
Seven runs from the over. BAN 39/4
7th over - Rachin Ravindra into the attack.
WICKET - Mohammad Naim b Ravindra 13 (19b 2x4 0x6) FOW 32/4
Bowled him! A quicker one from the youngster and he is right through Naim and he has the scalp.
Two runs and a wicket from the over. BAN 32/4
6th over - Jacob Duffy back in to the attack - 0/8 from his first over.
Dropped! Would have been a screamer. Naim hits to the right of CDG at mid-off and he dives one handed but can't quite hold on. BAN 30/3
5th over - McConchie continues
Just a couple of runs off the over. BAN 28/3
4th over - Ajaz Patel continues.
WICKET - Mahedi Hasan c Nicholls b Patel 1 (4b 0x4 0x6) 24/2
Another horrible shot. Mahedi looked all at sea and then attempts to make a shot out of nothing but hits it straight to Nicholls at mid-wicket.
WICKET - Shakib Al Hasan c McConchie b Patel 0 (2b 0x4 0x6) FOW 25/3
Akaz gets the big one! Shakib plays an even worse shot than the previous two. A disgusting slog goes straight up in the air and McConchie runs in from long off to take the catch. BAN 26/3
3rd over - Cole McConchie - who has been very good in the opening two games is into the attack.
On the sweep is Das and he hits this high to the fine-leg boundary - one bounce for four.
Repeats the shot again and has another four in the same spot.
WICKET - Liton Das lbw b McConchie 15 (11b 3x4 0x6) FOW 23/1
Silly shot. Was in control of the over and looks to sweep hard again but misses and is trapped in front. Horrible batting.
Nine runs and a wicket from the over. BAN 24/1
2nd over - Ajaz Patel to bowl the second over.
Short and wide and Das smokes this one to the point boundary for four.
Seven from the Patel over. BAN 15/0
1st over - Jacon Duffy to open up for the Blackcaps
Three dot balls to start but then a short ball is hammered by Naim to mid-wicket for four and he follows it with a four down the ground. BAN 8/0
Bangladesh Innings
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20th over - Mustafizur to bowl the final over of the innings.
Four for Blundell as plays inside the line of this one and helps the ball past short fine-leg.
Dropped. Leading edge to short third-man and Shakib puts it down running back.
Nicholls has four as he gets an inisde edge on a yorker and it flies along the ground between short fine-leg and the keeper.
Final ball - Blundell scoops behind square but only has one. 128/5 the final score - just short of the par score in Dhaka. 46 runs from the last five overs. 66-run partnership between Blundell and Nicholls rescued the innings.
19th over - 12 balls left - 20 would get New Zealand to close to par at Dhaka. Saifuddin to bowl.
Short and Blundell has four to cow corner and that's a fifty partnership.
Nine runs from the over. NZ 117/5
18th over - Mustafizur is back to bowl his third.
Full and wide and Nicholls goes over the infield on the offside for four to wide mid-on.
Down the ground this time and Nicholls has his second four of the over.
13 from the over. NZ 108/5
17th over - Saifuddin continues.
Last ball of the over and finally Blundell gets one away powering a full toss down the ground for four. NZ 95/5
16th over - Shakib to bowl his last.
Six singles from the over - Shakib ends with 0/24. NZ 88/5
15th over - Mustafizur is back - 1/0 from one over.
Five runs from that over. NZ 82/5
14th over - Shakib continues.
Four runs from the over. NZ 77/5
13th over - Saifuddin is back - 2/6 from one over.
Six singles from the over. NZ 73/5
12th over - Shakib back into the attack - 0/9 from one over.
Five runs from the over. NZ 67/5
11th over - Mahedi continues - 0/26 from three overs.
WICKET - Tom Latham c & b Mahedi Hasan 5 (9b 0x4 0x6) FOW 62/5
Latham down the wicket and check drives straight back to the bowler and the Blackcaps are in deep trouble.
New Zealand has lost 4/16 in the last four overs. NZ 62/5
10th over - Mahmudullah continues.
Four runs for Ravindra as he punches a short one through the cover field.
WICKET - Rachin Ravindra b Mahmudullah 20 (20b 2x4 0x6) FOW 58/4
Ravindra plays over the top of a flighted one and it goes under the bat and hits leg stump.
Seven runs and a wicket from the over. NZ 60/4
9th over - Mahedi back into the attack.
Four from that over. NZ 53/3
8th over - Mahmudullah into the attack.
Three runs from the over. NZ 49/3
7th over - Siafuddin into the attack with his right arm mediums.
Short and on the slot and Young pulls for four with power.
WICKET - Will Young lbw b Mohammad Saifuddin 20 (20b 3x4 0x6) FOW 46/2
Trapped in front. Slower ball acts like an offspinner and comes back in and that's plumb.
WCKET - Colin de Grandhomme lbw b Mohammad Saifuddin 0 (2b 0x4 0x6) FOW 46/3
That's even more plumb. Ugly shot - seriously how is Colin still playing international cricket. Another offspin slower ball hits him in front and de Grandhomme has to go second ball.
Five runs and two wickets from the over and the game has changed. NZ 46/3
6th over - Nasum is back for his second over.
Six from that over. NZ 41/1
5th over - Mahedi is back into the attack.
Three for Ravindra as he slaps one through the offside field.
Ravindra off the back foot punches one through point for four. NZ 35/1
4th over - Shakib Al Hasan into the attack.
Young skips down the wicket and lifts this over mid-wicket for four.
On the sweep this time and has four to deep square leg. NZ 25/1
3rd over - Left-arm seamer Mustafizur into the attack to replace Mahedi.
Wicket-maiden from Mustafizur. NZ 16/1
WICKET - Finn Allen c Mahmudullah b Mustafizur Rahman 15 (10b 3x4 0x6)
First ball and Mustafizur has him. Leading edge as the ball holds on the surface and it floats to midoff who takes a sitter.
2nd over - Nasum Ahmed to open up with his left arm spin.
Short and Allen rocks back and cuts through point for four. NZ 16/0
1st over - As per, Mahedi Hasan to open up for the Tigers.
Finn Allen comes down the wicket and slaps this one down the groud for four.
Allen goes down on one knee and smacks this one behind square on the onside for four. NZ 11/0
New Zealand Innings
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9:40pm - Bangladesh are unchanged.... Jacob Duffy, Scott Kuggeleijn and Finn Allen in for Doug Bracewell, Ben Sears and Hamish Bennett for the Blackcaps.
9:39pm - Team lists:
NZ: 1 Finn Allen, 2 Rachin Ravindra, 3 Will Young, 4 Tom Latham (capt&wk), 5 Colin de Grandhomme, 6 Henry Nicholls, 7 Tom Blundell, 8 Cole McConchie, 9 Scott Kuggeleijn, 10 Jacob Duffy, 11 Ajaz Patel
Bangladesh: 1 Mohammad Naim, 2 Liton Das, 3 Shakib Al Hasan, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim, 5 Mahmudullah (capt), 6 Nurul Hasan (wk), 7 Afif Hossain, 8 Mahedi Hasan, 9 Mohammad Saifuddin, 10 Mustafizur Rahman, 11 Nasum Ahmed
9:37pm - New Zealand has won the toss and will bat first - team lists coming shortly.
Hello folks and welcome to Newshub's live coverage of the third of five T20 internationals between New Zealand and Bangladesh in Dhaka.
The Blackcaps find themselves in must-win territory tonight, but they are coming off the back of a much-improved performance in game two - taking the game to the final ball.
Tom Latham with the bat and Rachin Ravindra with the ball were the standouts for New Zealand and both will play key roles again tonight.
Expect Finn Allen to get a start - possibly for Tom Blundell at the top of the order, while Hamish Bennett and Doug Bracewell were disappointing with the ball in game two, which may see Matt Henry get a run.
First ball from 10pm
TAB odds: Bangladesh $1.47, New Zealand $2.50
