Captain Tom Latham drove from the front with an unbeaten century as New Zealand beat Bangladesh by five wickets in the second one-dayer on Tuesday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.Half-hundreds of years from Tamim Iqbal and Mohammad Mithun had controlled Bangladesh to 271-6 in the wake of being placed into bat at Christchurch’s Hagley Oval.
New Zealand wobbled right off the bat in their pursuit however Latham’s 110 not out, his fifth ODI century, helped the hosts arrive at the objective with 10 balls to save.
There was a snapshot of debate when Kyle Jamieson took a return get from Tamim on 34, with the batsman given out.
Television umpire Chris Gaffaney overruled the ‘delicate sign’ because while the catch was taken neatly Jamieson was not in unlimited oversight of the ball as he tumbled to the ground and ball touched the pitch.
Packaged out for 131 in the Dunedin opener, which New Zealand won by eight wickets, the sightseers required an improved batting show to remain alive in the three-match arrangement.
Captain Tamim showed others how its done, scoring 78 preceding being run out. Mushfiqur Rahim had guarded a ball from Jimmy Neesham before the batsmen chose to take a solitary.
Neesham had no an ideal opportunity to stoop and get the ball, so he kicked it onto the stumps with Tamim shy of his ground.
Mithun, who crushed 73 not out off 57 balls, furnished the late flood with his smart shotmaking.
New Zealand started energetically however drooped to 53-3 in the eleventh over.
Latham raised 113 runs with Devon Conway (72) to quiet the nerves in the New Zealand changing area.
Tamim sent back Conway with an immediate hit however Latham waited till the finish to mold their second progressive triumph.
The third and last ODI will be played in Wellington on Friday.
