Oram onslaught knocks Bangladesh out
Saturday, 6 February 2010
(New Zealand 336 for 9 (Oram 83, Broom 71, Ingram 69, Taylor 51) beat Bangladesh 190 (Tamim 62, Vettori 3 for 33) by 146 runs)
A devastating 83 off 40 deliveries from Jacob Oram set up an emphatic 146-run victory for New Zealand at McLean Park in Napier, giving the hosts a 1-0 lead in the three-match series against Bangladesh, reports cricinfo.com.
New Zealand were pegged back to 232 for 6 after 43 overs on a placid pitch by a much improved Bangladesh attack, before the batting Powerplay transformed what might have been an average total into a daunting one. New Zealand pillaged 82 runs for the loss of a solitary wicket during those, elevating the total to a match-winning 336 for 9.
Oram cashed in on unimpressive death bowling, clobbering the ball to all corners of the ground with nonchalance and a brutal style reminiscent of the early part of his career. Ably supported by Neil Broom, who chipped in with a well-paced 71 after being dropped by Mushfiqur Rahim on 26, Oram dispatched even the slightest errors in length to the boundary with domineering ferocity. Scoring heavily over long off and midwicket, Oram and Broom added 123 for the seventh wicket, a New Zealand record, off just 67 balls. The pressure told on the Bangladesh bowlers, who resorted to bowling wide outside the off stump in an effort to minimise the number of boundaries. But Oram continued his onslaught before finally being cleaned up by Shafiul Islam in the last over of the innings.
A devastating 83 off 40 deliveries from Jacob Oram set up an emphatic 146-run victory for New Zealand at McLean Park in Napier, giving the hosts a 1-0 lead in the three-match series against Bangladesh, reports cricinfo.com.
New Zealand were pegged back to 232 for 6 after 43 overs on a placid pitch by a much improved Bangladesh attack, before the batting Powerplay transformed what might have been an average total into a daunting one. New Zealand pillaged 82 runs for the loss of a solitary wicket during those, elevating the total to a match-winning 336 for 9.
Oram cashed in on unimpressive death bowling, clobbering the ball to all corners of the ground with nonchalance and a brutal style reminiscent of the early part of his career. Ably supported by Neil Broom, who chipped in with a well-paced 71 after being dropped by Mushfiqur Rahim on 26, Oram dispatched even the slightest errors in length to the boundary with domineering ferocity. Scoring heavily over long off and midwicket, Oram and Broom added 123 for the seventh wicket, a New Zealand record, off just 67 balls. The pressure told on the Bangladesh bowlers, who resorted to bowling wide outside the off stump in an effort to minimise the number of boundaries. But Oram continued his onslaught before finally being cleaned up by Shafiul Islam in the last over of the innings.