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    "title": "New Zealand beat Bangladesh, remain unbeaten in World Cup",
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    "excerpt": "Hamilton, March 13 (IANS) New Zealand romped home to a three-wicket win to remain unbeaten in the 2015 cricket World Cup but not before being tested",
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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Hamilton, March 13 (IANS) New Zealand romped home to a three-wicket win to remain unbeaten in the 2015 cricket World Cup but not before being tested and challenged by a spirited Bangladesh in a Pool A encounter at Seddon Park here on Friday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Guided by Mahmudullah&#39;s unbeaten 128, Bangladesh put up a challenging 288\/7 in 50 overs at the small ground. In reply, the co-hosts reached home with seven balls to spare with opener Martin Guptill (105) scoring a century to help his side make it six wins in as many matches so far at the quadrennial event.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Defending 289, Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan (4\/55) clicked in the fifth over to pick Kiwi skipper Brendon McCullum (8) and explosive batsman Kane Williamson (1) in a span of four balls. At this point, the Asian side were on top and a couple of more wickets would have totally turned the match in favour of Bangladesh.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">However, Guptill and experienced Ross Taylor (56) stuck it out in the middle to put up a third-wicket 131-run stand which effectively took away the game from Bangladesh. In the process, Taylor became the fourth New Zealander to score more than 5,000 ODI runs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Opener Guptill scored his sixth One-Day International (ODI) hundred which was studded with 11 boundaries and two sixes. While Guptill kept his strike rate well above run-a-ball, Taylor played a patient knock of 97-balls which included five boundaries.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Bangladesh clinched four more wickets after New Zealand crossed the 200-run mark but important knocks of 39 runs each from Grand Elliot and Corey Anderson kept the match in Kiwi hands.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">In the end Daniel Vettori (16 not out) and Tim Southee (12 not out) played a 21-run eighth-wicket stand to see the Black Caps home before they play their quarterfinal against an undecided Pool B team at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington on March 21.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Earlier, a brilliant unbeaten century by Mahmudullah (128) guided Bangladesh to post an impressive total in their final pool match.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Fresh from their historic victory against England, Bangladesh became the first side in the tournament to not be bowled out by the co-hosts as they put up the highest total by a side against New Zealand in this World Cup.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Put in to bat, Bangladesh did not start well and were struggling at 4\/0 at the end of the fifth over. Kiwi pacers Tim Southee (0\/51) and Trent Boult (2\/56) were in their elements as they swung the new ball and beat the batsmen at will, also notching four maidens.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The Asian team had more to bother about when they lost both their openers (27\/2), going down to Boult, by the 10th over. Boult is now the highest wicket-taker of the World Cup with 15.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">However, Soumya Sarkar (51) and Mahmudullah struck an important 90-run third-wicket partnership to revive the Bangladeshi innings. The 22-year-old Sarkar scored his maiden half-century in only his sixth ODI.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Following the wicket of Sarkar, all-rounder Shakib (23) and wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim (15) scored small cameos which kept the innings going with Mahmudullah at the other end. Shakib and Mushfiqur gave away their wickets to left-arm pacer Anderson (2\/43), which brought in Sabbir Rahman (40).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">At 182\/5, Madmudullah and Sabbir put up a significant 78-run sixth-wicket partnership to take Bangladesh well past the 250-run mark, the first time it has been done by a team against New Zealand in the World Cup.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Mahmudullah continued his fluent innings at the other end. The all-rounder, who scored a match-winning hundred against England on Monday, scored a successive century to give Bangladesh a chance to beat their formidable hosts. The right-arm bat smashed 12 boundaries and three sixes in his 123-ball innings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Unless Scotland defeat Australia by a huge margin in the last Pool A game on Saturday, Bangladesh will take on Pool B toppers India in the quarterfinals at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on March 19.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Brief scores: Bangladesh 288\/7 in 50 overs (Mahmudullah 128 not out, Soumya Sarkar 51, Sabbir Rahman 40; Grand Elliot 2\/27, Corey Anderson 2\/43, Trent Boult 2\/56) lost to New Zealand 290\/7 in 48.5 overs (Martin Guptill 105, Ross Taylor 56; Shakib Al Hasan 4\/55, Nasir Hossain 2\/32).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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