Young Hits Century As New Zealand Beat Bangladesh In First ODI

Opener Will Young cracked a rapid century as New Zealand recovered from a dreadful start to beat Bangladesh by 44 runs on Sunday in the rain-affected first one-day international. Bangladesh vs New Zea

Latham fell short of his eighth ODI century, bowled by offspinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz, but Young forged on to reach three figures for the third time in the 50-over format before being run out in the final over.

Shoriful was comfortably Bangladesh's best bowler, taking 2-28 off six overs.

The chase began brightly, with opener Anamul Haque reaching 43, supported by Towhid Hridoy (33) and Liton Das (22), who all scored at better than a run-a-ball.

However, the pursuit tailed off when Afif Hossain fell for a hard-hit 38 in the 24th over, with his team still needing 80 runs.

New Zealand's best bowling figures of 2-24 were recorded by allrounder Josh Clarkson, who made his debut along with seamer William O'Rourke.

The remaining games are in Nelson and Napier next week as Bangladesh seek their first ODI win over the Black Caps on New Zealand soil after 17 defeats.