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New Zealand won by 7 wickets
they will no doubt believe they gave Bangladesh 30-50 runs more
than they should've in the end, lengthening their chase
considerably, which was done pretty safely throughout, but there
were stuttery periods where runs didn't exactly flow off the bat
all five batsmen used got starts and made contributions, McMillan
leading the way, 'born again' as an opening batsman to fill a role
in South Africa, smacking 75 off 83 balls in typical belligerent
fashion, being rather inventive at times, though
ultimately it also caused his downfall in less-than-glamorous style
Fleming looked very classy again, following on from his epic ton
against South Africa, but attempted an inexplicable stroke, and
though replays show it is hard to tell whether he was caught
directly off the knee or there was a little underedge first, he
paid the price and had to depart, Adams came in and played a handy
little cameo before Styris and Cairns came together to do the
final damage
not much to talk about in terms of the Bangladesh bowling, except
for Khaled Mahmud, who bowled his 10 overs straight, being very
hard to get away, mixing up his pace and taking all three wickets
to fall, an impressive performance given his side and
fellow bowlers were on a hiding to nothing once New Zealand made a
safe start and an upset wasn't really on the cards any more
time for the presentations, and it should be a toss-up for Man of
the Match between Shane Bond and Craig McMillan today
and for his punishing knock of 75 from 83 deliveries, match referee
Mike Procter awards it to Craig McMillan
that concludes our coverage of today's match at the De Beers
Diamond Oval in Kimberley, we hope you enjoyed it
please join us again for continuing ball-by-ball coverage of the
World Cup, as Pool B (and Pool A!) comes to a thrilling conclusion
in the next week
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