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Bangladesh win toss, put kiwis in to bat

Saturday, 11 October, 2008

Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful won the toss and sent New Zealand in to bat in the second one-day international at Shere Bangla National Stadium.

The home team stunned New Zealand in the first match on Thursday, winning by seven wickets to go 1-0 up in the three-match series.

Bangladesh have kept the same side which won the team's first-ever match against New Zealand, while the visitors have brought in off-spinner Jeetan Patel for paceman Mark Gillespie.

The third and final match is in Chittagong on Tuesday.

Teams:

Bangladesh: Mohammad Ashraful (capt), Tamim Iqbal, Zunaed Siddique, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, Shahadat Hossain, Syed Rasel, Mahmud Ullah Riyad, Naeem Islam

New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (captain), Daniel Flynn, Jamie How, Brendon McCullum, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Jesse Ryder, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, Jeetan Patel

Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS) and Nadir Shah (BAN)

TV umpire: Akhtaruddin

Match referee: Javagal Srinath (IND)


Source: AAP