Colin Munro belter steers New Zealand to victory

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The tourists, who drew the two-match Test series before being whitewashed 3-0 in the ODIs, earned their first victory of the tour in Mirpur on Wednesday, with Munro taking centre stage.

His superb knock came from just 39 deliveries, while opener Anton Devcich scored a quick-fire 59 as New Zealand reached 5-204 from their 20 overs.

Mushfiqur Rahim's half-century threatened a comeback for Bangladesh, but Tim Southee finished with figures of 3-38 from his four overs as the hosts could only reach 9-189 in reply.

New Zealand stormed to 73 without loss, before Hamish Rutherford (17) looked to launch Sohag Gazi over long-on only to see Nasir Hossain safely take the catch, before Devcich's entertaining knock ended in the 10th over when he top-edged Abdur Razzak to Shamsur Rahman.

There was little else for Bangladesh to celebrate, however, as Munro regularly found the boundary with three fours and five sixes.

It took until the 18th over for another wicket to fall, with Ross Taylor (28) edging to Naeem Islam at cover from the delivery of Ziaur Rahman, before Al-Amin Hossain accounted for the wickets of Corey Anderson (18) and Luke Ronchi (0) in the final few deliveries.

Bangladesh's response started in poor fashion with their top three batsmen all failing to score over 10.

Southee claimed the wickets of openers Shamsur Rahman (4) and Ziaur Rahman (6) in the first over, before in the second Mominul Haque (9) top-edged Mitchell McClenaghan to Kyle Mills at mid-on.

Naeem (18) failed to add meaningful runs, but Mushfiqur's 50 from 29 deliveries steadied the innings, before his resistance was curtailed when he heaved Anderson's delivery to Taylor at midwicket in the 11th over to leave Bangladesh on 116-5.

Nasir (28) fell in the next over, but respective knocks of 34 and 24 from Mahmudullah and Sohag Gazi set up an intriguing finale.

New Zealand safely saw off the danger, however, with Gazi falling to a superb run-out from Nathan McCullum, before Mahmudallah succumbed to Anderson's delivery with Taylor taking the catch at long-on.

Razak was the last to fall in the final over the day when he was bowled by Southee, as Bangladesh fell short in their chase.

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