New Zealand vs Bangladesh

Bangladesh tour of New Zealand

Dec 31, 2016 – 3rd ODI at Saxton Oval, Nelson
Match scheduled to begin at 11:00 local time (22:00 GMT -1d | 03:00 PST | 03:30 IST | 04:00 BST)

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Can the visitors fight back to prevent a 0-3 clean sweep?

New Zealand have the three-match ODI series in the bag as they beat Bangladesh by 67 runs in the second one-dayer at Nelson. The third and the final one-day international is now nothing more than a dead heat which is scheduled to be played on December 31 at the Saxton Oval – the same venue where the last game was played. New Zealand vs Bangladesh Live action begins at 11 AM local time.

Toss

The 300-run mark has been crossed on four occasions in the seven completed ODIs at the Saxton Oval. The wicket was good for batting here in the last match (New Zealand vs Bangladesh) but as was expected, it also provided movement for the seam bowlers. The pitch is likely to remain the same for this game (New Zealand vs Bangladesh) and going by the past records, the toss-winning team might still want to bat second. Bangladesh have struggled with their chases so far on this tour which makes New Zealand a valuable betting choice if they bat first.

New Zealand Squad
KS Williamson*, TA Boult, NT Broom, C de Grandhomme, LH Ferguson, MJ Guptill, MJ Henry, TWM Latham, C Munro, JDS Neesham, L Ronchi†, MJ Santner, TG Southee

Bangladesh Squad
Mashrafe Mortaza*, Shakib Al Hasan, Imrul Kayes, Mahmudullah, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Mosaddek Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahim†, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Soumya Sarkar, Subashis Roy, Tamim Iqbal, Tanbir Hayder, Taskin Ahmed, Nurul Hasan†

New Zealand

Team News

There is no news of any player in New Zealand's camp suffering from injury as of now. The team is in good physical condition and no changes have been reported to be made in their playing eleven for this match.

Key Players

Tom Latham and Neil Broom – the two centurions of the first and the second ODI respectively – are important members in the Kiwi batting lineup. Kane Williamson is due for a big one and we predict him to make the most runs in this match. Tim Southee and Trent Boult shared four wickets between them in the last game and they will continue to create problems for the Bangladeshi batsmen.

Recent Form

New Zealand have been very impressive in 50-overs cricket at home this year with seven wins from eight matches. Their bowlers are in good form which is evident from their performance in the first two games where they dismissed Bangladesh before the completion of 50 overs.

New Zealand Predicted XI

MJ Guptill, TWM Latham, KS Williamson (c), NT Broom, JDS Neesham, C Munro, L Ronchi (wk), MJ Santner, TG Southee, LH Ferguson and TA Boult

Bangladesh

Team News

Wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has been ruled out of the remainder of the tour due to a hamstring injury. Nurul Hasan who took the wicket-keeping gloves over from him in the second ODI will retain his place for the third one.

Key Players

Imrul Kayes hit 59 in the last match. He seemed to be the most comfortable of all their batsmen in these conditions and the team will want him to contribute alongside Tamim Iqbal who has been kept quiet so far. With three wickets in the first game and two in the next, it is Shakib Al Hasan who has troubled New Zealand the most and we predict the spinner to finish with the best bowling figures on Saturday.

Recent Form

Bangladesh's problem of failing to win overseas continues. They have lost yet another ODI series in New Zealand despite their batsmen doing well in the first game and their bowlers restricting the hosts to a gettable 251 in the second.

Bangladesh Predicted XI

Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Mustafizur Rahman, Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan, Nurul Hasan (wk), Sabbir Rahman, Mosaddek Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Taskin Ahmed and Tanvir Hayder

NZ vs Ban Head-to-Head in ODIs

Of the 27 ODIs between the two teams till date, New Zealand have won 19 while Bangladesh have won 8. This will be just the second time when they face each other at the Saxton Oval on Saturday. The hosts won the first match here by 67 runs.

NZ vs Ban 3rd ODI Prediction

New Zealand have now won three out of the four ODIs they have played at the Saxton Oval and it is proving out to be quite a good hunting ground for them. Bangladesh will be left heart-broken after they squandered a fine opportunity to level the series in the second ODI. Chasing 251, the tourists were well on course at 105-2 in the 23rd over before the Kiwi bowlers triggered a dramatic collapse. Bangladesh struggled big time with the bat on this pitch and unless they don't show a major improvement on Saturday, we don't see them prevent a 0-3 series whitewash.

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