NZ in BAN, 3 ODIs, 2026 Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka

49.6: Taskin Ahmed to Nathan Smith, Full and around off, Nathan Smith drives this to covers for a couple. New Zealand ends up posting 247 for 8 after 50 overs. 

49.5: Taskin Ahmed to Nathan Smith, Good length, on off, Nathan Smith goes for a wild swing of his bat but misses and ends up jamming this around short leg off his pads.

49.5: Taskin Ahmed to Nathan Smith, WIDE! Full and way too wide off the tramline. Free Hit to continue. 

49.5: Taskin Ahmed to Jayden Lennox, NO BALL! Yorker, around leg, Jayden Lennox stays leg side and pushes this to extra cover for a run. The siren goes around signalling that Taskin Ahmed has overstepped. Free Hit to follow. 

49.4: Taskin Ahmed to Nathan Smith, Hard length, on off, Smith punches this to covers and takes a quick single.

49.3: Taskin Ahmed to Jayden Lennox, BYE! Back of a length, around middle and leg, Jayden Lennox misses out on the bat swing and by the time the keeper gathers this the batters cross for a bye.

49.2: Taskin Ahmed to Blair Tickner, OUT! TIMBER! Another slower one from Taskin Ahmed, into the sticks. Blair Tickner swings all around it but fails to get any part of his bat behind the ball. The ball sneaks past the batter and rattles the timber.

49.2: Taskin Ahmed to Blair Tickner, WIDE! Back of the hand, slower one, around off, a bit outside the tramline. Blair Tickner leaves it. Wided.

49.1: Taskin Ahmed to Blair Tickner, Yorker, around off, Blair Tickner gets it away off the inner half of his bat through mid on and takes a brace.

48.6: Nahid Rana to Blair Tickner, Short and around off, Blair Tickner dabs this to deep third and takes one run.

48.5: Nahid Rana to Nathan Smith, On a length, around off, Nathan Smith pushes this to the left of mid off for a single. 

48.4: Nahid Rana to Blair Tickner, BYE! On a length, around off, Blair Tickner looks to hoick this over covers but misses out. The ball goes back to the keeper and the batters cross for a bye. Litton Das gathers this behind the stumps and hits the stumps at the striker's end but Smith has already made his ground by then.

48.3: Nahid Rana to Blair Tickner, Short and wide of off, Blair Tickner looks to play the cut but misses out.

48.2: Nahid Rana to Nathan Smith, Hard length, on middle and off, Nathan Smith hits this high off his bat and rolls this to mid-wicket for a single. 

48.1: Nahid Rana to Blair Tickner, On a length, around middle and leg, Blair Tickner gets it tickled through the square leg region for a run.

47.6: Shoriful Islam to Nathan Smith, Hard length, around leg, Nathan Smith shuffles across the stumps and looks to ramp this over short fine leg but misses out.

47.5: Shoriful Islam to Blair Tickner, Good length and on off, Blair Tickner clears his front foot and looks for a slog but gets it edged onto the pads for a single with the ball rolling to point.

47.4: Shoriful Islam to Blair Tickner, Low full toss, on middle and leg, Blair Tickner tucks this through the mid-wicket region and rotates the strike. This should have been smashed over the fence but it is just a single.

47.3: Shoriful Islam to Nathan Smith, Back of a length, on off, Nathan Smith pulls this to the deep mid-wicket region for a single. 

47.2: Shoriful Islam to Blair Tickner, Good length again, wide of off, Blair Tickner looks to play this off his back foot but gets an inside edge that goes past the off-pole for a single to fine leg.

47.1: Shoriful Islam to Nathan Smith, Good length, on the pads, Nathan Smith tucks this through backward square leg for one run.