Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, on 26,27,28,29 December 2001 (5-day match)

Result New Zealand won by an innings and 74 runs

Toss New Zealand, who chose to field first
Series New Zealand won the 2-match series 2-0

Player of the match CD McMillan (New Zealand)

Umpires BF Bowden and DJ Harper (Australia)
TV umpire DM Quested
Match referee BN Jarman (Australia)

Close of play
26 Dec day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 72/0 (MH Richardson 38*, MJ Horne 30*, 24 ov)
27 Dec day 2 - no play
28 Dec day 3 - Bangladesh 2nd innings 67/5 (Sanwar Hossain 4*, Khaled Mahmud 0*, 24 ov)
29 Dec day 4 - Bangladesh 2nd innings 135 (41 ov) - end of match

• 12th men: CS Martin (New Zealand) and Fahim Muntasir (Bangladesh).
• Reserve Umpire: D Ellwood
• Scorers: I Smith and C Styles.

• Day 1
• Lunch: Bangladesh 60/3 (Aminul Islam 22*, Mohammad Ashraful 6*; 28 overs)
• Tea: Bangladesh 118/8 (Khaled Mashud 4*; 59 overs)
• Bangladesh 1st innings:
• 50 in 106 minutes, from 150 balls;
• 100 in 199 minutes, from 302 balls.
• Partnerships:
• 1st wicket (Javed Omar/Al Sahariar): 0 in 8 minutes, from 13 balls;
• 2nd wicket (Al Sahariar/Habibul Bashar): 6 in 4 minutes, from 5 balls;
• 3rd wicket (Al Sahariar/Aminul Islam): 43 in 86 minutes, from 126 balls;
• 4th wicket (Aminul Islam/Mohammad Ashraful): 32 in 54 minutes, from 90 balls;
• 5th wicket (Aminul Islam/Sanwar Hossain): 11 in 33 minutes, from 53 balls;
• 6th wicket (Sanwar Hossain/Khaled Mahmud): 16 in 25 minutes, from 41 balls;
• 7th wicket (Khaled Mahmud/Khaled Mashud): 6 in 13 minutes, from 20 balls;
• 8th wicket (Khaled Mashud/Hasibul Hossain): 4 in 8 minutes, from 14 balls;
• 9th wicket (Khaled Mashud/Manjural Islam): 1 in 3 minutes, from 6 balls;
• 10th wicket (Khaled Mashud/Mashrafe Mortaza): 13 in 13 minutes, from 24 balls.
• Runs per hour:
• 1st - 26 (13.3 overs);
• 2nd - 34 (14.3 overs);
• 3rd - 29 (17 overs);
• 4th - 30 (14.3 overs).
• Innings bowling spells:
• CL Cairns: 6-2-13-2, 7-3-11-1, 2-2-0-0;
• SE Bond: 3-2-1-0, 5-1-12-0, 5-1-8-1;
• CJ Drum: 4-1-7-0, 3-0-9-0, 4-0-10-2;
• DL Vettori: 25-6-57-2.
• New Zealand 1st innings:
• 50 in 73 minutes, from 92 balls.
• 1st wicket partnership (Richardson/Horne):
• 50 in 73 minutes, from 92 balls.
• Runs per hour:
• 1st - 29 (12.3 overs).

• Day 3
• Start of play delayed until 1pm. Revised to a minimum of 90 overs to be bowled.
• Lunch: New Zealand 117/1 (Richardson 69*, Vincent 3*; 39 overs)
• Tea: New Zealand 278/3 (Fleming 57*, McMillan 68*; 77 overs)
• New Zealand 1st innings:
• 100 in 133 minutes, from 183 balls;
• 150 in 216 minutes, from 311 balls;
• 200 in 265 minutes, from 379 balls;
• 250 in 300 minutes, from 432 balls;
• 300 in 349 minutes, from 506 balls.
• 1st wicket partnership (Richardson/Horne):
• 100 in 133 minutes, from 183 balls.
• 4th wicket partnership (Fleming/McMillan):
• 50 in 43 minutes, from 57 balls;
• 100 in 77 minutes, from 111 balls.
• 6th wicket partnership (Sinclair/Cairns):
• 50 in 32 minutes, from 47 balls.
• MH Richardson:
• 50 in 125 minutes, from 95 balls,
• SP Fleming:
• 50 in 100 minutes, from 75 balls,
• CD McMillan:
• 50 in 64 minutes, from 42 balls,
• Partnerships:
• 1st wicket (Richardson/Horne): 104 in 142 minutes, from 197 balls;
• 2nd wicket (Richardson/Vincent): 44 in 67 minutes, from 109 balls;
• 3rd wicket (Vincent/Fleming): 5 in 14 minutes, from 20 balls;
• 4th wicket (Fleming/McMillan): 130 in 100 minutes, from 149 balls;
• 5th wicket (Fleming/Sinclair): 2 in 3 minutes, from 3 balls;
• 6th wicket (Sinclair/Cairns): 56 in 36 minutes, from 53 balls.
• Runs per hour:
• 2nd - 58 (14.3 overs);
• 3rd - 35 (15.3 overs);
• 4th - 47 (14.3 overs);
• 5th - 81 (14.3 overs);
• 6th - 75 (14.3 overs).
• Innings bowling spells:
• Mashrafe Mortaza: 5-1-12-0, 2-0-5-0, 4-0-19-0, 4-0-12-1, 1-0-9-0;
• Manjural Islam: 7-2-18-0, 3-1-3-0, 3-1-11-0, 4-1-10-1, 6-0-25-0, 6-0-32-2;
• Hasibul Hossain: 4-0-24-0, 8-2-14-1, 9-1-50-0;
• Aminul Islam: 3-0-7-0, 4-0-30-0;
• Khaled Mahmud: 10-2-24-0, 2-0-18-0;
• Mohammad Ashraful: 3-0-11-0.
• New ball taken after 80 overs (New Zealand 291/5; Sinclair 6*, Cairns 1*)
• Bangladesh 2nd innings:
• 50 in 65 minutes, from 103 balls.
• Partnerships:
• 1st wicket (Javed Omar/Al Sahariar): 5 in 14 minutes, from 24 balls;
• 2nd wicket (Javed Omar/Habibul Bashar): 23 in 24 minutes, from 39 balls;
• 3rd wicket (Habibul Bashar/Aminul Islam): 13 in 17 minutes, from 29 balls;
• 4th wicket (Habibul Bashar/Mohammad Ashraful): 21 in 15 minutes, from 24 balls;
• 5th wicket (Mohammad Ashraful/Sanwar Hossain): 2 in 8 minutes, from 13 balls.
• Runs per hour:
• 1st - 44 (15.3 overs);

• Day 4
• Bangladesh 2nd innings:
• 100 in 143 minutes, from 224 balls.
• Partnerships:
• 6th wicket (Sanwar Hossain/Khaled Mahmud): 11 in 15 minutes, from 24 balls;
• 7th wicket (Sanwar Hossain/Khaled Mashud): 4 in 14 minutes, from 23 balls;
• 8th wicket (Khaled Mashud/Hasibul Hossain): 7 in 15 minutes, from 28 balls;
• 9th wicket (Khaled Mashud/Mashrafe Mortaza): 49 in 28 minutes, from 44 balls;
• 10th wicket (Khaled Mashud/Manjural Islam): 0 in 1 minute, from 1 ball.
• Runs per hour:
• 2nd - 39 (15 overs).
• Innings bowling spells:
• CL Cairns: 5-1-22-0, 1-0-5-2;
• SE Bond: 3-2-1-1, 4-0-12-2, 8-3-41-1;
• DL Vettori: 17-8-38-2;
• CJ Drum: 3-0-9-1.