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Clinical Kiwis blast away Bangladesh

A huge 75-run win for New Zealand gave them the perfect preparation for a tilt at the World T20 semi-finals

The match in a tweet: Mustafizur magic cuts through Kiwis for five but Black Caps blast Bangladesh bats away for emphatic 75-run win to end Super 10s

The hero: The beauty of this New Zealand team is the sum of the whole is greater than the individual parts. There's no hero, they're at their best when they're equals. It's not a new concept for this Black Caps side forged in Brendon McCullum's image and now carrying on the legacy under Kane Williamson. The heir to McCullum's throne was the man of the match for his top score of 42, but the prize could just have easily gone to Grant Elliott, who picked up three wickets for a measly 12 runs in four overs, or leg-spinner Ish Sodhi who added another three Bangladesh scalps.

The moment: New Zealand had just lost Kane Williamson and, while not exactly teetering, had reason to pause to consider their position at 2-57 after nine overs. The very next ball, delivered by Shakhib Al Hasan, pitched on middle, straightened and hit Colin Munro in the middle of his front pad and would have gone on to hit the middle of middle stump. Amazingly, it was given not out. It may not have stalled New Zealand's momentum, or prevented them from posting a winning score, but it could well have imbued the Bangladeshi's with some confidence and put New Zealand into a more cautious rebuilding mode. Regardless, the simple fact is such elementary umpiring errors are not welcome, nor should be present, on the international stage.

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The consolation effort: Mustafizur Rahman provided further evidence he is the real deal with an accomplished display of seam bowling that belied his tender age of 20 years. Kane Williamson acknowledged after the match Mustafizur was a quality seamer and he got a first-hand account of it, worked over in three balls of the highest quality. Cutters and changes of pace made the Black Caps best batsman look like he was just starting rather than a man on 42. And when Williamson walked across to try and put the bowler off his line, Mustafizur did to Williamson what Pakistan must wish Wahab had done to Smith, and aimed straight and full to rattle the woodwork.

When all was said and done, Mustafizur had five wickets and the tournament's best return. Unlike James Faulkner's five wicket haul the night before which was, by the Tasmanian's own admission a touch lucky owing more to batsman errors than bowling, Mustafizur's were great bowling as he regularly found the top of off stump