So that's it from Pallekele but fear not sports fans for England v Afghanistan is coming up, well, pretty much now actually, head over to follow my colleague, Monty Gardner's, coverage of the defending champions' opening match from Colombo. But from me, it's bye for now, see you soon...
Presentation time then. "After winning the toss we bowled well in the first few overs", says the losing captain Mushfiqur Rahim, "But McCullum, even when he doesn't hit the ball well it's still going for six. We'll look at our strengths and come up with a new strategy for the next game."
"When you have someone score a century in T20 you're always in the box seat," Ross Taylor says. "The wicket nipped around early on and seemed to zip on a little bit under the lights. We've still got things to work on but hopefully this will give us momentum."
And the Man of the Match, believe it or not, is Brendon McCullum for his 53-ball 123, and what entertainment he provided.
So a nondescript end to an innings that never got going at all chasing such a large target. New Zealand winning by 59 runs mostly thanks to Brendon McCullum's superb century. He struck the ball so beautifully and became the first man to make two T20 international centuries, setting his side up for a big win. They were nothing more than workmanlike with the ball, knowing they had plenty on the board, Bangladesh lost early wickets and that killed any remote hope they had even before the chase started really. Only victory against Pakistan will do now to give Bangladesh any hope of going through. New Zealand's passage is almost assured already...