Bangladesh vs New Zealand, 5th T20I at Dhaka, BDESH v NZ, Sep 10 2021 - Ball by Ball Commentary

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Mahmudullah, the Bangladesh captain: "Would've liked to win today but I think New Zealand batted really well, we didn't chase well but happy to win the series. I think bowlers did quite well, but didn't finish well enough in the end. Spinners bowled really well. Shoriful got two early wickets and gave us the momentum. With the chase, we didn't start well enough. Afif and I tried to build a partnership but their bowlers executed really well. Last three series we've played some good cricket to win all of them, it's a big boost. Hopefully when we get to the World Cup, we'll regroup and start winning games there."

Tom Latham, the New Zealand captain, is the Player of the Match: "Great to finish this leg of the tour on a high. The way we were able to piece it all together was [pleasing]. We put up close to a perfect performance, took all the learnings from the previous games. This was a good surface, platform set by the openers meant we were able to take our tine in the middle and cash in at the back end. We managed to finish well. Our bowlers have been fantastic all series, nice we're able to finish on a high and can hopefully take some momentum into the Pakistan series. Nice to spend time at the crease, haven't played a lot of T20 cricket, to fight it out in these conditions was nice."

Latham will also share the Player of the Series award with Bangladesh left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed.

7.30pm New Zealand would look back at the 2nd T20I as the one that got away. They lost that one by four runs. Had they held their nerve, who knows. That said, this ain't a bad result for a young side on surfaces that have been quite challenging. In fact today's surface was the best one for batting by a country mile, and they showed the way.

Not all's lost for Bangladesh. They've shown how dangerous they can be if conditions spin. It's very likely they'll find a few surfaces that suit them in UAE come the T20 World Cup. Afif Hossain made a good fist of the chase this evening, but he needed someone to back him through, unfortunately they didn't have anyone at the other end.

7.25pm Excellent from New Zealand right through the 40 overs. They got an excellent start upfront with the openers putting together a half-century stand, then the momentum was carried forward by the skipper Latham who made his second fifty of the series to set up an excellent total. With the ball, Ajaz Patel and their pacers stuck to their guns and sustained pressure throughout to nip one in the bud.