AFP, Hamilton :
Five match facts for Friday’s World Cup Pool A match between New Zealand and Bangladesh at Seddon Park, Hamilton (14:00 local/0100 GMT):
– After losing 16 of their first 17 one-day internationals against New
Zealand, Bangladesh have won all of the last seven completed meetings.
– Two of Bangladesh’s three highest World Cup scores came against England (Mahmudullah’s 103 and Mushfiqur Rahim’s 89).
– Against Afghanistan, Daniel Vettori (33) jumped ahead of Shane Bond, Tim
Southee and Chris Harris into second place on the list of leading World Cup wicket-takers for New Zealand. He needs four more wickets to pass Jacob Oram (36) at the top of the list.
– Four wickets would also see Vettori pass Kyle Mills as the leading
wicket-taker in ODIs between these teams.
– Three of New Zealand’s seven best bowling figures in World Cups have come in this tournament.
