Will Young cracks whirlwind ton as New Zealand see off Bangladesh in first ODI

Opener Will Young cracked a rapid century as New Zealand recovered from a dreadful start to beat Bangladesh by 44 runs on Sunday in the rainaffected NZ vs BAN 1st ODIThe match was shortened to 30 overs each after three rain delays to New Zealands innings in Dunedin The home side burst into life in the final stages to post an imposing 2397 Needing an adjusted target of 245 to win the first ODI of the threematch series Bangladesh were restricted to 2009 in a chase that lost momentum New Zealand bounced back after losing two wickets in the games opening over when seamer Shoriful Islam had Rachin Ravindra and Henry Nicholls both caught without scoring A brilliant 171run stand for the third wicket between Young who hit 105 off 84 balls and captain Tom Latham who finished with 92 runs handed the advantage back to the hosts in a match played in overcast conditions throughout Their stand straddled two stoppages which reduced the innings from 46 overs to 40 and then to 30Also ReadDad Bhagwan expecting more English scalps from DeeptiThe pair hit out in brutal fashion over the last 104 overs when the hosts chalked up a remarkable 131 runs Latham fell short of his eighth ODI century bowled by offspinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz but Young forged on to reach three figures for the third time in the 50over format before being run out in the final over Young said his first priority was to steady the innings after its disastrous start Tommy and I set up a nice partnership although it was on and off with the rain Young said We came back on with 10 overs to go and we thought why not have a crack And it came off today It was nice to get a few out of the middle at the end and its the icing on the cake to finish with a win Shoriful was comfortably Bangladeshs best bowler taking 228 off six overs The chase began brightly with opener Anamul Haque reaching 43 supported by Towhid Hridoy 33 and Liton Das 22 who all scored at better than a run a ball However the pursuit tailed off when Afif Hossain fell for a hardhit 38 in the 24th over of the NZ vs BAN 1st ODI with his team still needing 80 runsAlso ReadFivestar Deepti in seventh heavenVisiting captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said the result was very disappointing after Islams early fireworks If wed taken a third wicket it could have been a different ball game said Shanto before singling out the expensive spin bowling of Mehidy and Afif as a weak point I think our fast bowlers bowled really well but our spinners need to learn quickly before the next match New Zealands best bowling figures of 224 were recorded by allrounder Josh Clarkson who made his debut along with seamer William ORourke The remaining games are in Nelson and Napier next week as Bangladesh seek their first ODI win over the Black Caps on New Zealand soil after 17 defeatsWith agency inputs