T20: NZ manages a 52-run win over Bangladesh

Left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel claimed a career-best 4-16 as New Zealand kept alive its Twenty20 series against Bangladesh with a thumping 52-run victory in the third game on Sunday.

Off-spinner Cole McConchie (3-15) and left-arm spinner Rachin Ravindra (1-13) also played their part in dismissing Bangladesh for only 76 in 19.4 overs after New Zealand had recovered from 62-5 to a total of 128-5 on a slow surface.

It was Bangladesh’s joint second-lowest total in this format. New Zealand’s Henry Nicholls and Tom Blundell shared 66 runs for the unbeaten sixth wicket. Nicholls was not out on 36 off 29 deliveries with Blundell on a run-a-ball 30. Bangladesh now leads the series 2-1. Bangladesh won the first T20 by seven wickets and the second match by four runs. The fourth game is on Wednesday.

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