It was final New Zealand outing before the Cricket World Cup and players were desperate to impress coach Gary Stead even though the fixture was a dead rubber. Paceman Tim Southee, overlooked in New Zealand's past six ODIs, took six for 65 to guarantee himself almost certainly a berth at the tournament.
Henry Nicholls looks to have secured an opening batting slot with a sparkling 64, but out-of-form rival Colin Munro was dismissed for eight.
"Henry's shown he's a versatile player for us... he's a key component of our batting line-up," Black Caps coach Gary Stead said, adding that Munro might make the trip as injury cover.
Ross Taylor became New Zealand's highest-scoring one-day international batsman as his 69 off 81 balls took him past 8,000 runs in th 50-over format. His 47th ODI half-century saw Taylor reach 8,026 runs, overtaking Stephen Fleming's previous record of 8,007. The 34-year-old, who made his ODI debut in 2006, reached his milestone in 203 innings with a superb average of 48.34.
Scoreboard
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New Zealand
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M. Guptill c Iqbal b Saifuddin 29
C. Munro lbw Mortaza 8
H. Nicholls c Iqbal b Hasan 64
R. Taylor c Mamdullah b Rubel 69
T. Latham c Sarkar b Rahman 59
J. Neesham b Rahman 37
C. de Grandhomme not out 37
M. Santner not out 16
Extras: (lb 3, nb 2, w 6) 11
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Total: (for 6 wkts; 50 overs) 330
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Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Munro), 2-59 (Guptill), 3-151 (Nicholls), 4-206 (Taylor), 5-271 (Neesham), 6-284 (Latham)
Bowling: Mashrafe Mortaza 10-1-51-1, Mustafizur Rahman 10-0-93-2 (3w, 1nb), Rubel Hossain 9-0-64-1 (1nb), Mohammad Saifuddin 10-0-48-1, Mehidy Hasan 9-0-43-1 (1w), Mahmudullah 2-0-28-0 (2w)
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Bangladesh
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T. Iqbal c Latham b Southee 0
L. Das lbw Southee 1
S. Sarkar b Southee 0
M Rahim c Munro b Boult 17
Mahmudullah c Munro b de Grandhomme 16
S. Rahman c and b Southee 102
M. Saifuddin c Guptill b Boult 44
M. Mortaza c Boult b Southee 2
M. Hasan c Guptill b Southee 37
R. Hossain run out (Santner/Southee) 3
M. Rahman not out 0
Extras: (lb 2, w 18) 20
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Total: (all out; 47.2 overs) 242
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Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Iqbal), 2-1 (Sarkar), 3-2 (Das), 4-40 (Rahim), 5-61 (Mahmudullah), 6-162 (Saifuddin), 7-170 (Mortaza), 8-237 (Hasan), 9-242 (Hossain), 10-242 (S.Rahman)
Bowling: Southee 9.2-1-65-6 (11w), Boult 9-1-37-1 (2w), de Grandhomme 5-0-18-1 (2w), Ferguson 10-0-50-0 (3w), Santner 10-2-46-0, Neesham 4-0-24-0
Toss: Bangladesh
Result: New Zealand win by 88 runs
Man of the match: Tim Southee
Series: New Zealand win 3-0
Umpires: Wayne Knights (NZL), Sundaram Ravi (IND)
TV umpire: Marais Erasmus (RSA)
Match referee: Steve Bernard (AUS)