Shamsur Star as B'desh Clearsweep

Fatullah: Shamsur Rahman scored 96 and Naeem Islam made 63 to help Bangladesh win the third and final ODI by four wickets and the series 3-0 against New Zealand on Sunday.

Chasing a target of 308 to win, Nasir Hossain added 44 not out as Bangladesh eased to victory by scoring 309-6 with four balls to spare. Mominul Haque contributed 32.

Mitchell McClenaghan finished with 2-69.

Shamsur Rahman (96) helps in Bangladesh beat New Zealand by four wickets in 3rd ODI and final one-day international on Sunday., completes 3-0 cleansweep.

Earlier, New Zealand's Ross Taylor hit his eighth one-day century, including three successive sixes, to power the tourists to 307/5.

Taylor remained unbeaten on 107 while Colin Munro made 85 as New Zealand posted their highest total in the three-match series in hopes of avoiding a 3-0 whitewash.

Taylor and Munro put on 130 for the fourth wicket after Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim won the toss and elected to bowl at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium at Fatullah just outside Dhaka.

Former captain Taylor made the most of his chances after Rubel Hossain dropped him off his own bowling on 12, hitting nine fours and three sixes in his 93-ball innings.

Anton Devcich (46) and Tom Latham (43) gave New Zealand a decent start with a 66-run opening stand. But Bangladesh struck back soon afterwards through their spinners to reduce the visitors to 101/3.

Munro, playing his first match in the series, led the initial charge to complete his fifty before he fell to off-spinner Mahmudullah.

The left-hander smashed seven fours and two sixes in his 95-ball innings.

Taylor was initially sedate but accelerated after reaching his fifty off 69 deliveries.

His three sixes came in consecutive deliveries off a Sohag Gazi over as New Zealand added 73 in the last five overs to cross the 300-run mark.

Man of the Match is Shamsur Rahman and Man of the Series is Mushfiqur Rahim.

Brief scores
New Zealand 307 for 5 (Taylor 107*, Munro 85)
Bangladesh 309 for 6 (Shamsur Rahman 96, Naeem Islam 63)
Result Bangladesh won by 4 wickets
MOM Shamsur Rahman (Bangladesh)
Player of the series Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh)

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