ICC World Cup
Co-hosts New Zealand have won all six matches of the group games at ICC World Cup beating Bangladesh in their last match of the initial stage. In-form team New Zealand got better of the Asian side by three wickets in the match played at Hamilton earlier today. Losing the toss, Bangladesh were put to bat first, where they managed a total of 288 runs in 50 overs at the loss of seven wickets. Mahmadulla was unbeaten at 128 runs for Bangladesh. This is his second century at the ongoing World Cup. Prior to this, he had scored an impressive century against Australia. Chasing a target of 289 runs, the Black Caps reached the target with seven balls to spare losing seven wickets. Martin Guptil scored 105 runs while Ross Tailor added 56. Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan picked four wickets for the losing side. Meanwhile, England have emerged victorious in the dead rubber against Afghanistan. Both the sides have crashed out of the ICC World Cup from the group stage.