The New Nation - Internet Edition

Sports Reporter

After tasting a six-wicket defeat by hosts New Zealand in the first One Day International (ODI) match on December 26, Bangladesh National Cricket team led by Mohammad Ashraful will face New Zealand National Cricket team led by Daniel Vettori today in the second (ODI) match, which begins at 4.00 AM (Bangladesh Standard Time) at the McLeans Park in Napier of New Zealand.

Before today's ODI Bangladesh and New Zealand faced each other nine times and the Tigers lost to the Kiwis in the all ODI matches.

Bangladesh have made one change in their squad for today's ODI. Middle-order batsman Tushar Imran will be the replacement of Mehrab Hossain (Junior).

Daniel Vettori, who became impressed after watching Mohammad Ashraful's dashing 70 off 57 balls in the first ODI, said that he thought he was pretty outstanding. Vettori also added that he was got an amazing eye and he was going to be a threat to them consistently through that series.

On the other hand, Bangladesh Coach Jamie Siddons admitted that the batsmen of Bangladesh got their strategy wrong and did not focus on staying at the crease for 50 overs.

Teams:

Bangladesh: Mohammad Ashraful (Captain), Zunaed Siddique, Tamim Iqbal, Aftab Ahmed, Shakib AL Hasan, Tushar Imran, Farhad Reza, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mashrafee Bin Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, Shahadat Hossain, Javed Omar (12th man).

New Zealand From: Daniel Vettori (Captain), Brendon McCullum, Jamie How, Peter Fulton, Scott Styris, Ross Taylor, Mathew Sinclair, Jacob Oram, Kyle Mills, Mark Gillespie, Chris Martin, Jeetan Patel.