Bangladesh 131 (Boult 4-27) v New Zealand

Bangladesh produced a limp batting display in the opening ODI as New Zealand's attack exploited the conditions superbly. Trent Boult set the tone and finished with a four-wicket haul as all the bowlers played their part, Jimmy Neesham and Mitchell Santner claiming a tidy brace apiece.

Only Madmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim passed 20 for Bangladesh as the line-up was challenged by the extra bounce on offer from the University Oval surface. In a sign of the hold New Zealand had with the ball, there were only eight boundaries (along with three sixes) as they were bundled out with eight overs remaining when Boult claimed the last two wickets in three balls.

This was New Zealand's first ODI in a year and just their fourth since the 2019 World Cup final. They named three debutants - the first time they had included that many since 2012 - with Devon Conway, Will Young and Daryl Mitchell coming into the side. Bangladesh gave a first ODI cap to allrounder Mahedi Hasan who would have the honour of scoring his first runs with a six.

The opening scoring shot of the game had also been a six as Tamim Iqbal upper cut Boult over backward point, but the contest was soon won by the left-armer with a classic set-up: after twice beating Iqbal with late away swing he made one hold its line which thundered into Iqbal's pads to earn the lbw.

Three balls later and Boult had his second when Soumya Sarker played a poor stroke against a shorter delivery, popping a catch into the off side.

Liton Das shaped up well in challenging conditions as he tried to commit either fully forward or fully back, but his hard work was undone when he got a leading edge to mid-on in Neesham's opening over.

The scoring rate rarely got above three an over against a relentless New Zealand attack. Kyle Jamieson, who struggled in the T20I series against Australia, went wicketless but at times Bangladesh could barely lay a bat on him as he gained troublesome bounce from a reasonably full length.

Rahim had played solidly to try and give his team some chance of building a foundation but became Neesham's second wicket when he was cramped for room playing a cut and found gully. That was the first of three wickets to fall for nine runs in six overs.

Bangladesh's woes were compounded when Mohammad Mithun was run out backing up after a firm straight drive from Mahmudullah flicked the finger of Neesham into the non-striker's stumps. Mehidy Hasan then moved too far across his crease against Santner and had his leg stump tickled.

Mahedi's first scoring stroke in ODIs was a huge 94-metre six over long-off but an attempt to repeat it four overs later offered a catch to mid-on leaving Bangladesh seven down with 18 overs remaining.

Madmudullah and Taskin Ahmed formed a 10-over stand although large parts of it was purely survival before Madmudullah, attempting to inject some impetus, picked out midwicket where Santner timed his leap perfectly. Boult did the rest.