New Zealand vs Bangladesh : Third one day game at Christchurch on 11.02.10 : New Zealand won by three wickets and also the series 3-0

Imrul Kayes’s 101 in this game represent the 1047^th hundred in the history of one day games. It also represents the 17^th occasion of Bangladesh batsman scoring a hundred in one day games.

Imran Kayes’s 101 in this game represent his maiden one day hundred. His previous best was 70 against India at Dhaka on 07.01.10

Imrul Kayes’s 101 in this game represent the 122nd hundred registered against New Zealand by batsman from various teams in one day games.

Imrul Kayes with his 101 in this game became the first Bangladesh batsman to register a hundred in one day games against New Zealand

Imrul Kaye’s 101 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 259^th occasion of a batsman’s one day hundred going in vain. It also represents the fourth occasion of Bangladesh batsman’s hundred in a losing cause. Other three are – 101 by Mehrab Hossain vs Zimbabwe at Dhaka on 25.03.99, 108 by Shakib Al Hasan vs Pakistan at Multan on 16.04.08 and 115 by Alok Kapali vs India at Karachi on 28.06.08.

Imrul Kayes’s 101 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 29^th occasion of a batsman’s one day hundred going in vain against New Zealand . It also represents the first occasion of Bangladesh batsman’s hundred in a losing cause against New Zealand.

Imrul Kayes scored 101 for Bangladesh and MJ Guptill scored 91 for New Zealand providing the 88^th occasion of rival batsmen scoring hundred and ninety in the history of one day games.

Imrul Kayes’s 101 in this game provide the ninth occasion of a Bangladesh opening batsman registering a hundred in one day games. The other eight occasions are – 101 by Mehrab Hossain vs Zimbabwe at Dhaka on 25.03.99, 108* by Rajen Saleh vs Kenya at Fatullah on 25.03.06, 118* by Shahriar Nafees vs Zimbabwe at Harare on 06.08.06, 123* by Shahriar Nafees vs Zimbabwe at Jaipur on 13.10.06, 105* by Shahriar Nafees vs Zimbabwe at Khulna on 30.11.06, 104* by Shahriar Nafees vs Bermuda at St John’s on 25.02.07, 129 by Tamim Iqbal vs Ireland at Dhaka on 22.03.08 and 154* by Tamim Iqbal vs Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on 16.08.09

MJ Guptill scored 91 in this game providing the 413^th occasion of a batsman registering individual ninety in the history of one day games.

MJ Guptill’s 91 in this game represent the 36^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring an individual ninety in one day games.

MJ Guptill with his 91 became the third New Zealand batsman to score a ninety against Bangladesh. The other two are – JG Wright {93 at Sharjah on 28.04.90} and AH Jones {93 at Sharjah on 28.04.09}. It is interesting to note that the intervening period between the previous ninety and the present ninety by a New Zealand batsman against Bangladesh is almost 20 years {19 years 9 months and 13 days to be exact}.

Shakib Al Hasan’s returned with figures of 4 for 33 in this game providing the 31^st occasion of a Bangladesh bower capturing four or more wickets.

Shakib Al Hasan returned with figures of 4 for 33 in this game providing the sixth occasion of a Bangladesh bower capturing four or more wickets against New Zealand. The other five occasions are – 4 for 40 by Nazmul Hossian at Chittagong on 02.11.04, 5 for 31 by Aftab Ahmed at Dhaka on 05.11.04, 4 for 63 by Mohammad Rafique at Dhaka on 07.11.04, 4 for 44 by Moshrafe Mortaza at Dhaka on 09.10.08 and 4 for 33 by Shafiul Islam at Napier on 05.02.10

Shakib Al Hasan’s 4 for 33 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 13th occasion of a Bangladesh bower’s four plus wickets haul going in vain.

Shakib Al Hasan’s 4 for 33 in this game was in a losing cause providing the fifth occasion of a Bangladesh bower’s four plus wickets haul going in vain against New Zealand. The other four occasions are – 4 for 40 by Nazmul Hossian at Chittagong on 02.11.04, 5 for 31 by Aftab Ahmed at Dhaka on 05.11.04, 4 for 63 by Mohammad Rafique at Dhaka on 07.11.04 and 4 for 33 by Shafiul Islam at Napier on 05.02.10

Shakib Al Hasan’s 4 for 33 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 60^th occasion of captain’s four wicket haul going in vain in the history of one day games.

Shakib Al Hasan became the first Bangladesh captain to witness his four wicket haul – 4 for 33 in this game – in a losing cause

Shakib Al Hasan’s 4 for 33 was in a losing cause providing the sixth occasion of a captain’s four plus wicket haul in a losing cause against New Zealand in one day games. Other five occasions are – 4 for 23 by RGD Willis of England at Sydney on 20.01.83, 4 for 42 by RGD Willis of England at Dunedin on 15.06.83, 5 for 41 by IVA Richards of West Indies at Dunedin on 18.03.87, 4 for 21 by A Flintoff of England at Adeliade on 23.01.07 and 4 for 15 by PD Collingwood of England at Chester-le-Street on 15.06.08

At the end of this match, head to head count between the two teams read thus – Played – 18 : Won by New Zealand – 17 : Won by Bangladesh – 01 :

BB McCullum with two sixes in this game has taken his aggregate of sixes to 99 in one day games.

BB McCullum at the end of this game has effected 199 dismissals {186 catches and 13 stumpings}.