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McCullum at his best

NZ’s record win

SYDNEY: Daniel Vettori and Brendon McCullum put in record performances as New Zealand thrashed Bangladesh by 10 wickets with 44 overs to spare in the third one-day international here on Monday.

The victory with 264 balls to spare is a world record bettering the previous mark held by India, which beat Kenya with 231 balls to spare at Bloemfontein in 2001.

New Zealand captain Vettori claimed career-best figures of five for seven as Bangladesh collapsed to 93 all out.

Brendon McCullum then pounded an unbeaten 80 off only 28 balls to end one of the most lop-sided ODI matches in history.

McCullum smashed nine fours and six sixes and reached his half-century off only 19 deliveries, breaking his own record for the fastest fifty by a New Zealander and just missing Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya’s world record of 17 balls.

Such was the ferocity of McCullum’s attack that his opening partner, Jamie How, was reduced to being a virtual onlooker, although he managed an unbeaten seven off eight balls. — Agencies

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