Anderson’s six-laden 94* wipes out Bangladesh

New Zealand 194 for 4 (Anderson 94*, Williamson 60, Rubel 3-31) beat Bangladesh 167 for 6 (Sarkar 42, Shakib 41, Sodhi 2-22) by 27 runs Scorecard and ball-by-ball details

Corey Anderson ushered in 2014 with the then fastest ODI century off just 36 balls. He threatened to shellack the fastest T20I century in the second week of 2017 with another assault. His unbeaten 94 off 41 balls – studded with 10 sixes, the most by a New Zealander in T20 internationals – headlined the hosts’ whitewash of Bangladesh at Mount Maunganui.

He added 124 – a New Zealand record for the fourth wicket in T20Is, narrowly surpassing the 123 added by Colin Munro and Tom Bruce on Friday – with his captain Kane Williamson, who crafted his second half-century in his last three innings. They ensured New Zealand offset the early wobble – they were pinned down to 41 for 3 in 6.1 overs – and then soared to 194 for 4. In reply, Bangladesh started brightly with a 44-run opening stand, but they ultimately faded to a 27-run loss.

It was Williamson who made the early running. He slapped Shakib with a vertical bat as well as horizontal bat for back-to-back boundaries in fourth over. Jimmy Neesham – Williamson’s third opening partner in three matches – flickered briefly before Rubel had him lbw for 15. Four balls later, Colin Munro shovelled a catch to deep square leg for a three-ball duck.

Mosaddek Hossain then struck with his first …

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