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Dan Vettori.
Black Caps skipper Daniel Vettori was "pretty pleased"
with his side's five-wicket win against Bangladesh but knows
improvements will have to be made before the Australians arrive
later this month.
Rookie opening bowler Andy McKay and Ian Butler helped
restricted the tourists to 183 for eight.
McKay bowled superbly, taking two for 17 from 10 overs, and
Butler picked up three wickets.
Ross Taylor helped make light work of the chase with a
punishing 78 off 52 deliveries as the home side cantered to
victory with more the 20 overs up its sleeve.
But the Black Caps did not have it all their own way.
Mushfiqur Rahim top-scored with 86 and led a fight back which
saw the visitors score 92 runs from the last 10 overs - more
than half the team's runs.
"Apart from our death bowling, it was another [good] all
round performance," Vettori said"This is another ground you
need 300 on to compete.
So to restrict them to 183 and have them 46 for six was
pretty pleasing."
It is nit-picking, but Vettori acknowledged it was the little
things which could prove damaging against better sides.
"The size of the [University Oval's] boundaries make it a
little more difficult but still I think we missed too much.
If we want to compete against Australia, it is an area of our
game we have to make sure is almost perfect. Otherwise, it is
difficult to stop very good teams."
Taylor claimed the man-of-the-match award for his knock but
McKay must have been a close second.
"I was really impressed with the way Andy McKay bowled in his
second game. He took the new ball and bowled with some pace
and consistency. He did a great job today," Vettori said.
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan believes his side has made
some improvements but still has plenty of work to do before
the third and final match in the series, in Christchurch on
Thursday.
"We are making more mistakes than we are improving," he said.
"Every game someone is getting a start and getting runs but
we need three or four guys to get runs to get a good total."
