bangladesh gave co hosts new zealand a real scare but fell just short of securing another pool a victory at the world cup on friday the tigers established a strong position thanks to a ton from top scoring mahmudullah, yet new zealand boasted a centurion of their own in martin guptill, who shrugged off injury to make 105 at seddon park shakib al hasan was the pick of the bowlers with his four wickets maintaining belief bangladesh could restrict the black caps in hamilton a late flurry from tim southee, however, got the home team over the line as they recorded a three wicket triumph new zealand batsman martin guptill hits a pull shot during his side's game against bangladesh on friday  guptill pulls up with cramp while on 99 as the black caps chased the tigers total in hamilton  guptill recovered from his injury to score his century and finish with 105 as new zealand remained unbeaten  both sides had already qualified for the quarter finals, but the result is perhaps more heartening for the tigers they registered 288 for seven from their 50 overs, having been put into bat mahmudullah, having become his country's first world cup centurion in monday's win over england, made it back to back hundreds with a brilliant 128 not out the bangladesh innings got off to a shaky start, with openers imrul kayes (two) and tamim iqbal (13) dismissed within the first 10 overs mahmudullah followed up his century against england on monday with another ton against the black caps  trent boult snared both, knocking over kayes' off stump and inducing an edge from tamim which was snapped up by corey anderson at second slip to send the bowler back top of the 2015 world cup wicket takers' list soumya sarkar (51) and mahmudullah steadied the ship with a 90 run third wicket stand, before the former bottom edged a daniel vettori delivery to anderson at long on anderson then got in on the action with the ball, accounting for the wickets of al hasan (23) and mushfiqur rahim (15)   both caught behind by luke ronchi sabbir rahman contributed 40 and nasir hossain 11 before falling to grant elliott in the final three overs nasir hossain drops a catch that would have dismissed new zealand's daniel vettori  new zealand also made a wobbly start, quickly losing both brendon mccullum and kane williamson the former was snagged by al hasan for eight while williamson sliced over to iqbal for a single off the same bowler it fell to guptill and ross taylor to steady the ship and the pair brought up 50 runs before the latter reached 5,000 odi runs with a four off rahman corey anderson made 39 runs to help new zealand to a 290 for 7 victory against bangladesh  guptill was fast approaching his century when he suddenly pulled up after glancing for a single after a few nervous minutes it became clear the opener was suffering from a bad bout of cramps he gritted his teeth and soon brought up his maiden world cup ton with a single off taskin ahmed guptill was, however, gone for 105 when al hasan struck again, the bangladesh bowler making another key breakthrough as his opponent tried to clear rubel hossain only to find him at long on elliott had contributed 39 runs before slicing to ahmed at sweeper cover and succumbing to rubel  tim southee proved the matchwinner for new zealand as he smashed a six and a four in back to back balls  taylor followed in the 42nd over, hossain striking him in front of middle and leg anderson's intervention meant the decision went to review, but drs confirmed the end of his 56 run stand ronchi (nine) became shakib's fourth victim and anderson followed for 39 as nasir tricked him with a flatter delivery, but the black caps held their nerve southee was the matchwinner, sealing a three wicket victory as he smashed a six and a four in back to back balls
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martin guptill shrugged off injury to make 105 for new zealand . a ton from top scoring mahmudullah gave bangladesh the perfect start . shakib al hasan was the pick of the bowlers with his four wickets . a late flurry from tim southee, however, got the home team over the line . both sides had already qualified for the quarter finals before the match 