Bangladesh vs New Zealand, 1st T20I, New Zealand tour of Bangladesh, 2026 - Player HighlightsBAN vs NZ, 1st T20I, New Zealand tour of Bangladesh, 2026 - Player Highlights

Nathan Smith to Towhid Hridoy, SIX, clubbed! A shortish delivery angling in on off and it sits up nicely for Towhid Hridoy. He stands tall and pulls it with aplomb over deep backward square leg for a maximum. Picked the bones outta that one. 18 runs off the over

Nathan Smith to Shamim Hossain, 1 run, skiddy back of a length delivery, Shamim Hossain tucks it to mid-wicket

Nathan Smith to Shamim Hossain, SIX, what a shot! Audacious! No-look hit. A shortish delivery on middle and leg, Shamim Hossain lines it up. He stays steady and scoops it over the keeper for a maximum. He didn't even look behind

Nathan Smith to Towhid Hridoy, 1 run, Towhid Hridoy takes a few steps down the track and pulls the short of length delivery to deep backward square leg

Nathan Smith to Towhid Hridoy, wide, slower length delivery cutting down, Towhid Hridoy looks to flick but misses. Wided

Nathan Smith to Towhid Hridoy, 2 runs, Towhid Hridoy uses his feet and flicks it off the inner half towards long-on. The call is for two. Shamim Hossain is running towards the danger end but the big dive from him saves him even though there's a direct-hit

Nathan Smith to Shamim Hossain, 1 run, short of length outside off, slapped to deep cover for a single

Nathan Smith to Litton Das, 1 run, short of length on off, tucked to wide mid-on for a quick single

Nathan Smith to Tanzid Hasan Tamim, 1 run, shortish delivery on off, Tanzid drags the pull to long leg

Nathan Smith to Litton Das, 1 run, short of length outside off, punched through point to get off the mark

Nathan Smith to Saif Hassan, out Caught by Bevon Jacobs!! Saif Hassan holes out! Length delivery swinging in on off, he clears his front leg and tries to heave it across but only manages to toe-end it to deep mid-wicket. Jacobs moves back a bit and reverse cups it nicely. Saif Hassan c Bevon Jacobs b Nathan Smith 17(16) [4s-2 6s-1]

Nathan Smith to Tanzid Hasan Tamim, 1 run, back of a length around off, punched towards point for a quick single

Nathan Smith to Tanzid Hasan Tamim, no run, beaten! A back of a length delivery outside off, Tanzid Hasan Tamim tries to swipe it across but gets beaten on the inside edge. He is itching to break free

Nathan Smith to Tanzid Hasan Tamim, FOUR, dropped! Full delivery on off, Tanzid tries to whip it across but gets a leading edge behind to third man. Ish Sodhi hares across to his left and dives. He gets his hands to it but it bursts through. It was always going away with him. Tanzid gets away with it

Nathan Smith to Tanzid Hasan Tamim, no run, slightly overpitched outside off, Tanzid reaches out and mistimes the drive to covers. He didn't quite let his hands go through there

Nathan Smith to Tanzid Hasan Tamim, no run, full delivery swinging in on middle and leg, Tanzid Hasan Tamim looks to whip it across but gets an inside-edge onto the pads

Nathan Smith to Saif Hassan, 1 run, shortish delivery outside off, a bit of extra bounce and zip on this one, Saif Hassan hops a bit and steers it to backward point

Nathan Smith to Saif Hassan, wide, length delivery down leg, wided

Nathan Smith to Saif Hassan, wide, full ball swinging down leg, Saif Hassan looks to flick but misses. Wided

Nathan Smith to Saif Hassan, FOUR, nicely done! Saif Hassan uses his feet and moves leg-side in the process. He slices the length delivery over cover-point. Didn't try to hit it too hard, just focused on timing and got the desired result

Nathan Smith to Saif Hassan, no run, on a length on off, Saif Hassan covers the line and works it to mid-wicket