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New Zealand beat Bangladesh for first win

New Zealand are up and running at the Women's World Cup, beating Bangladesh by 100 runs.

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New Zealand captain Sophie Devine: "Really pleased for the side to finally get on the board in tough circumstances with the bat. It wasn't the prettiest from Brooke [Halliday] and I but sometimes you have to do it ugly. We got a reasonable total on the board and then the bowlers did their job.

"I was excited to welcome Rosemary Mair back into the side and what she brought is what we've been missing with the ball. Lea [Tahuhu] keeps surprising you. She's been able to attack the stumps and put batters under pressure. She's been fantastic and it's nice to have a win in her 100th ODI.

"The first game against Australia, we were really good in a lot of places. Against South Africa, we were disappointing. But today, we got momentum back.

"The next games are incredibly important. Anyone can beat anyone. It makes for an exciting tournament. Every point is absolute gold. We've got to focus on the next day. We can't control what else happens."

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Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana Joty: "We are not being consistent as a batting unit. When you're chasing 200 and your top order doesn't click, it's difficult for any team to chase this target.

"We bowled really well but what we expected from Marufa Akter, we didn't get. The other bowlers around her bowled well, especially Nahida Akter and Rabeya Khan. We were in good control but they kept playing their shots and we leaked too many boundaries.

"There's a lot of things we've learned. We have seen in the tournament the lower order being the best part of games and winning games, so for us, we have to learn from there and know how to get ourselves going in the middle.

"How our bowlers bowled today was impressive. They've done well for the team consistently. We should rectify our mistakes as a batting unit."

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New Zealand batter and player of the match Brooke Halliday: "The biggest thing over the last couple of days was being okay with getting ones and being boring. We knew the plan was to bat for a long time until the 40th over and then have party time. I failed to get to [that] but Sophie [Devine] managed to capitalise.

"We've had a lot of net bowlers who similar to what we faced today. That sweep shot was something I tried to practice and I've got out a couple of times but I've hit a few runs with it. There's perks to being able to expand my game."

On her partnership with Devine: "It's easy to bat with Sophie. It wasn't easy to bat out there. The mental side was tough and the physical side hit us later. Single-hitting is quite hard and there's always part of you that wants to hit a boundary. Sophie keeps it simple."

Ban 88-7

Target 228

Sophie Devine tosses the ball to Maddy Green for a couple of overs as Bangladesh continue to frustrate their bowlers.

Their resistance, led by Fahima Khatun's 22 (51), is not helping New Zealand's already woeful net run rate but it's an excellent show of determination from the batting side.

At 33-6 in the 14th over, I don't think many people would have expected this match to be heading into a 31st over.

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