New Zealand crushed Bangladesh by nine wickets to win their first Test shortly before tea on the third day at Dunedin's University Oval on Sunday.
Set 35 to win after Bangladesh's batting collapsed, New Zealand reached their target in 8.1 overs for the loss of one wicket with Peter Fulton sealing the win with a massive six off Mohammad Ashraful.
Bangladesh had resumed their second innings on 148 without loss, but succumbed to a spectacular collapse, losing all 10 wickets to be dismissed for 254 just after lunch. New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori polished off the tail after lunch to take four wickets for 70 runs after seamer Kyle Mills triggered the collapse in the morning session.
Vettori said the New Zealand bowlers had lifted their game after falling into the trap of underestimating Bangladesh having knocked them over for 137 in the first innings.
Despite the relatively easy nature of his team's win, Vettori said his side still had some improvement in them to be made ahead of the second Test starting in Wellington on Saturday.


SCORE BOARD

BANGLADESH (I innings) 137
NEW ZEALAND (I innings) 357
BANGLADESH (II innings, o/n 148-0):
Iqbal b Mills 84
Siddique c Fleming b Martin 74
Bashar c Sinclair b Oram 11
Ashraful c Cumming b O'Brien 23
Nafees lbw b Vettori 28
Ahmed c Bell b O'Brien 0
Rahim lbw b Vettori 6
Mortaza c McCullum b Vettori 10
Haque (not out) 6
Hossain lbw b Vettori 0
Islam c McCullum b Martin 1
Extras (LB-4, NB-7) 11
Total (all out, 83.1 overs) 254
Fall of wickets: 1-161, 2-167, 3-179, 4-205, 5-205, 6-222, 7-232, 8-252, 9-252, 10-254.
Bowling: Martin 20.1-6-56-2, Kyle Mills 12-1-54-1, O'Brien 15-2-49-2, Vettori 24-6-70-4, Oram 12-5-21-1.
NEW ZEALAND (II innings):
Bell (not out) 20
Cumming lbw b Mortaza 4
Fulton (not out) 15
Extras 0
Total (for one wkt, 8.1 overs) 39
Fall of wicket: 1-13.
Bowling: Mortaza 4-0-14-1, Aminul Islam 3-1-13-0, Hossain 1-0-6-0, Mohammad Ashraful 0.1-0-6-0.