<p class="title">Ross Taylor became New Zealand's highest scorer in one-day internationals on Wednesday as he helped his side secure an 88-run victory over Bangladesh in Dunedin in their final official ODI before the World Cup.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 34-year-old top-scored with 69, his 47th ODI half-century, to move to 8,026 career runs and ahead of former captain Stephen Fleming's 8,007 as New Zealand scored 330 for six at University Oval.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tim Southee then took three wickets in his first two overs with Sabbir Rahman's maiden one-day century not enough as Bangladesh were dismissed for 242 in 47.2 overs to give New Zealand a 3-0 series sweep. Southee finished with 6-65.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I knew I was close at the start of the day ... but that was only because I was told I was 50 runs away by a journalist yesterday," Taylor told Sky Sports on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It was nice to get the reception I got," he added of the standing ovation he received when he reached 51 and the crowd were told of the significance of the score. "Very humbling."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The right-hander, who now has an average of 48.34, however, said he did not expect to hold the record for too long.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It's nice to set the bar for the next guy," Taylor added. "Probably Guppy (Martin Guptill) and then Kane (Williamson) after that."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Guptill, who scored centuries in each of the first two games, has 6440 runs at 43.51, while captain Williamson has 5554 at 45.90.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Taylor is in a rich run of form. He has scored 2892 at 68.85 with eight centuries since the last World Cup and averaged 91.28 last year, but sidestepped any questions about retirement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We'll have to wait and see how the body is going," said Taylor, who turns 35 on March 8.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It's definitely in your thinking, because you have to think about retirement after cricket.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"In saying that you still need to earn the right to play for the team. At the moment I'm really enjoying my time and hopefully I'll have a couple of more years left in me."</p>.<p class="bodytext">New Zealand have no more official ODIs before the World Cup starts on May 30, but Taylor said he felt they had learned enough from 3-0 series sweeps against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and a 4-1 loss to India to be competitive in England.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I think we're getting a good nucleus of depth in this team and hopefully we can go over and compete," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I guess we need to have a full complement of batters and bowlers going well."</p>
<p class="title">Ross Taylor became New Zealand's highest scorer in one-day internationals on Wednesday as he helped his side secure an 88-run victory over Bangladesh in Dunedin in their final official ODI before the World Cup.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 34-year-old top-scored with 69, his 47th ODI half-century, to move to 8,026 career runs and ahead of former captain Stephen Fleming's 8,007 as New Zealand scored 330 for six at University Oval.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tim Southee then took three wickets in his first two overs with Sabbir Rahman's maiden one-day century not enough as Bangladesh were dismissed for 242 in 47.2 overs to give New Zealand a 3-0 series sweep. Southee finished with 6-65.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I knew I was close at the start of the day ... but that was only because I was told I was 50 runs away by a journalist yesterday," Taylor told Sky Sports on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It was nice to get the reception I got," he added of the standing ovation he received when he reached 51 and the crowd were told of the significance of the score. "Very humbling."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The right-hander, who now has an average of 48.34, however, said he did not expect to hold the record for too long.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It's nice to set the bar for the next guy," Taylor added. "Probably Guppy (Martin Guptill) and then Kane (Williamson) after that."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Guptill, who scored centuries in each of the first two games, has 6440 runs at 43.51, while captain Williamson has 5554 at 45.90.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Taylor is in a rich run of form. He has scored 2892 at 68.85 with eight centuries since the last World Cup and averaged 91.28 last year, but sidestepped any questions about retirement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We'll have to wait and see how the body is going," said Taylor, who turns 35 on March 8.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It's definitely in your thinking, because you have to think about retirement after cricket.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"In saying that you still need to earn the right to play for the team. At the moment I'm really enjoying my time and hopefully I'll have a couple of more years left in me."</p>.<p class="bodytext">New Zealand have no more official ODIs before the World Cup starts on May 30, but Taylor said he felt they had learned enough from 3-0 series sweeps against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and a 4-1 loss to India to be competitive in England.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I think we're getting a good nucleus of depth in this team and hopefully we can go over and compete," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I guess we need to have a full complement of batters and bowlers going well."</p>