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Stephen Fleming, who steered New Zealand to a nine-wicket victory over Bangladesh this morning, praised the team's bowlers for securing the win.
Fleming hit an unbeaten 102, and Hamish Marshall 50 not out, as the Black Caps coasted to a target of 175.
Fleming paid tribute to Scott Styris and Jacob Oram, who had restricted Bangladesh to 174 runs after the New Zealand attack was hobbled by the loss of two bowlers.
Michael Mason pulled up with a calf muscle strain after bowling nine balls while James Franklin left the field suffering from a migraine.
Styris took four wickets while Oram snapped three up.
"It's all working very well for us, and it was a great bowling effort after losing two frontline bowlers," Fleming said.
He added: "It was a good day -- it was nice to be in a position to be able to put the hammer down and think about run rates -- it was all due to a good bowling performance.
"Restricting them to 170 on a wicket like that was a great effort -- that was where the game was won.
"The guys who are in form, continue to be in form -- Shane comes back and gets wickets, Scotty is doing a great job through the middle and Jacob has picked up the slack at the top of the order -- it's all working very well for us."
Marshall said it was a relief for him to get some runs after failing in his first game against the West Indies after being called up to the World Cup.
"It was nice to bat with Flem today and get some runs," he said.
Bangladesh skipper Habibul Bashar said: "I hope we don't repeat these mistakes match after match.
"The team plan was not to lose too many early wickets. But we became too careful.
"The wicket was very good. If one of the top four batsmen can bat until the 40 or 45 overs then we will do better."
Coach Dav Whatmore told his batsmen after the Australia defeat that they should not throw their wickets away.
"We need to do something in between," Bashar said. "It has been either too much attacking or too much blocking."
"Definitely the confidence will be down," Bashar said. "It is important to put up a good show to get that back."
- NZPA
