New Zealand completely outclassed Bangladesh in the second One Day International at the University Oval in Dunedin, winning by five wickets to go 2-0 up in the series.
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori won the toss and sent Bangladesh into bat, putting faith in his seamers to make the most of the greenish pitch early in the day.
It was clearly the right decision as the Kiwi quicks ripped into the top-order quickly, leaving the visitors stranded on 46-6 before a mid-order stand helped them through to 183-8 in their 50 overs.
New Zealand got off to slow start but the win was always in the bag for the home side who took 27.3 overs to reach the total with Ross Taylor once again doing the damage with his hit of 78.
Earlier on, a 101 partnership between Mushfiqur Rahim (86) and Naeem Islam (43) managed to save the Bangladesh innings that was at one on the brink of disaster, helping their side to a reasonable total after 50 overs.
Wellington seamer Andy McKay did not take long to claim his first wicket in his second international match when he found the edge of Tamim Iqbal (1) that sailed through to keeper Brendon McCullum in the second over of the match.
McKay was economical and threatening throughout his 10 over spell and managed two wickets for 17 runs but was unable to break the stubborn middle-order stand.
Some clever bowling from Otago's Ian Butler finally broke the battling pair when he clean bowled Islam in the 57th over.
Butler was the most destructive of the Kiwi bowlers, picking up three wickets for 45 runs of his 10 over spell while opener Daryl Tuffey also claimed an early wicket.
The other two wickets came after some poor calling between the Bangladesh batsmen handed Martin Guptill two wickets, clearly identifying the visiting side's lack of confidence and ability on the international stage.
In the New Zealand innings, Brendon McCullum (9) was the first of the local batsmen to go after playing a good delivery from Shafiul onto his stumps in the second over of the innings. McCullum looked to be hitting some good strokes but let himself down after being a little too greedy for runs once again.
Guptill also looked to be in good form, reaching 32 before playing across a delivery from Rubel Hossain and being bowled before Peter Ingram (28) was caught by Mushfiqur off Rubel nine over later.
Once again it was Taylor who stepped-up with the bat, causing all sorts of problems as he smashed his way to 78.
Taylor was dropped early on by Mohammad Ashraful, a costly mistake as the talented Kiwi went on to hit six fours and five sixes from the 51 balls he faced.
Taylor finally fell on 78 when New Zealand needed five runs to win and he tried to hit it over the boundary, instead being caught by Mohammad Mahmudullah near the rope off Shafiul Islam's bowling.
Otago's Neil Broom came to the crease but was caught plum lbw on his first ball thanks to some clever death bowling by Shafiul.
Vettori came out and hit a quick four to end the match however, fitting that the inspirational captain should be the one to put the icing on the cake in what was a very one-sided match.