One name stood out though, scoring runs all across the board, in South Africa, New Zealand, England, Australia, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Skipper Mithali Raj top-scored with a 23-ball 35 but none of her teammates managed to come good against a disciplined Kiwi bowling effort.

Mahmudullah smashed a second successive century- a career-best unbeaten 128- to power Bangladesh to a competitive 288 for seven against hos...