New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond claimed 4 for 21 to rip apart the Bangladesh top-order and help the Kiwis register a mammoth 167-run win over the minnows in the last league match of the ICC Champions Trophy at the S.S.C ground in Colombo on Monday.

Earlier, after inserting the opposition, the Bangladeshi bowlers did well to restrict a decent New Zealand batting line-up to 244 for 9 in 50 overs. Matthew Sinclair made a patient 70 off 122 balls while skipper Stephen Fleming made 31. The heavily-built Jacob Oram weighed in with a lusty 30.

Mohammad Ashraful (3 for 26), who was the seventh bowler called on to roll his arm over by Bangladeshi skipper Khaled Masud, was the pick of the bowlers while Manjural Islam and Khaled Mahmud bagged two wickets each.

In reply, the Bangladesh batsmen were all at sea and it was regular catching practice for the slip cordon who hardly put a foot wrong. Only Tushar Imran with a chancy 20 and Mohammad Rafique, who made 17, were largely responsible for Bangladesh reaching the eventual total.

The other six Bangladeshi wickets were equally shared between Oram, Kyle Mills and left-armer Daniel Vettori.

Bond bagged the Man-of-the-Match award as New Zealand, the defending champions who have already crashed out of the competition with a huge defeat against the Aussies in their opening fixture, earned a consolation victory.