Fulton struck his eighth one-day international fifty

New Zealand took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the one-day series after crushing Bangladesh by 102 runs under the D/L method in the second match.

Daniel Vettori chose to bat at McLean Park and all his batsmen got starts, Jamie How and Brendon McCullum sharing an opening stand of 82 in 13.3 overs.

Peter Fulton top-scored with 83 from 93 balls, while Jacob Oram smashed four sixes in 55 as the Kiwis made 335-5.

Bangladesh could only muster 181-6 before rain ended proceedings.

McCullum hit three successive fours off Abdur Razzak before he was was short of his ground attempting a second run to Tushar Imran on the boundary.

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There were no boundaries for 10 overs in the middle of the innings before Oram launched Farhad Reza over long-on for six.

There were maximums in the last four overs as 61 runs arrived in that period and propelled the Kiwis to their second highest total against Bangladesh.

The Tigers made a confident start to their reply, with Tamim Iqbal and Junaid Siddique sharing 63 in 12 overs.

Tamim accelerated the scoring in the 12th over, flicking Mark Gillespie over square-leg for six and adding two fours in the next three balls.

After both openers fell in the next over, Aftab Ahmed offered useful resistance.

The diminutive right-hander was reprieved twice, however, on 24 when Oram spilled a chance at backward point, and again on 42 when Kyle Mills failed to cling on to a top edge at third man.

Kyle Mills (right) made short work of Bangladesh skipper Ashraful

Aftab recorded his 13th ODI fifty by pulling Mills to the square-leg fence but Oram atoned for his error in the next over when he held a fine catch at deep mid-wicket.

After some squally showers the players finally left the field for the last time with Bangladesh way behind the rate, and the Tigers succumbed to their 10th defeat in 10 matches against the New Zealanders.

Skipper Vettori highlighted his team's desire to complete a series whitewash when the final match takes place at Queenstown on Monday.

"We're expected to win the series 3-0 and if we go down there and get tripped up the series is almost a disappointment for us," he said.

Fulton was pleased with the performance of the batsmen and commented: "We built our momentum and if you do get off to a good start in one-day games it makes it pretty hard for the bowling side."