Cairns, only playing in ODIs these days having announced his retirement from Test cricket last summer, rescued his side from potential danger with an invaluable 74 as New Zealand recovered to 224 from 94-5 after electing to bat first.

225 is the kind of target every Test playing side is expected to fancy.

However, the Tigers were never up to the task and crashed to 86 all out in 31.5 overs, their fourth lowest total in ODIs.

The day had begun encouragingly for the home team infront of an 18,000-strong crowd. New Zealand opener Peter Fulton had smashed 11 runs in the first over bowled by Tapash Baisya but had no clue to a Nazmul Hossain inswinger which cut in sharp and uprooted his middle stump in the next over.

17-year-old Nazmul, playing only his third ODI, then removed danger man Nathan Astle (27) who played on to a delivery.

Left-arm spinner Manzarul Islam Rana sent back Hamish Marshall, brilliantly stumped by Khaled Mashud and soon Craig McMillan was also walking back to the pavilion caught behind off Tapash with the scoreboard reading 77-4.

Cairns then showed all his experience and even though Brendon McCullum was out cheaply, the veteran all-rounder steadied the innings with a 49-run sixth wicket partnership with Scott Styris (43 off 55 balls). Once set, Cairns cut loose in the end overs smacking five sixes and one four in an innings lasting 83 deliveries.

Cairns brought up his fifty with a six off Nazmul. Man-of-the-match Cairns was the last man to get out when he was clean bowled by Nazmul in the last over. The paceman who bowls with a whippy Makhaya Ntini-like action had removed Andre Adams in his previous delivery to end with career best figures of 4-40.

Bangladesh's batting nightmare began in the very first over when local boy Aftab Ahmed, having hit a boundary off the first ball, was trapped lbw by Kyle Mills.

Medium-pacer Mills then removed Javed Omar, Rajin and Mohammad Ashraful in an inspired spell to reduce the home side to 27-4 by the ninth over.

Captain Habibul Bashar in his comeback match after more than two months out, raised hopes but medium pacer Scott Styris had him lbw for 22.

Mills finished with 4-14 from seven overs while Vettori, who celebrated the role of captain for the first time in the absence of Stephen Fleming with a wicket with his first ball, returned with enviable figures of 3-4 from 3.5 overs.

Bangladesh have decided to retain the same side for the day-night second match on November 5. The third game on November 7 will also be a day-nighter.