Cricket: Butler and Cairns among the runs in Bangladesh

Stomach viruses have hit the New Zealand camp on the eve of their second one-day international against Bangladesh in Dhaka today.

Coach John Bracewell said fast bowler Ian Butler had been hit particularly hard with diarrhoea, and veteran allrounder Chris Cairns had a milder dose.

Bracewell thought Cairns should be fit, but Butler appeared unlikely to be available for selection for the day-night match.

"Ian Butler's been ill for the last three days and he's still not over it," Bracewell said. "His energy levels are still down. He's also lost considerable weight, and Chris has had a milder dose of the same thing," Bracewell said.

"It's unlikely Ian will be fit enough to play after being laid low for three days."

It is the first case of "Delhi belly" to hit the team since they arrived in Bangladesh nearly a month ago.

Another player being monitored is opener Mathew Sinclair, who was rested from Tuesday's 138-run win in the first of three games.

Sinclair suffered a medial ligament strain of his left ankle in the first test, but managed to play in the second test in Chittagong last week.

"We believe Mathew's pretty close to playing," Bracewell said.

"We don't want to take any risks, but we also want to give him some game time for his fitness with the Australian tour ahead, and that was quite obvious on Tuesday with the guys who joined the one-day squad who have not played much cricket.

"With the heat they were absolutely exhausted, even though it was an easy day. Kyle Mills looked as though he had delivered 20 overs, yet bowled just seven."

Bracewell said illness would probably see him retain the same starting XI, although Peter Fulton, who debuted on Tuesday, would make way for Sinclair if the latter was passed fit.

If Cairns fails to recover, the hat-trick hero from the first test, James Franklin, would slot in, although Bracewell said this week that the left-arm swing bowler was likely to be rested after playing for virtually two months non-stop, including touring South Africa with New Zealand A before the present series.

But whoever is fielded, a smarter performance was needed, Bracewell said, despite the substantial victory on Tuesday.

Bangladesh rattled the Black Caps after they won the toss and batted first, losing five wickets in 24 overs, with fewer then 100 runs on the board.

"I spoke to the senior players yesterday and they all ranked it as a below-par performance for themselves, even though they hammered the opposition," Bracewell said.

"Part of their edict as a senior players group is that the major performances have to come from them. We said at our team meeting and practices that the top-five were to do the majority of the batting, and that didn't happen.

"I was impressed with Scott Styris' batting, but the rest of them didn't front up.

"They were pretty hard on themselves to be honest. None of them said it was an acceptable performance and we would be looking for an eight out of 10 from each individual in the next match."

The match starts at 8.30pm (NZ time).

- NZPA

Teams

New Zealand (from): Daniel Vettori (capt), Nathan Astle, Mathew Sinclair, Peter Fulton, Hamish Marshall, Scott Styris, Craig McMillan, Chris Cairns, Brendon McCullum, Chris Harris, Andre Adams, Kyle Mills, James Franklin.

Bangladesh (from): Habibul Bashar (capt), Rajin Saleh, Khaled Mashud, Javed Omar, Mohammad Ashraful, Manzaural Rana, Tapash Baisya, Mushfiqur Rahman, Mohammad Rafique, Nafees Iqbal, Aftab Ahmed, Nazmul Hossain, Khaled Mahmud.