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Zimbabwe tour of New Zealand, 2011/12 / Scorecard

Zimbabwe in New Zealand T20I Series - 1st T20I

New Zealand v Zimbabwe

New Zealand won by 7 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)

T20I no. 219 | 2011/12 season
Played at Eden Park, Auckland
11 February 2012 - day/night (20-over match)


Zimbabwe innings (20 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
BRM Taylor*	b Bates	3	7	6	0	0	50.00
1.4 big wicket of Zimbabwe's best batsman, he shuffled across to work to leg and it clipped the leg bail, only the slip fielder seemed to be aware to the fact among the New Zealanders 5/1
H Masakadza	c Franklin b Williamson	53	40	36	3	3	147.22
10.2 comes down the track and goes for his fourth six but can't clear the fielder on the midwicket boundary 78/3
F Mutizwa	c Guptill b Mills	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
2.5 soft way to end your first international appearance on the tour, Forster goes for nought as he just pops a gentle catch to cover coming forward without proper intent 16/2
T Taibu†	c Bracewell b NL McCullum	27	35	24	3	0	112.50
12.2 Taibu gave himself some room and mistimes the hoy over cover down to long-off 88/4
MN Waller	c Guptill b Mills	11	17	14	1	0	78.57
14.5 another slower ball wide of off, Waller waits and pulls but can't get any muscle behind it and Guptill runs in from long-on to take a neat, sliding catch 106/5
E Chigumbura	c Guptill b Bates	48	29	24	3	4	200.00
19.3 no third time lucky for Elton who falls short of fifty after a perky innings, he could not get this carve past long-off, he was on the back foot and it was slightly slower than the first two deliveries 156/7
SW Masakadza	b Hira	8	11	7	1	0	114.28
17.4 maiden international wicket for Hira as Shingi misses the slog to leg and watches the middle pole get knocked back 135/6
KO Meth	not out	6	11	6	0	0	100.00

P Utseya	c Franklin b Bates	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
19.5 walks across and tries to paddle over his shoulder but can't get it over Franklin at fine leg 157/8
RW Price	not out	0	1	0	0	0	-

Extras	(lb 1, w 1, nb 1)	3

Total	(8 wickets; 20 overs; 82 mins)	159	(7.95 runs per over)

Did not bat KM Jarvis

Fall of wickets 1-5 (Taylor, 1.4 ov), 2-16 (Mutizwa, 2.5 ov), 3-78 (H Masakadza, 10.2 ov), 4-88 (Taibu, 12.2 ov), 5-106 (Waller, 14.5 ov), 6-135 (SW Masakadza, 17.4 ov), 7-156 (Chigumbura, 19.3 ov), 8-157 (Utseya, 19.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
KD Mills	4	0	32	2	8.00
2.5 to Mutizwa, soft way to end your first international appearance on the tour, Forster goes for nought as he just pops a gentle catch to cover coming forward without proper intent 16/2 14.5 to Waller, another slower ball wide of off, Waller waits and pulls but can't get any muscle behind it and Guptill runs in from long-on to take a neat, sliding catch 106/5
MD Bates	4	0	31	3	7.75
1.4 to Taylor, big wicket of Zimbabwe's best batsman, he shuffled across to work to leg and it clipped the leg bail, only the slip fielder seemed to be aware to the fact among the New Zealanders 5/1 19.3 to Chigumbura, no third time lucky for Elton who falls short of fifty after a perky innings, he could not get this carve past long-off, he was on the back foot and it was slightly slower than the first two deliveries 156/7 19.5 to Utseya, walks across and tries to paddle over his shoulder but can't get it over Franklin at fine leg 157/8
DAJ Bracewell	4	0	47	0	11.75	(1nb)

NL McCullum	2	0	11	1	5.50
12.2 to Taibu, Taibu gave himself some room and mistimes the hoy over cover down to long-off 88/4
RM Hira	4	0	22	1	5.50	(1w)
17.4 to SW Masakadza, maiden international wicket for Hira as Shingi misses the slog to leg and watches the middle pole get knocked back 135/6
RJ Nicol	1	0	9	0	9.00

KS Williamson	1	0	6	1	6.00
10.2 to H Masakadza, comes down the track and goes for his fourth six but can't clear the fielder on the midwicket boundary 78/3


New Zealand innings (target: 160 runs from 20 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Nicol	b Jarvis	12	6	8	2	0	150.00
1.3 best possible riposte from the bowler as Nicol charged down once more and missed the heave to leg to see the stumps cleaned out 14/1
MJ Guptill	not out	91	74	54	5	6	168.51

BB McCullum*†	c Chigumbura b Jarvis	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
1.4 not a happy day for the skippers, came down and tried to loft a ball swinging well away from him over the bowler's head and toed it high to mid-off 15/2
KS Williamson	run out (SW Masakadza)	48	62	38	5	0	126.31
16.3 from SW Masakadza, he defends into the off side and sets off, Shingi picks up and hurls down the stumps at the bowler's end with Kane short by a few inches 152/3
C de Grandhomme	not out	0	2	0	0	0	-

Extras	(w 9)	9

Total	(3 wickets; 16.5 overs; 74 mins)	160	(9.50 runs per over)

Did not bat JEC Franklin, NL McCullum, DAJ Bracewell, KD Mills, RM Hira, MD Bates

Fall of wickets 1-14 (Nicol, 1.3 ov), 2-15 (BB McCullum, 1.4 ov), 3-152 (Williamson, 16.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
KO Meth	4	0	34	0	8.50	(2w)

KM Jarvis	3	0	32	2	10.66	(4w)
1.3 to Nicol, best possible riposte from the bowler as Nicol charged down once more and missed the heave to leg to see the stumps cleaned out 14/1 1.4 to BB McCullum, not a happy day for the skippers, came down and tried to loft a ball swinging well away from him over the bowler's head and toed it high to mid-off 15/2
SW Masakadza	2.5	0	26	0	9.17	(2w)

RW Price	4	0	34	0	8.50

P Utseya	2	0	18	0	9.00	(1w)

E Chigumbura	1	0	16	0	16.00

Match details

Toss Zimbabwe, who chose to bat
Series New Zealand led the 2-match series 1-0

T20I debuts MD Bates, C de Grandhomme and RM Hira (New Zealand); KO Meth (Zimbabwe)
Player of the match MJ Guptill (New Zealand)

Umpires GAV Baxter and BG Frost
TV umpire CB Gaffaney
Match referee DC Boon (Australia)
Reserve umpire BF Bowden

Match notes

12th Men: TG Southee (NZ) and S Matsikenyeri (Zim)

Zimbabwe innings
Fielding Restriction Overs: Overs 0.1 - 6.0
50 runs in 6.3 overs (40 balls), Extras 1
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (H Masakadza 30, T Taibu 19, Ex 1)
H Masakadza: 50 off 33 balls (3 x 4, 3 x 6)
100 runs in 14.1 overs (86 balls), Extras 1
150 runs in 19.1 overs (116 balls), Extras 3

New Zealand innings
Fielding Restriction Overs: Overs 0.1 - 6.0
50 runs in 5.2 overs (32 balls), Extras 5
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (MJ Guptill 34, KS Williamson 13, Ex 3)
MJ Guptill: 50 off 27 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
100 runs in 9.6 overs (60 balls), Extras 7
3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 63 balls (MJ Guptill 62, KS Williamson 31, Ex 7)
150 runs in 16.2 overs (98 balls), Extras 9

Series Results

New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Hamilton - Feb 14, 2012
New Zealand won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Auckland - Feb 11, 2012
New Zealand won by 7 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)

More results »

Match Coverage

Report - Guptill blazes NZ to clinical win

Gallery - Guptill proves too powerful for Zimbabwe

- New Zealand home | squad
- Zimbabwe home | squad
- Match officials

Photos

Feb 11, 2012

Zimbabwe mob Kyle Jarvis after getting a wicket

Feb 11, 2012

Kyle Jarvis is elated after getting a wicket

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