Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Craig Spearman	c GW Flower b BC Strang	42	70	94	5	0	60.00
Roger Twose	c †A Flower b Brandes	18	49	74	3	0	36.73
Stephen Fleming	c Carlisle b Whittall	84	173	222	14	0	48.55
Adam Parore	c †A Flower b BC Strang	0	9	13	0	0	0.00
Nathan Astle	c & b Brandes	14	47	67	1	0	29.78
Chris Cairns	c & b PA Strang	57	129	144	7	0	44.18
Lee Germon (c)†	c †A Flower b Streak	25	44	52	5	0	56.81
Dipak Patel	not out	7	33	58	1	0	21.21
Gavin Larsen	lbw b Streak	0	8	11	0	0	0.00
Robert Kennedy	c Campbell b Streak	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Geoff Allott	c & b BC Strang	0	9	13	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 3, nb 1)	4
Total	95.3 Ov (RR: 2.62)	251
Fall of wickets 1-50 (Roger Twose), 2-78 (Craig Spearman), 3-86 (Adam Parore), 4-117 (Nathan Astle), 5-216 (Stephen Fleming), 6-232 (Chris Cairns), 7-244 (Lee Germon), 8-246 (Gavin Larsen), 9-246 (Robert Kennedy), 10-251 (Geoff Allott)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Heath Streak	22	9	50	3	2.27	-	1
Eddo Brandes	18	3	69	2	3.83	-	0
Bryan Strang	31.3	8	64	3	2.03	-	0
Paul Strang	12	2	29	1	2.41	-	0
Guy Whittall	12	4	36	1	3.00	-	0

Zimbabwe 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Grant Flower	lbw b Allott	5	8	7	0	0	62.50
Stuart Carlisle	c Astle b Kennedy	12	35	46	2	0	34.28
Guy Whittall	c †Germon b Cairns	27	39	53	5	0	69.23
Dave Houghton	retired hurt	104	204	306	12	0	50.98
Andy Flower (c)†	lbw b Allott	35	86	123	5	0	40.69
Alistair Campbell	lbw b Allott	17	83	103	2	0	20.48
Craig Wishart	b Larsen	7	29	32	0	0	24.13
Heath Streak	b Cairns	2	15	21	0	0	13.33
Paul Strang	c Parore b Patel	44	80	111	5	0	55.00
Eddo Brandes	c Astle b Patel	39	62	81	2	2	62.90
Bryan Strang	not out	14	23	21	2	0	60.86
Extras	(b 1, lb 11, nb 6, w 2)	20
Total	110 Ov (RR: 2.96, 456 Mins)	326
Fall of wickets 1-5 (Grant Flower), 2-38 (Stuart Carlisle), 3-50 (Guy Whittall), 4-138 (Andy Flower), 5-196 (Alistair Campbell), 6-217 (Craig Wishart), 7-222 (Heath Streak), 7-231* (Dave Houghton, retired not out), 8-310 (Eddo Brandes), 9-326 (Paul Strang)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Chris Cairns	31	12	92	2	2.96	-	0	0
Geoff Allott	23	7	56	3	2.43	-	0	1
Robert Kennedy	20	3	73	1	3.65	-	2	5
Gavin Larsen	21	8	30	1	1.42	-	0	0
Dipak Patel	12	0	60	2	5.00	-	0	0
Nathan Astle	3	1	3	0	1.00	-	0	0

New Zealand 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Craig Spearman	c Carlisle b Streak	112	219	334	9	1	51.14
Roger Twose	c & b Streak	94	287	326	9	1	32.75
Stephen Fleming	c Wishart b Streak	3	14	27	0	0	21.42
Adam Parore	not out	76	135	212	9	0	56.29
Nathan Astle	c †A Flower b Brandes	13	42	58	2	0	30.95
Chris Cairns	b Streak	120	96	122	10	9	125.00
Lee Germon (c)†	not out	1	8	10	0	0	12.50
Extras	(b 6, lb 15, nb 1)	22
Total	133 Ov (RR: 3.31)	441/5d
Did not bat Dipak Patel, Gavin Larsen, Robert Kennedy, Geoff Allott
Fall of wickets 1-214 (Roger Twose), 2-217 (Craig Spearman), 3-221 (Stephen Fleming), 4-261 (Nathan Astle), 5-427 (Chris Cairns)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Heath Streak	30	7	110	4	3.66	-	1
Eddo Brandes	13	3	41	1	3.15	-	0
Bryan Strang	27	8	64	0	2.37	-	0
Guy Whittall	13	4	40	0	3.07	-	0
Paul Strang	43	7	142	0	3.30	-	0
Alistair Campbell	2	0	3	0	1.50	-	0
Grant Flower	5	0	20	0	4.00	-	0

Zimbabwe 2nd Innings (T: 367 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Grant Flower	c Kennedy b Patel	71	202	284	6	0	35.14
Stuart Carlisle	c Fleming b Kennedy	58	165	223	7	0	35.15
Guy Whittall	c †Germon b Patel	10	45	50	0	0	22.22
Andy Flower (c)†	not out	45	98	135	4	0	45.91
Alistair Campbell	c †Germon b Twose	34	83	103	4	0	40.96
Craig Wishart	not out	12	16	21	2	0	75.00
Extras	(lb 6, nb 8, w 2)	16
Total	100 Ov (RR: 2.46)	246/4
Did not bat Dave Houghton, Heath Streak, Paul Strang, Eddo Brandes, Bryan Strang
Fall of wickets 1-120 (Stuart Carlisle), 2-144 (Guy Whittall), 3-145 (Grant Flower), 4-225 (Alistair Campbell)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s
Geoff Allott	19	3	53	0	2.78	-
Chris Cairns	23	6	49	0	2.13	-
Robert Kennedy	22	3	61	1	2.77	-
Dipak Patel	27	6	60	2	2.22	-
Gavin Larsen	5	3	8	0	1.60	-
Roger Twose	3	1	5	1	1.66	-
Nathan Astle	1	0	4	0	4.00	-

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Close of Play

Sat, 20 Jan

day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 246/8 (Dipak Patel 2*, Robert Kennedy 0*)

Sun, 21 Jan

day 2 - Zimbabwe 1st innings 231/7 (Dave Houghton 104*, Paul Strang 5*)

Mon, 22 Jan

day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 138/0 (Craig Spearman 71*, Roger Twose 57*)

Tue, 23 Jan

day 4 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 39/0 (Grant Flower 22*, Stuart Carlisle 14*)

Wed, 24 Jan

day 5 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 246/4 (100 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

CM Spearman, maiden Test 100, (3rd Test).

CL Cairns 100 off 86 balls, 1st Test 100, 2nd fastest ever recorded for a New Zealander (Fastest ever for NZ was by BR Taylor v WI in 1969, 83 balls), equal 9th fastest ever recorded in Test history.

CL Cairns 120, 96 balls, 10x4, 9x6, 2nd only to WR Hammond (ENG), 10x6, v NZ in 1932/33 for most 6s in an innings.

AC Parore passed 1000 runs in Test cricket.

CL Cairns and AC Parore, 166 runs for the 5th wicket off 171 balls

Match Details

GroundEden Park, Auckland

TossNew Zealand, elected to bat first

Series

Zimbabwe tour of New Zealand

Season1995/96

Player Of The Match

Chris Cairns

Series result2-match series drawn 0-0