- Tea: Zimbabwe 70/4 (GW Flower 36*, Campbell 0*)
- Start delayed due to overnight rain seeping into the bowlers' runups and close-in fielding area around the pitch. Lunch was taken early and the day's play extended an hour. 68 overs were scheduled to be bowled.
- Lunch: New Zealand 11/1 (Horne 5*, Parore 6*)
- Tea: New Zealand 103/2 (Parore 58*)
- AG Huckle 19 is his highest Test innings (previous: 0* on 2 occasions).
- SB O'Connor 4-52 is his best bowling figures in Tests (previous: 3-73 v Zimbabwe at Harare in 1997-98).
- AC Parore 50 off 107 balls, 5x5, 1x6, 10th Test 50.
- Lunch: New Zealand 254/6 (McMillan 49*)
- Tea: New Zealand 362/6 (McMillan 116*, Nash 41*)
- The second new ball taken after 88 overs in New Zealand's first innings.
- CD McMillan 100 off 159 balls, 15x4, 1x6. It is his maiden Test century, in his 7th innings (previous: 54 on 2 occasions). He is the 4th youngest New Zealander to hit a Test century at 21 years 161 days.
- The 108 run partnership between CD McMillan and DJ Nash is a record for the 7th wicket in Tests for New Zealand against Zimbabwe (previous: 97 between NJ Astle and CZ Harris at Bulawayo in 1997-98).
- The 14 run partnership between DL Vettori and SB O'Connor equals the record for the 10th wicket in Tests for New Zealand against Zimbabwe, with DL Vettori and DG Sewell at Bulawayo in 1997-98.
- Lunch: Zimbabwe 96/3 (Goodwin 41*, GJ Whittall 16*)
- Tea: Zimbabwe 177/7 (Campbell 21*, Streak 9*)
- MW Goodwin 50 off 147 balls, 6x4, 3rd Test 50.
- ADR Campbell 50 off 87 balls, 7x4, 11th Test 50.
- The second new ball taken after 80 overs in Zimbabwe's second innings.
- The 94 run partnership between ADR Campbell and HH Streak is a record for the 8th wicket in Tests for Zimbabwe against New Zealand (previous: 79 between PA Strang and EA Brandes at Auckland in 1996-97).
- This win, plus 2 over Sri Lanka at Dunedin and Hamilton in 1996-97, creates the first time in New Zealand Test history where they have won 3 consecutive home Tests.
- This is the first New Zealand Test victory at the Basin Reserve, Wellington since the one-off Test against Australia in 1989-90.
- This is the first non-drawn Test match between these two sides in 6 Tests, since 1992-93.
- The overall record between the sides is: Played 7, New Zealand 2, Zimbabwe 0, Drawn 5.
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