Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gavin Rennie	c Harris b O'Connor	57	122	184	6	0	46.72
Grant Flower	c Fleming b Vettori	83	155	178	12	0	53.54
Andy Flower †	c Harris b Vettori	39	77	111	6	0	50.64
Guy Whittall	not out	203	359	453	22	2	56.54
Alistair Campbell (c)	c Astle b O'Connor	7	22	36	1	0	31.81
Dave Houghton	b Cairns	32	59	93	6	0	54.23
Paul Strang	c Harris b Vettori	5	38	35	0	0	13.15
Heath Streak	lbw b Cairns	17	73	93	2	0	23.28
Bryan Strang	c Fleming b Cairns	0	16	15	0	0	0.00
Adam Huckle	c †Parore b Vettori	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
Everton Matambanadzo	c Fleming b O'Connor	4	43	66	1	0	9.30
Extras	(lb 10, nb 2, w 2)	14
Total	161 Ov (RR: 2.86)	461
Fall of wickets 1-144 (Grant Flower), 2-148 (Gavin Rennie), 3-218 (Andy Flower), 4-244 (Alistair Campbell), 5-322 (Dave Houghton), 6-343 (Paul Strang), 7-416 (Heath Streak), 8-420 (Bryan Strang), 9-421 (Adam Huckle), 10-461 (Everton Matambanadzo)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
David Sewell	19	3	81	0	4.26	-	0	1
Shayne O'Connor	27	9	80	3	2.96	-	2	1
Chris Cairns	36	11	97	3	2.69	-	0	0
Daniel Vettori	58	11	165	4	2.84	-	0	0
Chris Harris	14	6	13	0	0.92	-	0	0
Nathan Astle	7	2	15	0	2.14	-	0	0

New Zealand 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Craig Spearman	c Huckle b PA Strang	47	130	189	8	0	36.15
Blair Pocock	lbw b PA Strang	27	133	146	2	0	20.30
Matt Horne	lbw b PA Strang	5	23	25	0	0	21.73
Stephen Fleming (c)	c PA Strang b Huckle	27	45	53	3	0	60.00
Nathan Astle	c sub (AR Whittall) b Huckle	96	176	218	13	2	54.54
Chris Cairns	c Rennie b Huckle	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Adam Parore †	c GW Flower b Huckle	17	35	41	2	0	48.57
Chris Harris	b Huckle	71	228	278	10	0	31.14
Daniel Vettori	c BC Strang b Huckle	90	162	176	14	0	55.55
Shayne O'Connor	run out (GW Flower)	7	24	23	1	0	29.16
David Sewell	not out	1	17	13	0	0	5.88
Extras	(b 1, lb 9, nb 5)	15
Total	161.4 Ov (RR: 2.49)	403
Fall of wickets 1-60 (Blair Pocock), 2-76 (Matt Horne), 3-92 (Craig Spearman), 4-130 (Stephen Fleming), 5-130 (Chris Cairns), 6-162 (Adam Parore), 7-259 (Nathan Astle), 8-371 (Chris Harris), 9-389 (Shayne O'Connor), 10-403 (Daniel Vettori)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Heath Streak	15	5	26	0	1.73	-	0
Everton Matambanadzo	15	4	52	0	3.46	-	1
Paul Strang	47	19	110	3	2.34	-	0
Adam Huckle	40.4	10	109	6	2.68	-	1
Bryan Strang	26	12	50	0	1.92	-	2
Guy Whittall	6	1	14	0	2.33	-	1
Grant Flower	10	2	19	0	1.90	-	0
Alistair Campbell	2	0	13	0	6.50	-	0

Zimbabwe 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gavin Rennie	lbw b Astle	24	63	81	3	0	38.09
Grant Flower	run out (Spearman)	49	46	68	8	0	106.52
Andy Flower †	c & b Harris	7	25	31	0	0	28.00
Guy Whittall	run out (Harris)	45	84	105	7	1	53.57
Alistair Campbell (c)	not out	59	121	161	8	0	48.76
Dave Houghton	c Harris b Vettori	13	22	31	2	0	59.09
Paul Strang	lbw b Vettori	2	6	7	0	0	33.33
Heath Streak	run out (Harris)	1	2	4	0	0	50.00
Bryan Strang	b Cairns	10	13	14	2	0	76.92
Adam Huckle	not out	0	7	9	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 7, nb 5, w 3)	17
Total	64 Ov (RR: 3.54)	227/8d
Did not bat Everton Matambanadzo
Fall of wickets 1-75 (Grant Flower), 2-80 (Gavin Rennie), 3-91 (Andy Flower), 4-172 (Guy Whittall), 5-202 (Dave Houghton), 6-204 (Paul Strang), 7-205 (Heath Streak), 8-219 (Bryan Strang)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
David Sewell	4	0	9	0	2.25	-	1	0
Shayne O'Connor	5	0	34	0	6.80	-	1	0
Chris Cairns	11	1	49	1	4.45	-	1	2
Daniel Vettori	18	3	69	2	3.83	-	0	0
Nathan Astle	9	6	16	1	1.77	-	0	0
Chris Harris	17	4	41	1	2.41	-	0	3

New Zealand 2nd Innings (T: 286 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Blair Pocock	c PA Strang b Huckle	62	96	139	8	0	64.58
Craig Spearman	c Campbell b Huckle	27	40	38	4	0	67.50
Matt Horne	c Campbell b Huckle	29	56	55	5	0	51.78
Stephen Fleming (c)	run out (PA Strang)	75	103	151	7	0	72.81
Nathan Astle	c GW Flower b PA Strang	21	53	71	3	0	39.62
Chris Cairns	c Houghton b Huckle	8	9	20	1	0	88.88
Adam Parore †	c Whittall b Huckle	23	24	34	0	1	95.83
Chris Harris	not out	12	23	32	1	0	52.17
Daniel Vettori	run out (Houghton)	7	8	12	0	0	87.50
Shayne O'Connor	not out	0	0	2	0	0	-
Extras	(b 5, lb 4, nb 2)	11
Total	68 Ov (RR: 4.04)	275/8
Did not bat David Sewell
Fall of wickets 1-41 (Craig Spearman), 2-89 (Matt Horne), 3-138 (Blair Pocock), 4-207 (Nathan Astle), 5-221 (Chris Cairns), 6-240 (Stephen Fleming), 7-260 (Adam Parore), 8-275 (Daniel Vettori)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Everton Matambanadzo	2	0	14	0	7.00	-	0
Bryan Strang	8	4	15	0	1.87	-	0
Adam Huckle	32	2	146	5	4.56	-	2
Paul Strang	23	1	81	1	3.52	-	0
Grant Flower	3	1	10	0	3.33	-	0

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Close of Play

Thu, 25 Sep

day 1 - Zimbabwe 1st innings 263/4 (Guy Whittall 66*, Dave Houghton 4*)

Fri, 26 Sep

day 2 - New Zealand 1st innings 23/0 (Craig Spearman 14*, Blair Pocock 7*)

Sat, 27 Sep

day 3 - New Zealand 1st innings 268/7 (Chris Harris 35*, Daniel Vettori 5*)

Sun, 28 Sep

day 4 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 152/3 (Guy Whittall 41*, Alistair Campbell 19*)

Mon, 29 Sep

day 5 - New Zealand 2nd innings 275/8 (68 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

GJ Whittall 100 off 228 balls in 246 minutes with 12 fours.

GJ Whittall 200 off 355 balls in 449 minutes.

The partnership between Vettori and Harris is the 2nd highest for NZ for the 8th wicket in Tests, Congdon and Cunis (136) still hold the record from 1971-72 v WI, also 2nd highest against Zimbabwe for the 8th wicket - (highest 313 by Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq, 1996-97)

Match Details

GroundQueens Sports Club, Bulawayo

TossZimbabwe, elected to bat first

Series

New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe

Season1997/98

Player Of The Match

Guy Whittall

Player Of The Series

Grant Flower

Series result2-match series drawn 0-0

Match numberTest no. 1379