New Zealand vs Zimbabwe, 1st Test at Wellington, Feb 19 1998 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
1st Test, Wellington, February 19 - 22, 1998, Zimbabwe tour of New Zealand
Zimbabwe 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b Doull | 13 | 43 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 30.23 | |||
| b Nash | 38 | 104 | 141 | 3 | 0 | 36.53 | |||
| lbw b Vettori | 8 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 61.53 | |||
| c †Parore b O'Connor | 6 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 35.29 | |||
| c †Parore b O'Connor | 2 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 10.52 | |||
| run out (Nash) | 37 | 106 | 126 | 6 | 0 | 34.90 | |||
| c Young b Doull | 1 | 44 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2.27 | |||
| lbw b O'Connor | 39 | 96 | 135 | 3 | 0 | 40.62 | |||
| c †Parore b Cairns | 1 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 | |||
| c †Parore b O'Connor | 19 | 53 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 35.84 | |||
| not out | 0 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 10, nb 6) | 16 | |||||||
| Total | 85.3 Ov (RR: 2.10) | 180 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-30 (Gavin Rennie, 14.3 ov), 2-53 (Murray Goodwin, 19.5 ov), 3-64 (Guy Whittall, 24.5 ov), 4-70 (Andy Flower, 28.6 ov), 5-78 (Grant Flower, 35.2 ov), 6-89 (Paul Strang, 46.6 ov), 7-122 (Alistair Campbell, 62.1 ov), 8-131 (Andy Whittall, 66.1 ov), 9-171 (Heath Streak, 81.5 ov), 10-180 (Adam Huckle, 85.3 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 3.12 | - | 0 | 3 | |
| 18.3 | 7 | 52 | 4 | 2.81 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 1.05 | - | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0.78 | - | 0 | 2 | |
| 20 | 10 | 39 | 1 | 1.95 | - | 0 | 0 |
New Zealand 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Strang b Streak | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c †A Flower b Mbangwa | 44 | 108 | 161 | 5 | 1 | 40.74 | |||
| c †A Flower b Huckle | 78 | 164 | 227 | 7 | 1 | 47.56 | |||
| c Campbell b Huckle | 36 | 114 | 129 | 3 | 0 | 31.57 | |||
| c †A Flower b Streak | 42 | 99 | 142 | 7 | 0 | 42.42 | |||
| c AR Whittall b Huckle | 139 | 209 | 263 | 18 | 4 | 66.50 | |||
| run out (sub [HK Olonga]) | 0 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| b Strang | 41 | 82 | 120 | 3 | 1 | 50.00 | |||
| b Strang | 16 | 46 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 34.78 | |||
| c Goodwin b Strang | 8 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 61.53 | |||
| not out | 2 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | |||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 4) | 5 | |||||||
| Total | 145.1 Ov (RR: 2.83) | 411 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Bryan Young, 2.5 ov), 2-103 (Matt Horne, 38.6 ov), 3-144 (Adam Parore, 58.3 ov), 4-179 (Stephen Fleming, 72.5 ov), 5-240 (Nathan Astle, 94.3 ov), 6-254 (Chris Cairns, 97.6 ov), 7-362 (Dion Nash, 127.2 ov), 8-388 (Craig McMillan, 136.4 ov), 9-397 (Simon Doull, 139.4 ov), 10-411 (Daniel Vettori, 145.1 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 6 | 74 | 2 | 3.36 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 2.47 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 49.1 | 13 | 126 | 3 | 2.56 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2.40 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 4.16 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | 10 | 102 | 3 | 2.55 | - | 0 | 0 |
Zimbabwe 2nd Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbw b Doull | 15 | 28 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 53.57 | |||
| c & b Vettori | 4 | 20 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |||
| run out (McMillan) | 12 | 50 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 24.00 | |||
| c Fleming b Cairns | 72 | 188 | 222 | 8 | 0 | 38.29 | |||
| c Astle b Nash | 22 | 84 | 107 | 3 | 0 | 26.19 | |||
| c O'Connor b Vettori | 6 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 23.07 | |||
| c Horne b Cairns | 56 | 115 | 149 | 7 | 0 | 48.69 | |||
| b Cairns | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| not out | 43 | 119 | 129 | 5 | 0 | 36.13 | |||
| lbw b Vettori | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| lbw b Cairns | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 6, lb 14) | 20 | |||||||
| Total | 106.3 Ov (RR: 2.34) | 250 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-18 (Grant Flower, 7.2 ov), 2-20 (Gavin Rennie, 8.4 ov), 3-65 (Andy Whittall, 25.1 ov), 4-110 (Guy Whittall, 54.4 ov), 5-125 (Andy Flower, 61.4 ov), 6-155 (Murray Goodwin, 68.4 ov), 7-155 (Paul Strang, 68.6 ov), 8-249 (Alistair Campbell, 104.4 ov), 9-249 (Adam Huckle, 105.6 ov), 10-250 (Pommie Mbangwa, 106.3 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24.3 | 4 | 56 | 4 | 2.28 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 2.78 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 3.61 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 41 | 18 | 73 | 3 | 1.78 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1.11 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
New Zealand 2nd Innings (T: 20 runs)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| not out | 9 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 81.81 | |||
| not out | 10 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 83.33 | |||
| Extras | (lb 1) | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 3.5 Ov (RR: 5.21) | 20/0 | |||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 1.5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.27 | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Thu, 19 Feb
day 1 - Zimbabwe 1st innings 132/8 (Heath Streak 9*, Adam Huckle 1*)Fri, 20 Feb
day 2 - New Zealand 1st innings 176/3 (Stephen Fleming 33*, Nathan Astle 19*)Sat, 21 Feb
day 3 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 27/2 (Andy Whittall 4*, Murray Goodwin 2*)Sun, 22 Feb
day 4 - New Zealand 2nd innings 20/0 (3.5 ov) - end of matchMatch Flow
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
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.
Match Details
TossZimbabwe, elected to bat first
Season1997/98
Player Of The Match
Series resultNew Zealand led the 2-match series 1-0
Match numberTest no. 1401
Match daysday (5-day match)
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