Full Scorecard of Zimbabwe vs New Zealand 1st Test 1997/98 - Score Report

result

1st Test, Harare, Sep 18 - 22 1997, New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

298 & 311/9d

New Zealand

(128 ov, target 403)207 & 304/8

Match drawn

player of the match

Grant Flower

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe 1st INNINGS

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gavin Rennie	c Fleming b Cairns	23	70	76	3	0	32.86

Grant Flower	c †Parore b Cairns	104	288	345	10	0	36.11

Andy Flower †	c Spearman b Cairns	8	15	14	1	0	53.33

Guy Whittall	c Fleming b O'Connor	33	55	79	2	0	60.00

Alistair Campbell (c)	c Pocock b Astle	18	22	25	3	0	81.82

Dave Houghton	lbw b Davis	23	90	103	1	0	25.56

Paul Strang	c Fleming b Davis	42	79	114	6	0	53.16

Heath Streak	c Fleming b Cairns	0	2	2	0	0	0.00

John Rennie	c Fleming b Davis	22	74	83	1	0	29.73

Bryan Strang	lbw b Cairns	1	8	12	0	0	12.50

Adam Huckle	not out	0	1	2	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 1, lb 5, nb 14, w 4)	24
TOTAL	(114.1 Ov, RR: 2.61)	298
Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Gavin Rennie), 2-57 (Andy Flower), 3-117 (Guy Whittall), 4-144 (Alistair Campbell), 5-214 (Dave Houghton), 6-244 (Grant Flower), 7-244 (Heath Streak), 8-295 (Paul Strang), 9-298 (John Rennie), 10-298 (Bryan Strang)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Shayne O'Connor	26	1	104	1	4.00	-	-	-	0	0
Heath Davis	20	1	57	3	2.85	-	-	-	4	14
Chris Cairns	28.1	9	50	5	1.78	-	-	-	0	2
Nathan Astle	23	12	40	1	1.74	-	-	-	0	0
Daniel Vettori	4	0	14	0	3.50	-	-	-	0	0
Chris Harris	13	5	27	0	2.08	-	-	-	0	2

New Zealand 1st INNINGS

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Craig Spearman	c Campbell b BC Strang	23	42	68	2	0	54.76

Blair Pocock	run out (Streak)	21	54	66	0	0	38.89

Matt Horne	c Whittall b Streak	24	57	62	1	1	42.11

Stephen Fleming (c)	c †A Flower b BC Strang	52	113	144	7	1	46.02

Nathan Astle	c †A Flower b BC Strang	7	14	14	1	0	50.00

Chris Cairns	run out (Streak)	12	58	91	1	0	20.69

Adam Parore †	not out	42	93	120	5	0	45.16

Chris Harris	lbw b Huckle	16	37	59	0	0	43.24

Daniel Vettori	c JA Rennie b PA Strang	2	25	23	0	0	8.00

Shayne O'Connor	c Houghton b PA Strang	2	5	7	0	0	40.00

Heath Davis	c GJ Rennie b Huckle	1	6	5	0	0	16.67

Extras	(b 4, lb 1)	5
TOTAL	(84 Ov, RR: 2.46)	207
Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Blair Pocock), 2-44 (Craig Spearman), 3-89 (Matt Horne), 4-96 (Nathan Astle), 5-135 (Stephen Fleming), 6-146 (Chris Cairns), 7-189 (Chris Harris), 8-198 (Daniel Vettori), 9-204 (Shayne O'Connor), 10-207 (Heath Davis)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Heath Streak	23	2	63	1	2.74	-	-	-
John Rennie	8	1	32	0	4.00	-	-	-
Bryan Strang	19	10	29	3	1.53	-	-	-
Paul Strang	15	2	31	2	2.07	-	-	-
Guy Whittall	5	0	15	0	3.00	-	-	-
Adam Huckle	14	3	32	2	2.29	-	-	-

Zimbabwe 2nd INNINGS

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gavin Rennie	c Harris b O'Connor	57	166	221	2	0	34.34

Grant Flower	c Fleming b O'Connor	151	240	335	12	3	62.92

Andy Flower †	c †Parore b O'Connor	20	35	61	1	0	57.14

Guy Whittall	run out (O'Connor)	4	16	16	0	0	25.00

Alistair Campbell (c)	c Fleming b Davis	21	49	83	2	0	42.86

Dave Houghton	c Davis b Astle	1	5	7	0	0	20.00

Paul Strang	c Horne b Davis	17	21	35	1	0	80.95

Heath Streak	run out (Harris)	0	5	9	0	0	0.00

John Rennie	c & b Astle	16	18	23	1	0	88.89

Bryan Strang	not out	4	7	18	0	0	57.14

Extras	(lb 12, nb 8)	20
TOTAL	(91.5 Ov, RR: 3.38)	311/9d
Did not bat: Adam Huckle
Fall of wickets: 1-156 (Gavin Rennie), 2-218 (Andy Flower), 3-231 (Guy Whittall), 4-263 (Grant Flower), 5-264 (Dave Houghton), 6-290 (Paul Strang), 7-290 (Alistair Campbell), 8-290 (Heath Streak), 9-311 (John Rennie)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Shayne O'Connor	26	3	73	3	2.81	-	-	-	0
Heath Davis	13	2	45	2	3.46	-	-	-	10
Chris Cairns	9	0	44	0	4.89	-	-	-	0
Daniel Vettori	13	2	40	0	3.08	-	-	-	0
Chris Harris	5	3	11	0	2.20	-	-	-	0
Nathan Astle	25.5	2	86	2	3.33	-	-	-	0

New Zealand 2nd INNINGS (target: 403 runs)

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Blair Pocock	lbw b Streak	52	157	208	6	0	33.12

Craig Spearman	c †A Flower b Huckle	33	66	78	6	0	50.00

Matt Horne	c †A Flower b PA Strang	0	3	4	0	0	0.00

Stephen Fleming (c)	lbw b BC Strang	27	90	97	1	0	30.00

Nathan Astle	c GW Flower b BC Strang	0	3	3	0	0	0.00

Chris Cairns	not out	71	238	256	7	1	29.83

Adam Parore †	lbw b Huckle	51	53	73	10	0	96.23

Chris Harris	lbw b Streak	41	81	89	5	0	50.62

Daniel Vettori	c GJ Rennie b Huckle	13	49	49	0	0	26.53

Shayne O'Connor	not out	1	31	26	0	0	3.23

Extras	(b 6, lb 6, nb 2, w 1)	15
TOTAL	(128 Ov, RR: 2.37)	304/8
Did not bat: Heath Davis
Fall of wickets: 1-63 (Craig Spearman), 2-64 (Matt Horne), 3-116 (Stephen Fleming), 4-116 (Nathan Astle), 5-122 (Blair Pocock), 6-200 (Adam Parore), 7-266 (Chris Harris), 8-296 (Daniel Vettori)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Heath Streak	21	3	52	2	2.48	-	-	-	0	0
Bryan Strang	26	10	56	2	2.15	-	-	-	0	1
Guy Whittall	5	1	19	0	3.80	-	-	-	0	0
Paul Strang	42	17	76	1	1.81	-	-	-	0	0
Adam Huckle	31	9	84	3	2.71	-	-	-	1	2
John Rennie	3	1	5	0	1.67	-	-	-	0	0

MATCH DETAILS

Harare Sports Club
Toss	New Zealand, elected to field first
Series	New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe
Season	1997/98
Player Of The Match	Grant Flower
Series result	2-match series level 0-0
Match number	Test no. 1378
Match days	- day match (5-day match)
Test debut	Adam Huckle Gavin Rennie Shayne O'Connor
Umpires	B.C. Cooray Ian Robinson
TV Umpire	Graeme Evans
Match Referee	Sidath Wettimuny

CLOSE OF PLAY

Thu, 18 Sep - day 1 -Zimbabwe 1st innings 205/4 (Grant Flower 85*, Dave Houghton 20*, null ov)

Fri, 19 Sep - day 2 -New Zealand 1st innings 91/3 (Stephen Fleming 20*, Nathan Astle 2*, null ov)

Sat, 20 Sep - day 3 -Zimbabwe 2nd innings 115 (Gavin Rennie 45*, Grant Flower 60*, null ov)

Sun, 21 Sep - day 4 -New Zealand 2nd innings 64/2 (Blair Pocock 30*, null ov)

Mon, 22 Sep - day 5 -New Zealand 2nd innings 304/8 (128 ov) - end of match

MATCH NOTES

General

First time 3 pairs of brothers have appeared on the same team in a Test (A & GW Flower, PA & BC Strang, JA & GJ Rennie).

Day 1

1 hour and 15 minutes were lost to rain on the first morning

Day 2

SP Fleming 5 catches, equals the record for most catches by a fielder in a Test innings (also: VY Richardson, Aus v SA at Durban, 5th test, 1935/36; Yajurvindra Singh, Ind v Eng at Bangalore, 4th Test, 1976/77; M Azharuddin, Ind v Pak at Karachi, 1st Test, 1989/90; K Srikkanth, Ind v Aus at Perth, 5th Test, 1991/92); new Test record for New Zealand (previous - 4 catches: JJ Crowe v WI at Bridgetown, 3rd Test, 1984/85; MD Crowe v WI at Kingston, 4th Test, 1984/85).

Day 4

GW Flower becomes the first player to score a century in each innings of a Test for Zimbabwe.
GJ Rennie and GW Flower's 156 set a new record partnership for the 1st wicket for Zimbabwe in Tests (previous: GW Flower and SV Carlisle, Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Auckland, 1995-96).
GW Flower (1430 runs) becomes Zimbabwe's highest Test run-scorer (previous: DL Houghton 1419 runs)
SP Fleming 7 catches in the match, equals the record for most catches by a fielder in a Test (also: GS Chappell, Aus v Eng at Perth, 2nd Test, 1974/75; Yajurvindra Singh, Ind v Eng at Bangalore, 4th Test, 1976/77; HP Tillakaratne, SL v NZ at Colombo, 2nd Test, 1992/93); new record for New Zealand (previous - 6 catches: BA Young v Pak at Auckland, 1st Test, 1993/94).

New Zealand Innings

Player Name		R	B
BA Pocock	lbw	52	157
CM Spearman	caught	33	66
MJ Horne	caught	0	3
SP Fleming	lbw	27	90
NJ Astle	caught	0	3
CL Cairns	not out	71	238
AC Parore	lbw	51	53
CZ Harris	lbw	41	81
DL Vettori	caught	13	49
SB O'Connor	not out	1	31
Extras	(b 6, lb 6, nb 2, w 1)
Total	304(8 wkts; 128 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
HH Streak	21	3	52	2	2.48
BC Strang	26	10	56	2	2.15 (1 nb)
GJ Whittall	5	1	19	0	3.8
PA Strang	42	17	76	1	1.81
AG Huckle	31	9	84	3	2.71 (2 nb)
JA Rennie	3	1	5	0	1.67

WKT	RUNS	Players
1st	63	Blair Pocock	Craig Spearman
2nd	1	Blair Pocock	Matt Horne
3rd	52	Blair Pocock	Stephen Fleming
4th	0	Blair Pocock	Nathan Astle
5th	6	Chris Cairns	Blair Pocock
6th	78	Chris Cairns	Adam Parore
7th	66	Chris Cairns	Chris Harris
8th	30	Chris Cairns	Daniel Vettori
9th	8	Chris Cairns	Shayne O'Connor

Zimbabwe 1st INNINGS

New Zealand 1st INNINGS

Zimbabwe 2nd INNINGS

New Zealand 2nd INNINGS (target: 403 runs)

MATCH DETAILS

Grant Flower

Adam Huckle

Gavin Rennie

Shayne O'Connor

B.C. Cooray

Ian Robinson

Graeme Evans

Sidath Wettimuny