Zimbabwe openers counter after Taylor, Watling flatten hosts
Kane Williamson, New Zealand's overnight batsman, raised his 14th Test century and joined an elite group of batsmen with a century against all the Test-playing nations AFP
Williamson edged Michael Chinouya to gully for 113, but Ross Taylor continued the good work, surpassing his mentor Martin Crowe to become New Zealand's third-highest run-scorer in Tests AFP
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Zimbabwe managed to send back Henry Nicholls early, but BJ Watling stuck in and piled the agony with Taylor AFP
Taylor drove left-arm spinner Sean Williams to long-off to bring up his 15th Test centuryand his second of the series AFP
Watling too chipped away as the duo added 193 unbeaten runs for the fifth wicket as New Zealand went into tea on 582 for 4. Williamson subsequently called for the declaration with Watling unbeaten on 83 and Taylor on 124 AFP
Zimbabwe's openers started off a stoic resistance, not scoring a single run for the first five overs against Tim Southee and Trent Boult AFP
Tino Mawoyo and Chamu Chibhabha saw through 30 overs in the last session and put on 55 runs to give Zimbabwe a good platform to build on. But they still trailed by 527 runs AFP
