Close of Play

  • Fri, 28 Oct - day 1 - New Zealanders 1st innings 344/8 (KS Williamson ?*, JS Patel ?*, 90 ov)
  • Sat, 29 Oct - day 2 - New Zealanders 2nd innings 49/0 (12 ov) - end of match

Match Notes

New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe 2011-12 News

  • Vettori glad he quit captaincy, one-dayers

    Daniel Vettori, the New Zealand left-arm spinner, has said he enjoyed playing his first Test since resigning from the captaincy after the 2011 World Cup

  • Martin one of NZ's best-ever Test bowlers - Vettori

    Former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has showered generous praise on fast bowler Chris Martin, who became only the fourth New Zealand bowler to take 200 Test wickets

  • Ross Taylor lauds team for showing self-belief

    New Zealand captain Ross Taylor praised his players for not losing hope as Zimbabwe made a fist of a stiff chase of 366 on the final day of the one-off Test in Bulawayo on Saturday

  • New Zealand outlast Brendan Taylor to win thriller

    The currently unranked Zimbabwe went at the world No. 8 New Zealand mercilessly on a fifth day dripping with Test-match brilliance, but they ran out of steam dramatically after tea to lose by 34 runs

  • Taylor takes charge

    Five months into his job as Zimbabwe captain, Brendan Taylor has led by example, and has been one of his perennially struggling side's few reasons for cheer