- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras17 (lb 3, nb 12, w 2)TOTAL465 all out (160.3 Overs, RR: 2.89, 679 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Craig Spearman, 2.5 ov), 2-69 (Mathew Sinclair, 30.3 ov), 3-91 (Stephen Fleming, 37.4 ov), 4-226 (Mark Richardson, 89.4 ov), 5-256 (Nathan Astle, 98.6 ov), 6-302 (Craig McMillan, 115.6 ov), 7-318 (Adam Parore, 118.2 ov), 8-462 (Dion Nash, 159.5 ov), 9-462 (Chris Cairns, 159.6 ov), 10-465 (Shayne O'Connor, 160.3 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras8 (b 3, lb 3, nb 1, w 1)TOTAL166 all out (92 Overs, RR: 1.8, 360 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Gavin Rennie, 4.1 ov), 2-76 (Stuart Carlisle, 52.3 ov), 3-77 (Alistair Campbell, 53.5 ov), 4-118 (Grant Flower, 73.5 ov), 5-146 (Guy Whittall, 79.4 ov), 6-151 (Andy Flower, 82.5 ov), 7-151 (Mluleki Nkala, 82.6 ov), 8-157 (Heath Streak, 85.2 ov), 9-164 (Henry Olonga, 90.2 ov), 10-166 (Paul Strang, 91.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB CL Cairns 17.1 7 33 2 1.92 1 1 SB O'Connor 28 9 43 3 1.53 0 0 DJ Nash 17 11 25 1 1.47 0 0 CD McMillan 12.5 2 29 2 2.25 0 0 NJ Astle 14 9 22 2 1.57 0 0 PJ Wiseman 3 0 8 0 2.66 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras9 (b 4, lb 4, nb 1)TOTAL370 all out (f/o) (178.3 Overs, RR: 2.07, 657 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Gavin Rennie, 6.1 ov), 2-27 (Grant Flower, 27.6 ov), 3-39 (Alistair Campbell, 30.5 ov), 4-48 (Stuart Carlisle, 38.4 ov), 5-179 (Andy Flower, 80.6 ov), 6-330 (Heath Streak, 160.5 ov), 7-335 (Mluleki Nkala, 161.3 ov), 8-348 (Paul Strang, 166.3 ov), 9-349 (Henry Olonga, 167.5 ov), 10-370 (Pommie Mbangwa, 178.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SB O'Connor 45 17 73 4 1.62 0 0 DJ Nash 17.3 8 28 0 1.60 0 0 CD McMillan 20 4 53 0 2.65 0 0 NJ Astle 36 16 73 1 2.02 0 0 CL Cairns 33 7 80 2 2.42 0 1 PJ Wiseman 27 11 55 0 2.03 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras5 (lb 2, nb 2, w 1)TOTAL74/2 (15.2 Overs, RR: 4.82, 75 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Craig Spearman, 2.3 ov), 2-42 (Adam Parore, 10.2 ov)
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- Tue, 19 Sep - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 226/4 (NJ Astle 64*, 89.4 ov)
- Wed, 20 Sep - day 2 - Zimbabwe 1st innings 31/1 (GW Flower 11*, SV Carlisle 15*, 17 ov)
- Thu, 21 Sep - day 3 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 6/1 (GW Flower 0*, SV Carlisle 5*, 13 ov)
- Fri, 22 Sep - day 4 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 228/5 (GJ Whittall 105*, HH Streak 10*, 104 ov)
- Sat, 23 Sep - day 5 - New Zealand 2nd innings 74/2 (15.2 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- SP Fleming: becomes the most successful New Zealand captain in Test history with this victory being the 12th under his leadership in 29 Tests (previous best: 11 by Geoff Howarth in 30 Tests)
- New Zealand become the first team to clean sweep Zimbabwe at home in a series of more than one match in length
- GJ Whittall: 100 off 202 balls, 190 minutes, 15x4, 2x6
- Lunch: New Zealand 302/6 (Cairns 33*; 116 overs)
- Tea: New Zealand 404/7 (Cairns 92*, Nash 37*; 147 overs)
- The wicket of Adam Parore in first innings was 50th for Henry Olonga in Test cricket. He became fifth Zimbabwean after Heath Streak, Paul Strang,Guy Whittall and Bryan Strang to do so.
- CL Cairns: 50 off 63 balls, 97 minutes, 9x4; 100 off 144 balls, 12x4, 2x6, 4th Test 100; 2nd Test 100 v Zimbabwe (previous: 120 at Auckland, 1995/96)
- 8th wicket partnership (Cairns/Nash): 100 off 31.2 overs; 144 is the highest 8th wicket partnership for New Zealand against Zimbabwe (previous best: 112 by CZ Harris and DL Vettori at Bulawayo, 1997/98); is the highest 8th wicket partnership for New Zealand in Tests (previous best: 137 by DJ Nash and DL Vettori v India at Wellington, 1998/99)
- DJ Nash: 50 off 124 balls, 144 minutes, 6x4; 4th Test 50
- 465 is New Zealand's highest score in Tests against Zimbabwe (previous best: 460 at Auckland, 1997/98)
- Lunch: New Zealand 60/1 (Richardson 21*, Sinclair 35*; 26 overs)
- Tea: New Zealand 131/3 (Richardson 46*, Astle 26*; 55 overs)
- MH Richardson: 50 off 159 balls, 5x4, 1st Test 50; 99 is his highest Test score (previous best: 13 v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, 2000/01); it is the 6th innings of 99 by a New Zealand batsman in Tests (previous instance: DN Patel and JG Wright v England at Christchurch, 1991/92); his 495 tour runs is the most first-class runs scored by a batsman in a tour of Zimbabwe (previous best: 491 by A Gurusinha, 1994/95)
- 4th wicket partnership (Richardson/Astle): 100 off 43.2 overs
- NJ Astle: 50 off 144 balls, 8x4, 11th Test 50
- 12th men: DT Mutendera (Zim) and CZ Harris (NZ).
Match Coverage
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Should Nash concentrate on his batting?
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Young spinners need to be more aggressive, Jenner
Australian leg-spin bowler and spin coach Terry Jenner says New Zealand's young spinners need to be more aggressive in their approach
Short trip left Richardson hankering for more
No sooner had Mark Richardson jetted into Zimbabwe to start his international cricket career than it felt like he was on his way home again
Vettori agonises over having to watch from afar
New Zealand left-arm slow bowler Daniel Vettori faced a heavy day of medical examination in Christchurch today as he attempted to get to the bottom of the back injury which forced him out of the Zimbabwe tour