- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR11.1 bowled'im! Goes for the paddle scoop, it's a straight delivery on middle and he bent low and got out of the way to play it over short fine, didn't connect and it crashed into middle 120/116.2 length ball and he tries to swing that over midwicket but it's miscued, gets a leading edge and he holes out to long-off 172/217.6 good stuff, almost in the blockhole outside off, can only strike it to long-off, Taylor attempts an impossible second but Coventry returns a good throw and Mutizwa does the rest 187/3Extras18 (lb 6, nb 3, w 9)TOTAL187/3 (18 Overs, RR: 10.38)Fall of wickets: 1-120 (Brendon McCullum, 11.1 ov), 2-172 (Martin Guptill, 16.2 ov), 3-187 (Ross Taylor, 17.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB CB Mpofu 4 0 40 0 10 10 2 2 3 0 KM Jarvis 4 0 36 2 9 7 3 1 0 2 RW Price 4 0 34 0 8.5 8 3 1 1 0 E Chigumbura 2 0 17 0 8.5 4 2 0 1 0 P Utseya 3 0 45 0 15 4 2 4 0 1 CJ Chibhabha 1 0 9 0 9 1 1 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.2 gone! Nicely bowled by Bracewell, angled in, landed in the channel outside off and moved away, Masakadza tried to open the face and got a feather on it, McCullum made no mistake 24/113.5 stumped, that one was fired in outside off and it didn't turn, Chibhabha hopped out of the track to play it into the off side, he expected it to turn but it didn't, missed and Brendon McCullum did the rest 125/53.4 bowled him with the slower one, changed his pace, Taylor tried to swing him over midwicket a little too early, didn't pick the slower one and lost his middle stump, Zimbabwe in trouble 27/29.3 superb reaction, low full toss and it's driven back, he's alert and dives to his left and low to pluck it inches from the ground, was a clean catch, Chigumbura has to go 84/39.5 Zimbabwe back in trouble, the ball stopped on him there, landed around a good length, Coventry came forward to play it into the leg side but was caught surprised as it stopped on him, ended up lobbing it wide of the bowler, he ran a few paces to his right and snapped it easily with his right hand 84/416.2 good length on middle, pulls it hard over square leg but can't find the ropes, there's confusion in the middle and it's a good throw from Oram in the deep, McCullum collects well and takes down the stumps to find Mutizwa well short, run-out 154/715.4 Waller has to go, full toss outside off, smashed but straight to Ross Taylor at extra cover 149/616.3 shortish on middle, pulled to midwicket, both want the single but Utseya backs out at the last moment and runs back, Price has run halfway down the pitch by then, it's an easy run-out at the striker's end 154/816.4 gone! It's a team hat-trick for New Zealand, short of a good length on the off, makes room does Jarvis and feathers it to the keeper, three wickets in three balls 154/916.5 four wickets in four balls, it's all over, good length ball and he tries to go over the top on the leg side, gets a leading edge towards third man and Aldridge there makes no mistake 154/10Extras4 (lb 3, w 1)TOTAL154 all out (16.5 Overs, RR: 9.14)Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Hamilton Masakadza, 2.2 ov), 2-27 (Brendan Taylor, 3.4 ov), 3-84 (Elton Chigumbura, 9.3 ov), 4-84 (Charles Coventry, 9.5 ov), 5-125 (Chamu Chibhabha, 13.5 ov), 6-149 (Malcolm Waller, 15.4 ov), 7-154 (Forster Mutizwa, 16.2 ov), 8-154 (Ray Price, 16.3 ov), 9-154 (Kyle Jarvis, 16.4 ov), 10-154 (Chris Mpofu, 16.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB DAJ Bracewell 3.5 0 25 3 6.52 13 3 1 0 0 GW Aldridge 4 0 45 1 11.25 7 6 1 0 0 JDP Oram 3 0 27 1 9 7 4 0 1 0 LJ Woodcock 2 0 20 0 10 6 1 2 0 0 NL McCullum 3 0 23 3 7.66 6 0 2 0 0 RJ Nicol 1 0 11 0 11 1 0 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Zimbabwe , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
New Zealand won the 2-match series 2-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.00 start, First Session 14.00-15.20, Interval 15.20-15.40, Second Session 15.40-17.00
Match days
17 October 2011 (20-over match)
T20I debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Wet Ground: New Zealand - 0/0
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 5.0 (Mandatory - 47 runs, 0 wicket)
- Rain: New Zealand - 28/0 in 3.0 overs (BB McCullum 16, MJ Guptill 2)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (32 balls), Extras 13
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (BB McCullum 21, MJ Guptill 17, Ex 13)
- BB McCullum: 50 off 31 balls (1 x 4, 5 x 6)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 9.4 overs (60 balls), Extras 16
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 60 balls (BB McCullum 50, MJ Guptill 37, Ex 16)
- MJ Guptill: 50 off 37 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 14.4 overs (90 balls), Extras 17
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (MJ Guptill 27, JD Ryder 23, Ex 1)
- Innings Break: New Zealand - 187/3 in 18.0 overs (JD Ryder 30)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 5.0 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 2 wickets)
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (33 balls), Extras 0
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (CJ Chibhabha 15, E Chigumbura 33, Ex 2)
- Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 11.4 overs (70 balls), Extras 2
- CJ Chibhabha: 50 off 34 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Zimbabwe: 150 runs in 15.5 overs (95 balls), Extras 4
Match Coverage
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