Zimbabwean cricket team in New Zealand in 1995–96
International cricket tour
The Zimbabwe national cricket team toured New Zealand in January and February 1996 and played a two-match Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team followed by three Limited Overs Internationals (LOI). Both Test matches were drawn. New Zealand were captained by Lee Germon and Zimbabwe by Andy Flower. New Zealand won the LOI series 2–1.[1]
Test series summary
First Test
13–17 January 1996 (5–day match) Scorecard |
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230/8d (80 overs) SP Fleming 49 (70) HH Streak 4/52 (25 overs) | 196 (74.5 overs) GJ Whittall 54 (163) CL Cairns 4/56 (24 overs) | |
222/5d (75 overs) AC Parore 84* (177) BC Strang 1/19 (5 overs) | 208/6 (61 overs) GW Flower 59 (91) RG Twose 2/36 (13 overs) |
Match drawn Trust Bank Park, Hamilton Umpires: LH Barker (WI) and DM Quested (NZ) Player of the match: CL Cairns (NZ) |
- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- GI Allott, NJ Astle, RJ Kennedy and GR Loveridge (all NZ) made their Test debuts.
Second Test
20–24 January 1996 (5–day match) Scorecard |
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Match drawn Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: DB Cowie (NZ) and Mahboob Shah (PAK) Player of the match: CL Cairns (NZ) |
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
One Day Internationals (ODIs)
New Zealand won the series 2-1.
1st ODI
28 January 1996 Scorecard |
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- SG Davies (ZIM) made his ODI debut.
2nd ODI
31 January 1996 Scorecard |
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New Zealand won by 6 wickets Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: DB Cowie and CE King Player of the match: SP Fleming (NZ) |
- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
- RJ Kennedy (NZ) and ACI Lock (ZIM) made their ODI debuts.
3rd ODI
3 February 1996 (D/N) Scorecard |
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A Flower 57 (67) DK Morrison 3/39 (10 overs) |
Zimbabwe won by 21 runs McLean Park, Napier Umpires: RS Dunne and DM Quested Player of the match: A Flower (ZIM) |
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
References
- ^ "Zimbabwe in New Zealand 1995/96". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
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