Zimbabwe First-Class Matches 1997/98-2005/06

ZIMBABWE v NEW ZEALAND Played at Harare Sports Club, September 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 1997. Match drawn. ZIMBABWE 1 G.J.Rennie c Fleming b Cairns 23 c Harris b O’Connor 57 2 G.W.Flower c Parore b Cairns 104 c Fleming b O’Connor 151 3 †A.Flower c Spearman b Cairns 8 c Parore b O’Connor 20 4 G.J.Whittall c Fleming b O’Connor 33 run out 4 5 *A.D.R.Campbell c Pocock b Astle 18 c Fleming b Davis 21 6 D.L.Houghton lbw b Davis 23 c Davis b Astle 1 7 P.A.Strang c Fleming b Davis 42 c Horne b Davis 17 8 H.H.Streak c Fleming b Cairns 0 run out 0 9 J.A.Rennie c Fleming b Davis 22 c and b Astle 16 10 B.C.Strang lbw b Cairns 1 not out 4 11 A.G.Huckle not out 0 Extras b 1, lb 5, w 4, nb 14 24 lb 12, nb 8 20 —— —— 298 (9 wickets, declared) 311 FoW (1): 1-47 (1), 2-57 (3), 3-117 (4), 4-144 (5), 5-214 (6), 6-244 (2), 7-244 (8), 8-295 (7), 9-298 (9), 10-298 (10) FoW (2): 1-156 (1), 2-218 (3), 3-231 (4), 4-263 (2), 5-264 (6), 6-290 (7), 7-290 (5), 8-290 (8), 9-311 (9) NEW ZEALAND 1 C.M.Spearman c Campbell b B.C.Strang 23 (2) c A.Flower b Huckle 33 2 B.A.Pocock run out (Streak) 21 (1) lbw b Streak 52 3 M.J.Horne c Whittall b Streak 24 c A.Flower b P.A.Strang 0 4 *S.P.Fleming c A.Flower b B.C.Strang 52 lbw b B.C.Strang 27 5 N.J.Astle c A.Flower b B.C.Strang 7 c G.W.Flower b B.C.Strang 0 6 C.L.Cairns run out (Streak) 12 not out 71 7 †A.C.Parore not out 42 lbw b Huckle 51 8 C.Z.Harris lbw b Huckle 16 lbw b Streak 41 9 D.L.Vettori c J.A.Rennie b P.A.Strang 2 c G.J.Rennie b Huckle 13 10 S.B.O’Connor c Houghton b P.A.Strang 2 not out 1 11 H.T.Davis c G.J.Rennie b Huckle 1 Extras b 4, lb 1 5 b 6, lb 6, w 1, nb 2 15 —— —— 207 (8 wickets) 304 FoW (1): 1-44 (2), 2-44 (1), 3-89 (3), 4-96 (5), 5-135 (4), 6-146 (6), 7-189 (8), 8-198 (9), 9-204 (10), 10-207 (11) FoW (2): 1-63 (2), 2-64 (3), 3-116 (4), 4-116 (5), 5-122 (1), 6-200 (7), 7-266 (8), 8-296 (9) New Zealand Bowling O M R W O M R W O’Connor 26 1 104 1 26 3 73 3 Davis 20 1 57 3 4w,14nb 13 2 45 2 10nb Cairns 28.1 9 50 5 2nb 9 0 44 0 Astle 23 12 40 1 (6) 25.5 2 86 2 Vettori 4 0 14 0 (4) 13 2 40 0 Harris 13 5 27 0 2nb (5) 5 3 11 0 Zimbabwe Bowling O M R W O M R W Streak 23 2 63 1 21 3 52 2 J.A.Rennie 8 1 32 0 (6) 3 1 5 0 B.C.Strang 19 10 29 3 (2) 26 10 56 2 1nb P.A.Strang 15 2 31 2 42 17 76 1 Whittall 5 0 15 0 (3) 5 1 19 0 Huckle 14 3 32 2 (5) 31 9 84 3 1w,2nb Umpires: B.C.Cooray and I.D.Robinson. Third umpire: G.R.Evans. Toss: New Zealand Referee: S.Wettimuny. Close of Play: 1st day: Zimbabwe (1) 205-4 (G.W.Flower 85*, Houghton 20*); 2nd day: New Zealand (1) 91-3 (Fleming 20*, Astle 2*); 3rd day: Zimbabwe (2) 115-0 (G.J.Rennie 45*, G.W.Flower 60*); 4th day: New Zealand (2) 64-2 (Pocock 30*). Man of the match: G.W.Flower. G.W.Flower’s 104 took 288 balls in 345 minutes and included 10 fours. G.W.Flower’s 151 took 240 balls in 335 minutes and included 12 fours and 3 sixes. 7