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Zimbabwe v New Zealand @ Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
25, 26, 27, 28, 29 September 1997 (five-day match)
Toss: Zimbabwe (bat)
Umpires: RB Tiffin, S Venkataraghavan
Third Umpire: QJ Goosen
Match Referee: S Wettimuny
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
Zimbabwe
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gavin Rennie | c Chris Harris b Shayne O'Connor | 57 | 122 | 184 | 6 | - |
| 2. Grant Flower | c Stephen Fleming b Daniel Vettori | 83 | 155 | 178 | 12 | - |
| +3. Andy Flower | c Chris Harris b Daniel Vettori | 39 | 77 | 111 | 6 | - |
| 4. Guy Whittall | not out | 203 | 359 | 453 | 22 | 2 |
| *5. Alistair Campbell | c Nathan Astle b Shayne O'Connor | 7 | 22 | 36 | 1 | - |
| 6. Dave Houghton | b Chris Cairns | 32 | 59 | 93 | 6 | - |
| 7. Paul Strang | c Chris Harris b Daniel Vettori | 5 | 38 | 35 | - | - |
| 8. Heath Streak | lbw b Chris Cairns | 17 | 73 | 93 | 2 | - |
| 9. Bryan Strang | c Stephen Fleming b Chris Cairns | 0 | 16 | 15 | - | - |
| 10. Adam Huckle | c Adam Parore b Daniel Vettori | 0 | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| 11. Everton Matambanadzo | c Stephen Fleming b Shayne O'Connor | 4 | 43 | 66 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-144 (Grant Flower), 2-148 (Gavin Rennie), 3-218 (Andy Flower), 4-244 (Alistair Campbell), 5-322 (Dave Houghton), 6-343 (Paul Strang), 7-416 (Heath Streak), 8-420 (Bryan Strang), 9-421 (Adam Huckle), 461 (Everton Matambanadzo). |
| Extras | 0b, 10lb, 2w, 2nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 161 ovs) 461 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| David Sewell | 19 | 3 | 81 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Shayne O'Connor | 27 | 9 | 80 | 3 | (2w,1nb) |
| Chris Cairns | 36 | 11 | 97 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 58 | 11 | 165 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Harris | 14 | 6 | 13 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 7 | 2 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Craig Spearman | c Adam Huckle b Paul Strang | 47 | 130 | 189 | 8 | - |
| 2. Blair Pocock | lbw b Paul Strang | 27 | 133 | 146 | 2 | - |
| 3. Matt Horne | lbw b Paul Strang | 5 | 23 | 25 | - | - |
| *4. Stephen Fleming | c Paul Strang b Adam Huckle | 27 | 45 | 53 | 3 | - |
| 5. Nathan Astle | c sub b Adam Huckle | 96 | 176 | 218 | 13 | 2 |
| 6. Chris Cairns | c Gavin Rennie b Adam Huckle | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| +7. Adam Parore | c Grant Flower b Adam Huckle | 17 | 35 | 41 | 2 | - |
| 8. Chris Harris | b Adam Huckle | 71 | 228 | 278 | 10 | - |
| 9. Daniel Vettori | c Bryan Strang b Adam Huckle | 90 | 162 | 176 | 14 | - |
| 10. Shayne O'Connor | run out (Grant Flower > > ) | 7 | 24 | 23 | 1 | - |
| 11. David Sewell | not out | 1 | 17 | 13 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-60 (Blair Pocock), 2-76 (Matt Horne), 3-92 (Craig Spearman), 4-130 (Stephen Fleming), 5-130 (Chris Cairns), 6-162 (Adam Parore), 7-259 (Nathan Astle), 8-371 (Chris Harris), 9-389 (Shayne O'Connor), 403 (Daniel Vettori). |
| Extras | 1b, 9lb, 0w, 5nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 161.4 ovs) 403 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Heath Streak | 15 | 5 | 26 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Everton Matambanadzo | 15 | 4 | 52 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Paul Strang | 47 | 19 | 110 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Adam Huckle | 40.4 | 10 | 109 | 6 | (0w,1nb) |
| Bryan Strang | 26 | 12 | 50 | 0 | (0w,2nb) |
| Guy Whittall | 6 | 1 | 14 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Grant Flower | 10 | 2 | 19 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Alistair Campbell | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Zimbabwe
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gavin Rennie | lbw b Nathan Astle | 24 | 63 | 81 | 3 | - |
| 2. Grant Flower | run out (Craig Spearman > > ) | 49 | 46 | 68 | 8 | - |
| +3. Andy Flower | c & b Chris Harris | 7 | 25 | 31 | - | - |
| 4. Guy Whittall | run out (Chris Harris > > ) | 45 | 84 | 105 | 7 | 1 |
| *5. Alistair Campbell | not out | 59 | 121 | 161 | 8 | - |
| 6. Dave Houghton | c Chris Harris b Daniel Vettori | 13 | 22 | 31 | 2 | - |
| 7. Paul Strang | lbw b Daniel Vettori | 2 | 6 | 7 | - | - |
| 8. Heath Streak | run out (Chris Harris > > ) | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| 9. Bryan Strang | b Chris Cairns | 10 | 13 | 14 | 2 | - |
| 10. Adam Huckle | not out | 0 | 7 | 9 | - | - |
| 11. Everton Matambanadzo |
| FOW | 1-75 (Grant Flower), 2-80 (Gavin Rennie), 3-91 (Andy Flower), 4-172 (Guy Whittall), 5-202 (Dave Houghton), 6-204 (Paul Strang), 7-205 (Heath Streak), 8-219 (Bryan Strang). |
| Extras | 2b, 7lb, 3w, 5nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 64 ovs) 227 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| David Sewell | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Shayne O'Connor | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Chris Cairns | 11 | 1 | 49 | 1 | (1w,2nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 18 | 3 | 69 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 9 | 6 | 16 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Harris | 17 | 4 | 41 | 1 | (0w,3nb) |
4th Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Blair Pocock | c Paul Strang b Adam Huckle | 62 | 96 | 139 | 8 | - |
| 2. Craig Spearman | c Alistair Campbell b Adam Huckle | 27 | 40 | 38 | 4 | - |
| 3. Matt Horne | c Alistair Campbell b Adam Huckle | 29 | 56 | 55 | 5 | - |
| *4. Stephen Fleming | run out (Paul Strang > > ) | 75 | 103 | 151 | 7 | - |
| 5. Nathan Astle | c Grant Flower b Paul Strang | 21 | 53 | 71 | 3 | - |
| 6. Chris Cairns | c Dave Houghton b Adam Huckle | 8 | 9 | 20 | 1 | - |
| +7. Adam Parore | c Guy Whittall b Adam Huckle | 23 | 24 | 34 | - | 1 |
| 8. Chris Harris | not out | 12 | 23 | 32 | 1 | - |
| 9. Daniel Vettori | run out (Dave Houghton > > ) | 7 | 8 | 12 | - | - |
| 10. Shayne O'Connor | not out | 0 | - | 2 | - | - |
| 11. David Sewell |
| FOW | 1-41 (Craig Spearman), 2-89 (Matt Horne), 3-138 (Blair Pocock), 4-207 (Nathan Astle), 5-221 (Chris Cairns), 6-240 (Stephen Fleming), 7-260 (Adam Parore), 8-275 (Daniel Vettori). |
| Extras | 5b, 4lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 68 ovs) 275 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Everton Matambanadzo | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bryan Strang | 8 | 4 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Adam Huckle | 32 | 2 | 146 | 5 | (0w,2nb) |
| Paul Strang | 23 | 1 | 81 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Grant Flower | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Zimbabwe:
Gavin Rennie, Grant Flower, Andy Flower, Guy Whittall, Alistair Campbell, Dave Houghton, Paul Strang, Heath Streak, Bryan Strang, Adam Huckle, Everton Matambanadzo