New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2011–12

The New Zealand national cricket team toured Zimbabwe from 14 October to 6 November 2011. The tour consisted of two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and one Test. With the exception of the 3rd ODI, New Zealand won all the matches against Zimbabwe.[1]

New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2011–12
 
  Zimbabwe New Zealand
Dates 15 October 2011 – 5 November 2011
Captains Brendan Taylor Ross Taylor
Test series
Result New Zealand won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs Brendan Taylor (167) Ross Taylor (152)
Most wickets Daniel Vettori (8) Kyle Jarvis (6)
Player of the series Daniel Vettori (NZ)
One Day International series
Results New Zealand won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Brendan Taylor (310) Martin Guptill (179)
Most wickets Njabulo Ncube (3) Andy McKay (7)
Player of the series Brendan Taylor (Zim)
Twenty20 International series
Results New Zealand won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Chamu Chibhabha (74) Brendon McCullum (145)
Most wickets Kyle Jarvis (2) Nathan McCullum (5)

Squads

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Limited overs Tests
  Zimbabwe[2]   New Zealand[3]   Zimbabwe   New Zealand[3]

Tour matches

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Two-day: Zimbabwe XI v New Zealanders

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28–29 October
Scorecard
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344/8 (90 overs)
Kane Williamson 86* (142)
Prosper Utseya 3/75 (24 overs)
241 (70.5 overs)
Malcolm Waller 66 (104)
Chris Martin 3/31 (12.5 overs)
49/0 (12 overs)
Daniel Vettori 32 (37)
Match drawn
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Lucky Ngwenya (Zim) and Trevor Phiri (Zim)
  • New Zealanders won the toss and chose to bat

T20I series

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1st T20I

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15 October
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  
123/8 (20 overs)
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  New Zealand
127/0 (13.3 overs)
Brendan Taylor 50* (46)
Kyle Mills 2/15 (4 overs)
New Zealand won by 10 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Jeremiah Matibiri and Russell Tiffin
Player of the match: Brendon McCullum (NZ)

2nd T20I

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17 October
Scorecard
New Zealand  
187/3 (18 overs)
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  Zimbabwe
154 (16.5 overs)
Martin Guptill 67 (46)
Kyle Jarvis 2/36 (4 overs)
Chamu Chibhabha 65 (39)
Nathan McCullum 3/23 (3 overs)
New Zealand won by 34 runs (D/L)
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Owen Chirombe and Jeremiah Matibiri
Player of the match: Martin Guptill (NZ)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
  • Graeme Aldridge (NZ) made his T20I debut.

ODI series

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1st ODI

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20 October
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  
231/6 (50 overs)
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  New Zealand
232/1 (43.3 overs)
Brendan Taylor 128* (120)
Doug Bracewell 3/55 (10 overs)
Rob Nicol 108* (131)
Hamilton Masakadza 1/13 (3 overs)
New Zealand won by 9 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Rob Nicol (NZ)

2nd ODI

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22 October
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  
259/8 (50 overs)
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  New Zealand
261/6 (48.2 overs)
Brendan Taylor 107* (105)
Andy McKay 4/53 (10 overs)
Martin Guptill 105 (121)
Keegan Meth 2/52 (10 overs)
New Zealand won by 4 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Owen Chirombe (Zim) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Martin Guptill (NZ)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
  • Graeme Aldridge (NZ) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

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25 October
Scorecard
New Zealand  
328/5 (50 overs)
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  Zimbabwe
329/9 (49.5 overs)
Ross Taylor 119 (126)
Njabulo Ncube 3/69 (8.5 overs)
Malcolm Waller 99* (74)
Jacob Oram 3/44 (9.5 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 1 wicket
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Owen Chriombe (Zim) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Malcolm Waller (Zim)

Test series

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Only Test

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1–5 November
Scorecard
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426 (143.3 overs)
Martin Guptill 109 (236)
Christopher Mpofu 4/92 (34 overs)
313 (121.5 overs)
Vusi Sibanda 93 (193)
Daniel Vettori 5/70 (43 overs)
252/8d (71 overs)
Ross Taylor 76 (130)
Kyle Jarvis 5/64 (18 overs)
331 (108.1 overs)
Brendan Taylor 117 (147)
Doug Bracewell 5/85 (25 overs)
New Zealand won by 34 runs
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Daniel Vettori (NZ)

References

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  1. ^ "New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe 2011/12-Fixtures". Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  2. ^ Keegan Meth included in Zimbabwe T20 squad Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 October 2011
  3. ^ a b Doug Bracewell, Rob Nicol and Graeme Aldridge in limited-overs squads Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2011