- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.1 Masakadza has charged out to a length ball and holed out to mid off, Nathan running to his left and taking a fine tumbling catch around deep extra cover 10/14.1 Chibhabha's urge to drive without moving his feet has led to his fall 22/28.4 gone leg before, Zimbabwe are stuttering, got a long way across but it missed one that straightened from wide of the crease to catch him in front, even as the appeal was on, Taylor took off for a run, Brendon got to the ball and threw it towards the bowler, even as Woodcock was getting rid of the bails, the umpire finally gave Mutizwa out 50/311.5 Waller finds deep square leg, bends the knee and swings well with the turn but picks out the man in the deep, the shot went a bit too flat in the air 71/415.1 Coverntry has holed out to extra cover, charged out looking for the straight boundary, Nathan pushed it quick and flat, and he mistimed it high towards extra cover who settled under it 96/518.6 Elton has lifted this one high and straight to Ross Taylor at extra cover, it was a low full toss but he got too much underneath it and scooped it up in the air as he tried to go down the ground 119/619.3 Chakabva walks, he has bent the knee and had one last go at Oram, only finding an underedge on this length ball on its way to Brendon 119/719.6 Oram finally has his run-out, Taylor threw his bat at a low full toss, but Oram's big frame got down and stopped the ball, he recovered well to lob the ball on to the non-striker's stumps, catching Utseya well out of his ground 123/8Extras4 (nb 3, w 1)TOTAL123/8 (20 Overs, RR: 6.15)Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Hamilton Masakadza, 2.1 ov), 2-22 (Chamu Chibhabha, 4.1 ov), 3-50 (Forster Mutizwa, 8.4 ov), 4-71 (Malcolm Waller, 11.5 ov), 5-96 (Charles Coventry, 15.1 ov), 6-119 (Elton Chigumbura, 18.6 ov), 7-119 (Regis Chakabva, 19.3 ov), 8-123 (Prosper Utseya, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KD Mills 4 0 15 2 3.75 15 2 0 0 0 DAJ Bracewell 4 0 26 1 6.5 14 2 1 0 1 JDP Oram 4 0 25 1 6.25 9 1 0 1 0 LJ Woodcock 4 0 30 1 7.5 5 3 0 0 0 NL McCullum 3 0 17 2 5.66 9 1 1 0 0 JEC Franklin 1 0 10 0 10 2 1 0 0 2
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras6 (lb 1, nb 1, w 4)TOTAL127/0 (13.3 Overs, RR: 9.4)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KM Jarvis 3 0 32 0 10.66 9 2 2 3 1 RW Price 3.3 0 26 0 7.42 9 1 2 0 0 E Chigumbura 3 0 28 0 9.33 4 2 1 1 0 P Utseya 2 0 10 0 5 5 1 0 0 0 CJ Chibhabha 1 0 20 0 20 0 1 2 0 0 H Masakadza 1 0 10 0 10 2 0 1 0 0
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- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 34 runs, 2 wickets)
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 8.3 overs (51 balls), Extras 0
- Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 16.0 overs (99 balls), Extras 3
- BRM Taylor: 50 off 45 balls (5 x 4)
- Innings Break: Zimbabwe - 123/8 in 20.0 overs (BRM Taylor 50)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 43 runs, 0 wicket)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 7.1 overs (44 balls), Extras 5
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 44 balls (MJ Guptill 20, BB McCullum 25, Ex 5)
- BB McCullum: 50 off 37 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 11.3 overs (70 balls), Extras 6
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 70 balls (MJ Guptill 32, BB McCullum 63, Ex 6)
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