Zimbabwean cricket team in New Zealand in 2000–01

The Zimbabwe national cricket team toured New Zealand in December 2000 and January 2001 and played one Test match against the New Zealand national cricket team followed by three Limited Overs Internationals (LOI). The single test was drawn. New Zealand were captained by Stephen Fleming and Zimbabwe by Heath Streak. Zimbabwe won the LOI series 2–1.

Test series summary

26–30 December 2000
(5-day match)
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Zimbabwe
487/7d (181 overs) CD McMillan 142 (209) BC Strang 3/116 (46 overs)		340/6d (138.5 overs) GJ Rennie 93 (323) CS Martin 5/71 (32.5 overs)
153/4d (40 overs) SP Fleming 55 (73) HH Streak 1/18 (5 overs)		60/2 (30 overs) GJ Rennie 37 (82) SB O'Connor 1/8 (8 overs)

Match drawn
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: BC Cooray (SL) and RS Dunne (NZ)
Player of the match: CD McMillan (NZ)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
DA Marillier (ZIM) made his Test debut.

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

Zimbabwe won the series 2–1.

1st ODI

2 January 2001 (D/N)
Scorecard

Zimbabwe 300/7 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 210 (40 overs)
A Flower 80 (88) JEC Franklin 2/28 (5 overs)		SP Fleming 64 (79) DA Marillier 3/23 (4 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 70 runs (D/L method)
Owen Delany Park, Taupō
Umpires: DM Quested and EA Watkin
Player of the match: A Flower (ZIM)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
New Zealand target was 281 runs in 43 overs.
JEC Franklin and CS Martin (both NZ) made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

4 January 2001 (D/N)
Scorecard

Zimbabwe 236/7 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 237/2 (45.2 overs)
ADR Campbell 111 (133) CD McMillan 2/30 (8 overs)		NJ Astle 89* (115) BA Murphy 1/38 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 8 wickets
Westpac Trust Stadium, Wellington
Umpires: RS Dunne and AL Hill
Player of the match: MS Sinclair (NZ)

Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
JDP Oram (NZ) and AJ Mackay (ZIM) made their ODI debuts.

3rd ODI

7 January 2001
Scorecard

New Zealand 273/9 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 274/9 (48.4 overs)
CD McMillan 75* (53) BA Murphy 3/43 (10 overs)		A Flower 81 (86) SB Styris 3/36 (9 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 1 wicket
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: BF Bowden and DB Cowie
Player of the match: HH Streak (ZIM)

Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

References

International cricket in 2000–01

Preceding season: International cricket in 2000

September 2000

New Zealand in Zimbabwe

October 2000

November 2000

December 2000

Sri Lanka in South Africa
Zimbabwe in New Zealand

January 2001

February 2001

March 2001

South Africa in West Indies

April 2001

Following season: International cricket in 2001

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