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New Zealand vs Zimbabwe (3rd Super Six Round Match)

World Cup, 2002/03, 3rd Super Six Match
New Zealand v Zimbabwe
Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein
8 March 2003 (50-over match)

Result: New Zealand won by 6 wickets
Points: New Zealand 4, Zimbabwe 0

Toss: Zimbabwe
Umpires: DB Hair (Aus) and RE Koertzen
TV Umpire: EAR de Silva (SL)
Match Referee: GR Viswanath (Ind)
Man of the Match: NJ Astle

Zimbabwe innings (50 overs maximum)                             R   M   B  4 6
CB Wishart            c Styris           b Cairns              30  64  50  4 0
DD Ebrahim                               b Adams                0   6   1  0 0
A Flower              run out (Astle)                          37  98  61  5 0
GW Flower             c Cairns           b Oram                 1   7   6  0 0
GJ Whittall           c McCullum         b Cairns               0   7   2  0 0
+T Taibu              lbw                b Harris              53 102  79  3 1
AM Blignaut           run out (McCullum/Vettori)                4  10   5  0 0
*HH Streak            not out                                  72  90  84  6 2
SM Ervine             not out                                  31  22  14  4 1
Extras                (lb 9, w 13, nb 2)                       24
Total                 (7 wickets, 50 overs, 204 mins)         252

DNB: BA Murphy, Douglas T Hondo.

FoW: 1-5 (Ebrahim, 1.1 ov), 2-59 (Wishart, 14.3 ov),
     3-63 (GW Flower, 15.5 ov), 4-65 (Whittall, 16.6 ov),
     5-98 (A Flower, 21.6 ov), 6-106 (Blignaut, 23.6 ov),
     7-174 (Taibu, 43.5 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bond                        10      1     37      0 (2w)
Adams                        5      0     54      1 (1nb, 5w)
Oram                        10      4     28      1 (1w)
Cairns                       4      0     16      2 (1w)
Vettori                     10      0     52      0
Harris                      10      0     45      1 (1nb)
Astle                        1      0     11      0

New Zealand innings (target: 253 runs from 50 overs)            R   M   B  4 6
CD McMillan           c Taibu            b Hondo                8  25  16  1 0
*SP Fleming           lbw                b Blignaut            46  65  42 10 0
NJ Astle              not out                                 102 187 122 11 0
SB Styris             c sub (TJ Friend)  b Blignaut            13  29  22  1 0
CL Cairns                                b Ervine              54  99  73  3 2
CZ Harris             not out                                  14  19  10  3 0
Extras                (lb 5, w 10, nb 1)                       16
Total                 (4 wickets, 47.2 overs, 213 mins)       253

DNB: +BB McCullum, JDP Oram, AR Adams, DL Vettori, SE Bond.

FoW: 1-27 (McMillan, 5.6 ov), 2-72 (Fleming, 13.3 ov),
     3-97 (Styris, 19.2 ov), 4-218 (Cairns, 43.6 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Streak                      10      0     59      0 (1w)
Hondo                        8.2    0     52      1 (2w)
Blignaut                    10      0     41      2 (3w)
GW Flower                   10      0     33      0 (1nb, 1w)
Whittall                     3      0     19      0
Ervine                       6      0     44      1 (1w)

* - Team Captain
+ - Team Wicket Keeper
  • 4th (reserve) umpire: S Venkataraghavan (Ind)


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