New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2000–01

The New Zealand national cricket team visited Zimbabwe in September 2000 and played a two-match Test series against the Zimbabwean national cricket team. New Zealand won the Test series 2–0. New Zealand were captained by Stephen Fleming and Zimbabwe by Heath Streak.^[1]

Test series

1st Test

12–16 September 2000 Scorecard

Zimbabwe	v	New Zealand
350 (175.2 overs) ADR Campbell 88 (307) PJ Wiseman 5/90 (45 overs)		338 (153.5 overs) MJ Horne 110 (277) PA Strang 8/109 (51.5 overs)
119 (67.5 overs) ADR Campbell 45 (133) CL Cairns 5/31 (14.5 overs)		132/3 (45.4 overs) MS Sinclair 43* (119) PA Strang 2/49 (20.4 overs)

New Zealand won by 7 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: DB Hair (Aus) and RB Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: PJ Wiseman (NZ)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
• MH Richardson (NZ) and DT Mutendera (Zim) made their Test debuts.

2nd Test

19–23 September 2000 Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Zimbabwe
465 (160.3 overs) CL Cairns 124 (174) HK Olonga 3/115 (27 overs)		166 (92 overs) GW Flower 49 (237) SB O'Connor 3/43 (28 overs)
74/2 (15.2 overs) MS Sinclair 35* (44) HH Streak 2/33 (8 overs)		370 (f/o) (178.3 overs) GJ Whittall 188* (429) SB O'Connor 4/73 (45 overs)

New Zealand won by 8 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: ID Robinson (Zim) and DR Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: CL Cairns (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

One Day International (ODI) series

1st ODI

27 September 2000 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  183/8 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 184/3 (40.5 overs)
A Flower 34 (62) NJ Astle 3/24 (10 overs)		CM Spearman 86 (104) BC Strang 1/15 (7 overs)

New Zealand won by 7 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: KC Barbour and GR Evans Player of the match: NJ Astle (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• GP Sulzberger and DR Tuffey (both NZ) made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

30 September 2000 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  273/5 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 252 (48.5 overs)
ADR Campbell 96 (108) CD McMillan 2/41 (10 overs)		RF Twose 64 (87) DP Viljoen 3/46 (10 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 21 runs Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: CK Coventry and RB Tiffin Player of the match: HH Streak (Zim)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• TJ Friend and DA Marillier (both Zim) made their ODI debuts.

3rd ODI

1 October 2000 Scorecard

New Zealand  264/8 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 268/4 (47.5 overs)
CD McMillan 78 (77) ML Nkala 2/20 (5 overs)		ADR Campbell 99* (124) SB O'Connor 2/56 (8.5 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: JF Fenwick and ID Robinson Player of the match: ADR Campbell (Zim)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

References

1. "New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2000". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 June 2014.