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.

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