New Zealand national cricket team in Zimbabwe in the 2000/01 season

The tour of the New Zealand national cricket team to Zimbabwe in the 2000/01 season took place from September 1 to October 1, 2000. The international cricket tour was part of the 2000/01 international cricket season and included two test matches and three ODIs . New Zealand won the Test series 2-0 while Zimbabwe won the ODI series 2-1.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1997/98 season in New Zealand .

Stages

Bulawayo Harare

Tour venues

The following stages were planned as venues for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Queens Sports Club	Bulawayo	9,000	1st test; 2. ODI; 3. ODI
Harare Sports Club	Harare	10,000	2. test; 1. ODI

Squad

The following squads have been announced by the teams.

test		ODI
Zimbabwe	New Zealand	Zimbabwe	New Zealand
Heath Streak ( K ) Alistair Campbell Stuart Carlisle Andy Flower ( wk ) Grant Flower Mpumelelo Mbangwa David Mutendera Mluleki Nkala Henry Olonga Gavin Rennie Bryan Strand Paul Strand Guy Whittall Craig Wishart	Stephen Fleming ( K ) Nathan Astle Chris Cairns Matthew Hope Craig McMillan Dion Nash Shayne O'Connor Adam Parore ( wk ) Mark Richardson Mathew Sinclair Craig Spearman Scott Styris Daryl Tuffey Daniel Vettori Paul Wiseman	Heath Streak ( K ) Gary Brent Stuart Carlisle Andy Flower ( wk ) Trevor Gripper Mpumelelo Mbangwa David Mutendera Mluleki Nkala Daniel Peacock Ray Price Gavin Rennie Bryan Strand Dirk Viljoen Guy Whittall Craig Wishart	Stephen Fleming ( K ) Geoff Allott Nathan Astle Chris Harris Craig McMillan Dion Nash Chris Nevin ( wk ) Shayne O'Connor Adam Parore ( wk ) Craig Spearman Scott Styris Glen Sulzberger Daryl Tuffey Roger Twose

Tour matches

September 1-3 scorecard	Mutare	New Zealanders 339-9d (88.5) & 263-3d (75)	-	Zimbabwe President's XI 205 (79.2) & 96-3 (54)
		draw

September 7th - 9th scorecard	Kwekwe	New Zealanders 677-7d (196) & 137-3d (37)	-	Zimbabwe A 168 (62.5) & 72-3 (15)
		draw

September 25 scorecard	Harare	New Zealanders 282-8 (50)	-	CFX Academy 214 (48)
		New Zealanders wins with 68 runs

Test matches

First test in Bulawayo

September 12-16 Scorecard	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe 350 (175.2) & 119 (67.5)	-	New Zealand 338 (153.5) & 132-3 (45.4)
		New Zealand wins with 7 wickets

Second test in Harare

September 19-23 Scorecard	Harare	New Zealand 465 (160.3) & 74-2 (15.2)	-	Zimbabwe 166 (92) & 370 (178.3) (f / o)
		New Zealand wins with 8 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Harare

September 27 scorecard	Harare	Zimbabwe 183-8 (50)	-	New Zealand 184-3 (40.5)
		New Zealand wins with 7 wickets

Second ODI in Bulawayo

September 30th scorecard	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe 273-5 (50)	-	New Zealand 252 (48.5)
		Zimbabwe wins with 21 runs

Third ODI in Bulawayo

October 1st scorecard	Bulawayo	New Zealand 264-8 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 268-4 (47.5)
		Zimbabwe wins with 6 wickets

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Guy Whittall	Zimbabwe	1	2	197	197.00	188 *	1	0
Chris Cairns	New Zealand	2	3	176	88.00	124	1	0
Andy Flower	Zimbabwe	2	4th	164	41.00	65	0	1
Alistair Campbell	Zimbabwe	2	4th	143	35.75	88	0	1
Mathew Sinclair	New Zealand	2	4th	134	67.00	44	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Paul Strand	Zimbabwe	2	110.3	12	19.83	8/109	1	1
Chris Cairns	New Zealand	2	93.2	11	20.09	5/31	1	0
Shayne O'Connor	New Zealand	2	112	9	20.77	4/73	0	0
Paul Wiseman	New Zealand	2	100	8th	25.87	5/90	1	0
Nathan Astle	New Zealand	2	79	5	25.60	2/22	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Alistair Campbell	Zimbabwe	3	3	214	107.00	99 *	0	2
Roger Twose	New Zealand	3	3	197	98.50	70 *	0	3
Craig Spearman	New Zealand	3	3	159	53.00	86	0	2
Craig McMillan	New Zealand	3	3	117	58.50	78	0	1
Andy Flower	Zimbabwe	3	3	99	33.00	46	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Heath Streak	Zimbabwe	3	27	5	23.60	3/50	0	0
Shayne O'Connor	New Zealand	2	15.5	4th	18.50	2/18	0	0
Craig McMillan	New Zealand	3	13	3	19.00	2/41	0	0
Mluleki Nkala	Zimbabwe	3	9.5	3	19.66	2/20	0	0
Bryan Strand	Zimbabwe	2	17th	3	23.66	2/56	0	0
Glen Sulzberger	New Zealand	3	22nd	3	34.00	1/28	0	0
Nathan Astle	New Zealand	3	27	3	34.66	3/24	0	0
Paul Strand	Zimbabwe	3	28	3	40.66	1/33	0	0
Dirk Viljoen	Zimbabwe	3	24	3	45.66	3/46	0	0

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Paul Wiseman
2nd test	Chris Cairns
1. ODI	Nathan Astle
2. ODI	Heath Streak
3. ODI	Alistair Campbell

Web links

• The series on espncricinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Records / New Zealand in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2000/01 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
2. ↑ Records / New Zealand in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2000/01 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
3. ↑ Records / New Zealand in Zimbabwe ODI Series, 2000/01 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
4. ↑ Records / New Zealand in Zimbabwe ODI Series, 2000/01 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 4, 2016.