New Zealand national cricket team in Zimbabwe in the 2015 season

The New Zealand national cricket team tour to Zimbabwe in the 2015 season took place from August 2nd to 9th, 2015. The international cricket tour was part of the 2015 international cricket season and included three ODIs and one Twenty20 . New Zealand won the ODI series by 2–1 and the Twenty20 series by 1–0.

prehistory

Zimbabwe recently played a tour against India , New Zealand in England . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2011/12 season in New Zealand .

Stages

Harare

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on xxxx.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Harare	Harare Sports Club	10,000	1st - 3rd ODI; 1. T20

Squad lists

New Zealand named its roster on July 9, 2015. Zimbabwe named its ODI roster on July 30, 2015.

ODI		Twenty20
Zimbabwe	New Zealand	Zimbabwe	New Zealand
Elton Chigumbura ( K ) Regis Chakabva ( wk ) Chamu Chibhabha Graeme Cremer Craig Ervine Luke Jongwe Neville Madziva Hamilton Masakadza Christopher Mpofu John Nyumbu Tinashe Panyangara Sikandar Raza Vusi Sibanda Prosper Utseya Sean Williams	Kane Williamson ( K ) Grant Elliott Martin Guptill Matt Henry Tom Latham Mitchell McClenaghan Nathan McCullum Adam Milne Colin Munro James Neesham Luke Ronchi ( wk ) Mitchell Santner Ish Sodhi Ross Taylor Ben Wheeler George Worker	Elton Chigumbura ( K ) Regis Chakabva ( wk ) Chamu Chibhabha Graeme Cremer Craig Ervine Luke Jongwe Hamilton Masakadza Christopher Mpofu Taurai Muzarabani John Nyumbu Tinashe Panyangara Sikandar Raza Prosper Utseya Malcolm Waller Sean Williams	Kane Williamson ( K ) Grant Elliott Martin Guptill Matt Henry Tom Latham Mitchell McClenaghan Nathan McCullum Adam Milne Colin Munro James Neesham Luke Ronchi ( wk ) Mitchell Santner Ish Sodhi Ross Taylor Ben Wheeler George Worker

One-day internationals

First ODI in Harare

August 2nd scorecard	Harare	New Zealand 303-4 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 304-3 (49)
		Zimbabwe wins with 7 wickets

During the first ODI, the New Zealand team played under their Maori name Aotearoa.

Second ODI in Harare

August 4th scorecard	Harare	Zimbabwe 235-9 (50)	-	New Zealand 236-0 (42.2)
		New Zealand wins with 10 wickets

Third ODI in Harare

August 7th scorecard	Harare	New Zealand 273-6 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 235 (47.4)
		New Zealand wins with 38 runs

Twenty20 in Harare

August 9 scorecard	Harare	New Zealand 198-5 (20)	-	Zimbabwe 118-8 (20)
		New Zealand wins with 80 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Kane Williamson	New Zealand	3	2	187	93.50	97	0	2
Craig Ervine	Zimbabwe	3	3	174	87.00	130 *	1	0
Martin Guptill	New Zealand	3	3	169	84.50	116 *	1	0
Hamilton Masakadza	Zimbabwe	3	3	141	47.00	84	0	2
Tom Latham	New Zealand	3	3	140	70.00	110 *	1	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Nathan McCullum	New Zealand	3	28	5	29.40	3/62	0	0
Ish Sodhi	New Zealand	3	30th	5	30.00	3/38	0	0
Mitchell McClenaghan	New Zealand	3	27.4	4th	34.50	3/36	0	0
Graeme Cremer	Zimbabwe	3	30th	3	50.66	3/44	0	0
John Nyumbu	Zimbabwe	1	10	2	26.00	2/52	0	0
Grant Elliott	New Zealand	3	14th	2	35.00	2/27	0	0
Tinashe Panyangara	Zimbabwe	3	25th	2	66.50	2/50	0	0

Twenty20
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
George Worker	New Zealand	1	1	62	62.00	62	0	1
Craig Ervine	Zimbabwe	1	1	42	42.00	42	0	0
Martin Guptill	New Zealand	1	1	33	33.00	33	0	0
Luke Ronchi	New Zealand	1	1	29	29.00	29	0	0
Colin Munro	New Zealand	1	1	23		23 *	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Sean Williams	Zimbabwe	1	4th	3	9.33	3/28	0	0
Adam Milne	New Zealand	1	4th	2	5.00	2/10	0	0
Mitchell McClenaghan	New Zealand	1	4th	2	16.50	2/33	0	0
Grant Elliott	New Zealand	1	1	1	7.00	1/7	0	0
Ish Sodhi	New Zealand	1	4th	1	15.00	1/15	0	0
James Neesham	New Zealand	1	3	1	21.00	1/21	0	0
Nathan McCullum	New Zealand	1	4th	1	25.00	1/25	0	0
Graeme Cremer	Zimbabwe	1	3	1	28.00	1/28	0	0
Taurai Muzarabani	Zimbabwe	1	3	1	34.00	1/34	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
ODI	Kane Williamson
T20	Craig Ervine

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. ODI	Craig Ervine
2. ODI	Martin Guptill Tom Latham
3. ODI	Kane Williamson
1. T20	George Worker

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ^ Zimbabwe to host SA, Australia in August . Cricinfo. April 10, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
2. ↑ McCullum, Southee rested for Africa tour ( English ) Cricinfo. July 9, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
3. ↑ Zimbabwe recall Nyumbu for first two NZ ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. July 30, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
4. ↑ New Zealand to play as Aotearoa ( English ) Cricinfo. July 27, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
5. ↑ Records / New Zealand in Zimbabwe ODI Series, 2015 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
6. ↑ Records / New Zealand in Zimbabwe ODI Series, 2015 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / New Zealand in Zimbabwe T20I Match, 2015 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / New Zealand in Zimbabwe T20I Match, 2015 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 18, 2016.