Zimbabwean cricket team in New Zealand in the 1997/98 season

The tour of the Zimbabwean national cricket team to New Zealand in the 1997/98 season took place from February 4 to 28, 1998. The international cricket tour was part of the 1997/98 international cricket season and included two tests and five ODIs . New Zealand won the Test Series 2-0 and the ODI Series 4-1.

prehistory

New Zealand previously played a three-nation tournament in Australia , and Zimbabwe a tour in Sri Lanka . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in Zimbabwe in the same season .

Stages

Auckland Christchurch (AMI) Hamilton Napier Wellington (BR)

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	2. test; 5. ODI
Lancaster Park	Christchurch	38,628	3. ODI
Seddon Park	Hamilton	10,000	1. ODI
McLean Park	Napier	22,500	4. ODI
Basin Reserve	Wellington	11,000	1st test; 2. ODI

Squad lists

The following squads were named by the teams.

test		ODI
New Zealand	Zimbabwe	New Zealand	Zimbabwe
Nathan Astle Chris Cairns Simon Doull Stephen Fleming Matt Horne Craig McMillan Dion Nash Adam Parore Mark Priest Shayne O'Connor Daniel Vettori Bryan Young	Alistair Campbell Andy Flower Grant Flower Murray Goodwin Adam Huckle Gavon Rennie Pommie Mbangwa Paul Strand Heath Streak Andy Whittall Guy Whittall	Nathan Astle Chris Cairns Simon Doull Stephen Fleming Chris Harris Matt Horne Llorne Howell Craig McMillan Dion Nash Shayne O'Connor Adam Parore Daniel Vettori	Alistair Campbell Andy Flower Grant Flower Murray Goodwin Pommie Mbangwa John Rennie Paul Strand Heath Streak Dirk Viljoen Andy Whittall Guy Whittall Craig Wishart

One-day internationals

First ODI in Hamilton

February 4th scorecard	Hamilton	New Zealand 248-7 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 208 (48.2)
		New Zealand wins with 40 runs

Second ODI in Wellington

February 6 scorecard	Wellington (BR)	Zimbabwe 138 (49)	-	New Zealand 139-2 (28.2)
		New Zealand wins with 8 wickets

Third ODI in Christchurch

March 4th scorecard	Christchurch (AMI)	Zimbabwe 228-7 (50)	-	New Zealand 227-9 (50)
		Zimbabwe wins by 1 run

Fourth ODI in Napier

March 6th scorecard	Napier	Zimbabwe 207-8 (50)	-	New Zealand 211-1 (45.4)
		New Zealand wins with 9 wickets

Fifth ODI in Auckland

March 8 scorecard	Auckland	New Zealand 231-9 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 229-9 (50)
		New Zealand wins with 2 runs

Testing

First test in Wellington

February 19-22 Scorecard	Wellington (BR)	Zimbabwe 180 (85.3) & 250 (106.3)	-	New Zealand 411 (145.1) & 20-0 (3.5)
		New Zealand wins with 10 wickets

Second test in Auckland

February 26-28 Scorecard	Auckland	Zimbabwe 170 (62.5) & 277 (94.4)	-	New Zealand 460 (120.1)
		New Zealand wins with one innings and 13 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo