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Test # 1378
Zimbabwe v New Zealand, 1997/98, 1st Test
Harare Sports Club
18,19,20,21,22 September 1997 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
2-Test series level 0-0

Toss: New Zealand
Umpires: BC Cooray (SL) and ID Robinson
TV Umpire: GR Evans
Match Referee: S Wettimuny (SL)
Test Debuts: AG Huckle, GJ Rennie (Zim); SB O'Connor (NZ).
Man of the match: GW Flower

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Zimbabwe 205/4 (GW Flower 85*, Houghton 20*)
  • Day 2: Zimbabwe 298, New Zealand 91/3 (Fleming 20*, Astle 2*)
  • Day 3: New Zealand 207, Zimbabwe 115/0 (GJ Rennie 45*, GW Flower 60*)
  • Day 4: Zimbabwe 311/9d, New Zealand 64/2 (Pocock 30*)
    Zimbabwe 1st innings                                            R   M   B  4 6
    GJ Rennie             c Fleming          b Cairns              23  76  70  3 0
    GW Flower             c Parore           b Cairns             104 345 288 10 0
    +A Flower             c Spearman         b Cairns               8  14  15  1 0
    GJ Whittall           c Fleming          b O'Connor            33  79  55  2 0
    *ADR Campbell         c Pocock           b Astle               18  25  22  3 0
    DL Houghton           lbw                b Davis               23 103  90  1 0
    PA Strang             c Fleming          b Davis               42 114  79  6 0
    HH Streak             c Fleming          b Cairns               0   2   2  0 0
    JA Rennie             c Fleming          b Davis               22  83  74  1 0
    BC Strang             lbw                b Cairns               1  12   8  0 0
    AG Huckle             not out                                   0   2   1  0 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 5, w 4, nb 14)                  24
    Total                 (all out, 114.1 overs)                  298
    
    FoW: 1-47 (GJ Rennie), 2-57 (A Flower), 3-117 (Whittall),
         4-144 (Campbell), 5-214 (Houghton), 6-244 (GW Flower),
         7-244 (Streak), 8-295 (PA Strang), 9-298 (JA Rennie),
         10-298 (BC Strang).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    O'Connor                    26      1    104      1
    Davis                       20      1     57      3 (14nb, 4w)
    Cairns                      28.1    9     50      5 (2nb)
    Astle                       23     12     40      1
    Vettori                      4      0     14      0
    Harris                      13      5     27      0 (2nb)
    
    New Zealand 1st innings                                         R   M   B  4 6
    CM Spearman           c Campbell         b BC Strang           23  68  42  2 0
    BA Pocock             run out (Streak)                         21  66  54  0 0
    MJ Horne              c Whittall         b Streak              24  62  57  1 1
    *SP Fleming           c A Flower         b BC Strang           52 144 113  7 1
    NJ Astle              c A Flower         b BC Strang            7  14  14  1 0
    CL Cairns             run out (Streak)                         12  91  58  1 0
    +AC Parore            not out                                  42 120  93  5 0
    CZ Harris             lbw                b Huckle              16  59  37  0 0
    DL Vettori            c JA Rennie        b PA Strang            2  23  25  0 0
    SB O'Connor           c Houghton         b PA Strang            2   7   5  0 0
    HT Davis              c GJ Rennie        b Huckle               1   5   6  0 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 1)                               5
    Total                 (all out, 84.0 overs)                   207
    
    FoW: 1-44 (Pocock), 2-44 (Spearman), 3-89 (Horne),
         4-96 (Astle), 5-135 (Fleming), 6-146 (Cairns),
         7-189 (Harris), 8-198 (Vettori), 9-204 (O'Connor),
         10-207 (Davis).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Streak                      23      2     63      1
    JA Rennie                    8      1     32      0
    BC Strang                   19     10     29      3
    PA Strang                   15      2     31      2
    Whittall                     5      0     15      0
    Huckle                      14      3     32      2
    
    Zimbabwe 2nd innings                                            R   M   B  4 6
    GJ Rennie             c Harris           b O'Connor            57 221 166  2 0
    GW Flower             c Fleming          b O'Connor           151 335 240 12 3
    +A Flower             c Parore           b O'Connor            20  61  35  1 0
    GJ Whittall           run out (O'Connor)                        4  16  16  0 0
    *ADR Campbell         c Fleming          b Davis               21  83  49  2 0
    DL Houghton           c Davis            b Astle                1   7   5  0 0
    PA Strang             c Horne            b Davis               17  35  21  1 0
    HH Streak             run out (Harris)                          0   9   5  0 0
    JA Rennie                            c & b Astle               16  23  18  1 0
    BC Strang             not out                                   4  18   7  0 0
    Extras                (lb 12, nb 8)                            20
    Total                 (9 wickets declared, 91.5 overs)        311
    
    DNB: AG Huckle.
    
    FoW: 1-156 (GJ Rennie), 2-218 (A Flower), 3-231 (Whittall),
         4-263 (GW Flower), 5-264 (Houghton), 6-290 (PA Strang),
         7-290 (Campbell), 8-290 (Streak), 9-311 (JA Rennie).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    O'Connor                    26      3     73      3
    Davis                       13      2     45      2 (10nb)
    Cairns                       9      0     44      0
    Vettori                     13      2     40      0
    Harris                       5      3     11      0
    Astle                       25.5    2     86      2
    
    New Zealand 2nd innings (target: 403 runs)                      R   M   B  4 6
    BA Pocock             lbw                b Streak              52 208 157  6 0
    CM Spearman           c A Flower         b Huckle              33  78  66  6 0
    MJ Horne              c A Flower         b PA Strang            0   4   3  0 0
    *SP Fleming           lbw                b BC Strang           27  97  90  1 0
    NJ Astle              c GW Flower        b BC Strang            0   3   3  0 0
    CL Cairns             not out                                  71 256 238  7 1
    +AC Parore            lbw                b Huckle              51  73  53 10 0
    CZ Harris             lbw                b Streak              41  89  81  5 0
    DL Vettori            c GJ Rennie        b Huckle              13  49  49  0 0
    SB O'Connor           not out                                   1  26  31  0 0
    Extras                (b 6, lb 6, w 1, nb 2)                   15
    Total                 (8 wickets, 128 overs)                  304
    
    DNB: HT Davis.
    
    FoW: 1-63 (Spearman), 2-64 (Horne), 3-116 (Fleming),
         4-116 (Astle), 5-122 (Pocock), 6-200 (Parore),
         7-266 (Harris), 8-296 (Vettori).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Streak                      21      3     52      2
    BC Strang                   26     10     56      2 (1nb)
    Whittall                     5      1     19      0
    PA Strang                   42     17     76      1
    Huckle                      31      9     84      3 (2nb, 1w)
    JA Rennie                    3      1      5      0
    

    • First time 3 pairs of brothers have appeared on the same team in a Test (A & GW Flower, PA & BC Strang, JA & GJ Rennie).

      Day 1

    • 1 hour and 15 minutes were lost to rain on the first morning

      Day 2

    • SP Fleming 5 catches, equals the record for most catches by a fielder in a Test innings (also: VY Richardson, Aus v SA at Durban, 5th test, 1935/36; Yajurvindra Singh, Ind v Eng at Bangalore, 4th Test, 1976/77; M Azharuddin, Ind v Pak at Karachi, 1st Test, 1989/90; K Srikkanth, Ind v Aus at Perth, 5th Test, 1991/92); new Test record for New Zealand (previous - 4 catches: JJ Crowe v WI at Bridgetown, 3rd Test, 1984/85; MD Crowe v WI at Kingston, 4th Test, 1984/85).

      Day 4

    • GW Flower becomes the first player to score a century in each innings of a Test for Zimbabwe.
    • GJ Rennie and GW Flower's 156 set a new record partnership for the 1st wicket for Zimbabwe in Tests (previous: GW Flower and SV Carlisle, Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Auckland, 1995-96).
    • GW Flower (1430 runs) becomes Zimbabwe's highest Test run-scorer (previous: DL Houghton 1419 runs)
    • SP Fleming 7 catches in the match, equals the record for most catches by a fielder in a Test (also: GS Chappell, Aus v Eng at Perth, 2nd Test, 1974/75; Yajurvindra Singh, Ind v Eng at Bangalore, 4th Test, 1976/77; HP Tillakaratne, SL v NZ at Colombo, 2nd Test, 1992/93); new record for New Zealand (previous - 6 catches: BA Young v Pak at Auckland, 1st Test, 1993/94).




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