Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak said his side had no comebacks in their eight-wicket loss to New Zealand in their National Bank series match loss at WestpacTrust Stadium last night.

"We lost all three departments of the game," he said.

New Zealand had bowled well in the first 15 overs and Zimbabwe should have scored around 260 runs.

At one stage it looked like Zimbabwe was heading for around 250-plus but the loss of three wickets, Andy Flower, Douglas Marillier and Guy Whittall for three runs in 19 balls had changed the complexion of the game.

Alistair Campbell, who had passed the 4000 run mark in One-Day Internationals early in his innings, a feat repeated later in the night by New Zealand's Nathan Astle, was the rock around which the Zimbabwean batting was built, although he was required to play a different game than usual because of the wickets falling around him.

He scored 111 but was unable to get a lengthy partnership going and when he was dismissed with five overs still remaining, it put a good deal of pressure on the lower order batsmen of whom only Gavin Rennie with 46 not out got any momentum going.

"We could have applied a little bit of pressure had we taken a couple of catches," Streak said.

Mathew Sinclair was dropped at mid on by Stuart Carlisle when he was on 11 then Marillier dropped Astle when he was on 12.

"We will have to pick ourselves up for our next game in Auckland. This is a good opportunity for us to win a series away from home for the first time.

"Our players were a little over-awed and sat back," he said.

Streak was hopeful the younger batsmen in the side took a good look at how Campbell batted during his 133-ball innings, which included nine fours and a six, and applied the lessons in the future.

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