New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 1997–98

New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 1997–98
		Zimbabwe		New Zealand
Dates		18 September 1997 – 5 October 1997
Captains		Alistair Campbell		Stephen Fleming
Test series
Result		2-match series drawn 0–0
Most runs		Grant Flower (387)		Stephen Fleming (181)
Most wickets		Adam Huckle (16)		Chris Cairns (9)
Player of the series		Grant Flower (Zim)
One Day International series
Result		3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs		Gavin Rennie (95)		Chris Harris (124)
Most wickets		John Rennie (5)		Nathan Astle (4) Gavin Larsen (4) Daniel Vettori (4)
Player of the series		Chris Harris (NZ)

The New Zealand cricket team toured Zimbabwe for a two-match Test series and a three-match One Day International (ODI) series between 18 September and 5 October 1997. The Test series was drawn 0–0^[1] and the ODI series was drawn 1–1.^[2]

Test series

1st Test

18–22 September 1997 Scorecard	Zimbabwe  298 (114.1 overs)	v	New Zealand 207 (84 overs)	Match drawn Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: B. C. Cooray (Sri) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Player of the Match: Grant Flower (Zim)
	Grant Flower 104 (288) Chris Cairns 5/50 (28.1 overs)		Stephen Fleming 52 (113) Bryan Strang 3/29 (19 overs)
	311/9 dec (91.5 overs)		304/8 (128 overs)
	Grant Flower 151 (240) Shayne O'Connor 3/73 (26 overs)		Chris Cairns 71* (238) Adam Huckle 3/84 (31 overs)
New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

2nd Test

25–29 September 1997 Scorecard	Zimbabwe  461 (161 overs)	v	New Zealand 403 (161.4 overs)	Match drawn Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Srinivas Venkataraghavan (Ind) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the Match: Guy Whittall (Zim)
	Guy Whittall 203* (359) Daniel Vettori 4/165 (58 overs)		Nathan Astle 96 (176) Adam Huckle 6/109 (40.4 overs)
	227/8 dec (64 overs)		275/8 (68 overs)
	Alistair Campbell 59* (121) Daniel Vettori 2/69 (18 overs)		Stephen Fleming 75 (103) Adam Huckle 5/146 (32 overs)
Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

ODI series

1st ODI

1 October 1997 Scorecard	Zimbabwe  233/8 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 233/9 (50 overs)	Match tied Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Quintin Goosen (Zim) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Chris Harris (NZ)
	Grant Flower 66 (95) Shayne O'Connor 2/28 (8 overs)		Chris Harris 77* (102) John Rennie 2/47 (10 overs)
Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODI

4 October 1997 Scorecard	New Zealand  185/7 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 188/7 (48.2 overs)	Zimbabwe won by 3 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Graeme Evans (Zim) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Player of the match: Paul Strang (Zim)
	Craig McMillan 38 (84) Craig Evans 2/27 (10 overs)		Alistair Campbell 77* (114) Craig McMillan 2/17 (4 overs)
New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

5 October 1997 Scorecard	New Zealand  294/7 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 211 (44.1 overs)	New Zealand won by 83 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Russell Tiffin (Zim) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Player of the match: Chris Cairns (NZ)
	Chris Cairns 71 (78) Bryan Strang 3/66 (10 overs)		Guy Whittall 49 (45) Daniel Vettori 3/41 (7.1 overs)
New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

References

1. ^ "New Zealand in Zimbabwe Test Series 1997/98 / Results". Cricinfo. ESPN. http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe/engine/series/60648.html. Retrieved 31 December 2010. 
2. ^ "New Zealand in Zimbabwe ODI Series 1997/98 / Results". Cricinfo. ESPN. http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe/engine/series/61012.html. Retrieved 31 December 2010.