New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 1997–98

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 and the ODI series was drawn 1–1.

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
Results	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)

Test series

1st Test

18–22 September 1997 Scorecard

Zimbabwe	v	New Zealand
298 (114.1 overs) Grant Flower 104 (288) Chris Cairns 5/50 (28.1 overs)		207 (84 overs) Stephen Fleming 52 (113) Bryan Strang 3/29 (19 overs)
311/9 dec (91.5 overs) Grant Flower 151 (240) Shayne O'Connor 3/73 (26 overs)		304/8 (128 overs) Chris Cairns 71* (238) Adam Huckle 3/84 (31 overs)

Match drawn Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: B. C. Cooray (Sri) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Player of the match: Grant Flower (Zim)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

2nd Test

25–29 September 1997 Scorecard

Zimbabwe	v	New Zealand
461 (161 overs) Guy Whittall 203* (359) Daniel Vettori 4/165 (58 overs)		403 (161.4 overs) Nathan Astle 96 (176) Adam Huckle 6/109 (40.4 overs)
227/8 dec (64 overs) Alistair Campbell 59* (121) Daniel Vettori 2/69 (18 overs)		275/8 (68 overs) Stephen Fleming 75 (103) Adam Huckle 5/146 (32 overs)

Match drawn Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Srinivas Venkataraghavan (Ind) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Guy Whittall (Zim)

• 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)
Grant Flower 66 (95) Shayne O'Connor 2/28 (8 overs)		Chris Harris 77* (102) John Rennie 2/47 (10 overs)

Match tied Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Quintin Goosen (Zim) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Chris Harris (NZ)

• 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)
Craig McMillan 38 (84) Craig Evans 2/27 (10 overs)		Alistair Campbell 77* (114) Craig McMillan 2/17 (4 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)

• 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)
Chris Cairns 71 (78) Bryan Strang 3/66 (10 overs)		Guy Whittall 49 (45) Daniel Vettori 3/41 (7.1 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)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.