The New Zealand national cricket team toured Zimbabwe from 14 October to 6 November 2011. The tour consisted of two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and one Test. With the exception of the 3rd ODI, New Zealand won all the matches against Zimbabwe.[1]
| New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2011–12 | |||
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| Zimbabwe | New Zealand | ||
| Dates | 15 October 2011 – 5 November 2011 | ||
| Captains | Brendan Taylor | Ross Taylor | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | New Zealand won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Brendan Taylor (167) | Ross Taylor (152) | |
| Most wickets | Daniel Vettori (8) | Kyle Jarvis (6) | |
| Player of the series | Daniel Vettori (NZ) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | New Zealand won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Brendan Taylor (310) | Martin Guptill (179) | |
| Most wickets | Njabulo Ncube (3) | Andy McKay (7) | |
| Player of the series | Brendan Taylor (Zim) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | New Zealand won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Chamu Chibhabha (74) | Brendon McCullum (145) | |
| Most wickets | Kyle Jarvis (2) | Nathan McCullum (5) | |
Squads
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 New Zealand[3]
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Tour matches
editTwo-day: Zimbabwe XI v New Zealanders
edit28–29 October
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49/0 (12 overs)
Daniel Vettori 32 (37) |
- New Zealanders won the toss and chose to bat
T20I series
edit1st T20I
edit 15 October
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Brendon McCullum 81* (46)
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- Doug Bracewell (NZ), Kane Williamson (NZ), Forster Mutizwa (Zim) and Malcolm Waller (Zim) all made their T20I debuts.
2nd T20I
edit 17 October
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- Graeme Aldridge (NZ) made his T20I debut.
ODI series
edit1st ODI
edit 20 October
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
- Doug Bracewell and Rob Nicol (both NZ) made their ODI debuts.
2nd ODI
edit 22 October
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- Graeme Aldridge (NZ) made his ODI debut.
3rd ODI
edit 25 October
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Natsai Mushangwe and Njabulo Ncube (both Zim) made their ODI debuts.
Test series
editOnly Test
edit1–5 November
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain delayed start to Day 2
- Doug Bracewell and Dean Brownlie (NZ) and Regis Chakabva, Njabulo Ncube and Malcolm Waller (Zim) all made their Test match debuts.
References
edit- ^ "New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe 2011/12-Fixtures". Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ Keegan Meth included in Zimbabwe T20 squad Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 October 2011
- ^ a b Doug Bracewell, Rob Nicol and Graeme Aldridge in limited-overs squads Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2011