New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2000–01

The New Zealand national cricket team visited Zimbabwe in September 2000 and played a two-match Test series against the Zimbabwean national cricket team. New Zealand won the Test series 2–0. New Zealand were captained by Stephen Fleming and Zimbabwe by Heath Streak.

Test series

1st Test

12–16 September 2000 Scorecard

Zimbabwe	v	New Zealand
350 (175.2 overs) ADR Campbell 88 (307) PJ Wiseman 5/90 (45 overs)		338 (153.5 overs) MJ Horne 110 (277) PA Strang 8/109 (51.5 overs)
119 (67.5 overs) ADR Campbell 45 (133) CL Cairns 5/31 (14.5 overs)		132/3 (45.4 overs) MS Sinclair 43* (119) PA Strang 2/49 (20.4 overs)

New Zealand won by 7 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: DB Hair (Aus) and RB Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: PJ Wiseman (NZ)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
• MH Richardson (NZ) and DT Mutendera (Zim) made their Test debuts.

2nd Test

19–23 September 2000 Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Zimbabwe
465 (160.3 overs) CL Cairns 124 (174) HK Olonga 3/115 (27 overs)		166 (92 overs) GW Flower 49 (237) SB O'Connor 3/43 (28 overs)
74/2 (15.2 overs) MS Sinclair 35* (44) HH Streak 2/33 (8 overs)		370 (f/o) (178.3 overs) GJ Whittall 188* (429) SB O'Connor 4/73 (45 overs)

New Zealand won by 8 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: ID Robinson (Zim) and DR Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: CL Cairns (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

One Day International (ODI) series

1st ODI

27 September 2000 Scorecard

Zimbabwe 183/8 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 184/3 (40.5 overs)
A Flower 34 (62) NJ Astle 3/24 (10 overs)		CM Spearman 86 (104) BC Strang 1/15 (7 overs)

New Zealand won by 7 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: KC Barbour and GR Evans Player of the match: NJ Astle (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• GP Sulzberger and DR Tuffey (both NZ) made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

30 September 2000 Scorecard

Zimbabwe 273/5 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 252 (48.5 overs)
ADR Campbell 96 (108) CD McMillan 2/41 (10 overs)		RF Twose 64 (87) DP Viljoen 3/46 (10 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 21 runs Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: CK Coventry and RB Tiffin Player of the match: HH Streak (Zim)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• TJ Friend and DA Marillier (both Zim) made their ODI debuts.

3rd ODI

1 October 2000 Scorecard

New Zealand 264/8 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 268/4 (47.5 overs)
CD McMillan 78 (77) ML Nkala 2/20 (5 overs)		ADR Campbell 99* (124) SB O'Connor 2/56 (8.5 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: JF Fenwick and ID Robinson Player of the match: ADR Campbell (Zim)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.