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Match Date : March 08, 2003
Venue : Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein
Toss : Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat
Umpires : Darrell Hair and Rudi Koertzen
Match Result : New Zealand won by 6 wickets
Man of the Match : Nathan Astle
Zimbabwe (50 Overs Maximum)
Craig Wishart c Styris b Chris Cairns 30 (50) 4 ‘4s’
Dion Ebrahim b Andre Adams 0 (1)
Andy Flower run out (Astle) 37 (61) 5 ‘4s’
Grant Flower c Cairns b Jacob Oram 1 (6)
Guy Whittall c McCullum b Chris Cairns 0 (2)
Tatenda Taibu (WK) lbw b Chris Harris 53 (79) 3 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Andy Blignaut run out (McCullum/Vettori) 4 (5)
Heath Streak (C) not out 72 (84) 6 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Sean Ervine not out 31 (14) 4 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Brian Murphy
Douglas Hondo
Extras : 24 (Wides: 13 No Balls: 2 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 9)
Total : 252/7 (Overs : 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-5 (Dion Ebrahim, 1.1 ovs), 2-59 (Craiq Wishart, 14.3 ovs), 3-63 (Grant Flower, 15.5 ovs), 4-65 (Guy Whittall, 16.6 ovs), 5-98 (Andy Flower, 21.6 ovs), 6-106 (Andy Blignaut, 23.6 ovs), 7-174 (Tatenda Taibu, 43.5 ovs)
New Zealand Bowling
Shane Bond 10-1-37-0 (2wd)
Andre Adams 5-0-54-1 (5wd 1nb)
Jacob Oram 10-4-28-1 (1wd)
Chris Cairns 4-0-16-2 (1wd)
Daniel Vettori 10-0-52-0
Chris Harris 10-0-45-1 (1nb)
Nathan Astle 1-0-11-0
New Zealand (Target : 253 from 50 Overs)
Craig McMillan c Taibu b Douglas Hondo 8 (16) 1 ‘4s’
Stephen Fleming (C) lbw b Andy Blignaut 46 (42) 10 ‘4s’
Nathan Astle not out 102 (122) 11 ‘4s’
Scott Styris c sub (Friend) b Andy Blignaut 13 (22) 1 ‘4s’
Chris Cairns b Sean Ervine 54 (73) 3 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Chris Harris not out 14 (10) 3 ‘4s’
Brendon McCullum (WK)
Jacob Oram
Andre Adams
Daniel Vettori
Shane Bond
Extras : 16 (Wides: 10 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 5)
Total : 253/4 (Overs : 47.2)
Fall of Wickets : 1-27 (Craiq McMillan, 5.6 ovs), 2-72 (Stephen Fleming, 13.3 ovs), 3-97 (Scott Styris, 19.2 ovs), 4-218 (Chris Cairns, 43.6 ovs)
Zimbabwe Bowling
Heath Streak 10-0-59-0 (1wd)
Douglas Hondo 8.2-0-52-1 (2wd)
Andy Blignaut 10-0-41-2 (3wd)
Grant Flower 10-0-33-0 (1wd 1nb)
Guy Whittall 3-0-19-0
Sean Ervine 6-0-44-1 (1wd)