WELLINGTON, February 6: New Zealand walloped Zimbabwe by eight wickets in the second One-Day International cricket match, here, today.In reply to Zimbabwe's 138 in 49 overs New Zealand batsmen Nathan Astle and Adam Parore entertained the 11,000 spectators with some splendid hitting before victory arrived in just 28.2 overs.
Shayne O'Connor capitalised on the Zimbabwean's shortcomings with career best one-day figures of five for 39 and Chris Harris joined an elite club of Kiwi cricketers to have taken 100 wickets.
SCOREBOARD
Zimbabwe: Grant Flower c & b Doull 11, Craig Wishart c Astle b O'Connor 0, Mark Goodwin c Fleming b O'Connor 3, Andy Flower c McMillan b Crains 0, Alistar Campbell c Harris b O'Connor 23, Guy Whittall c & b Harris 31, Dirk Viljoen c Parore b Doull 36, Paul Strang b Nash 8, Heath Streak c Parore b O'Connor 10, John Rennie b O'Connor 5, Andy Whittall not out 1. Extras: (lb-4 nb-1 w-5): 10. Total (in 49 overs): 138.
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-6, 3-7, 4-23,5-48, 6-114, 7-114, 8-131, 9-133.
Bowling: O'Connor 10-0-39-5 (w4, nb1), Cairns 7-2-10-1, Doull 10-1-26-2, Nash 7-1-14-1 (w1, nb1), Harris 10-2-29-1, Astle 5-1-16-0
New Zealand: L Howell c Wishart b Streak 7, Nathan Astle run out 67, Adam Parore not out 36, Stephen Fleming not out 17. Extras: (lb4, b2, nb1, w5) 12. Total: (for two wickets in 28.2 overs) 139.
Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-121
Bowling: Streak 7-0-20-1, Rennie 5-0-27-0, Strang 6-0-30-0, Andy Whittall 5-0-40-0, Guy Whittal 5.2-1-16-0
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