New Zealand vs Zimbabwe (Ahmedabad) (4th March)

ICC World Cup 2011 – 4^th March

18^th Match – Group A     (50-over match)

Played at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad,

New Zealand won by 10 wickets (with 99 balls remaining);

Zimbabwe won the toss and opted to bat first;

Scoreboard:

Zimbabwe        162/10    (46.2 over)

Zimbabwe Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
BRM Taylor	lbw b Styris	44	57	4	0	77.19
CK Coventry	run out (Bennett)	0	2	0	0	0.00
T Taibu†	lbw b Southee	8	18	1	0	44.44
CR Ervine	c Ryder b Mills	11	25	2	0	44.00
E Chigumbura*	lbw b Vettori	1	4	0	0	25.00
RW Chakabva	c Taylor b Vettori	0	2	0	0	0.00
GA Lamb	run out (Guptill/Vettori)	18	34	1	0	52.94
P Utseya	b Southee	36	65	3	0	55.38
AG Cremer	c †BB McCullum b Mills	22	43	1	0	51.16
RW Price	lbw b Southee	11	19	0	0	57.89
T Panyangara	not out	4	9	1	0	44.44
Extras	(lb 4, w 3)	7

Total (all out; 46.2 over) 162 (3.49 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-2 (Coventry, 1.2 over), 2-27 (Taibu, 7.4 over), 3-42 (Ervine, 12.6 over), 4-46 (Chigumbura, 14.1 over), 5-46 (Chakabva, 14.3 over), 6-86 (Taylor, 23.1 over), 7-89 (Lamb, 26.6 over), 8-122 (Cremer, 36.6 over), 9-157 (Price, 44.1 over), 10-162 (Utseya, 46.2 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
KD Mills	10	0	29	2	2.90	(1w)
TG Southee	9.2	3	29	3	3.10	(2w)
HK Bennett	8	0	37	0	4.62
DL Vettori	10	3	25	2	2.50
SB Styris	4	0	13	1	3.25
NL McCullum	3	0	15	0	5.00
JD Ryder	2	0	10	0	5.00

New Zealand            166/0    (33.3 over)    (won by 10 wickets)

New Zealand Innings	(target: 163 runs from 50 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
MJ Guptill	not out	86	108	7	2	79.62
BB McCullum†	not out	76	95	6	2	80.00
Extras	(lb 1, w 1, nb 2)	4

Total (0 wickets; 33.3 over) 166 (4.95 runs per over)

Did not bat:

JD Ryder, LRPL Taylor, JEC Franklin, SB Styris, NL McCullum, DL Vettori*, KD Mills, TG Southee, HK Bennett

Fall of wickets:    No wickets fell;

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
T Panyangara	5.3	0	42	0	7.63	(1nb)
RW Price	7	0	23	0	3.28
P Utseya	6	0	23	0	3.83	(1nb)
GA Lamb	5	0	18	0	3.60
AG Cremer	7	0	38	0	5.42
E Chigumbura	3	0	21	0	7.00	(1w)

Player of the match:    MJ Guptill (New Zealand)

Umpires:        Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and M Erasmus (South Africa)

TV umpire:        RJ Tucker (Australia)

New Zealand wrapped up a 10-wicket victory over Zimbabwe as they stuck Zimbabwe in every department. Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat first as this decision was not fruitful for them and in second over, first wicket fell, later on gradually, all the wickets lost in 162 runs, Tim Southee picked up 3 wickets for 29 runs. Martin Guptill and Brendon McCullum shared a highest opening stand of this tournament and New Zealand's best in World Cups so far, they accomplished their target in 34^th over.

This is New Zealand's sixth ten-wicket win in ODIs, and their second in World Cups. Their first one was against Kenya in their opening game of this tournament. It's Zimbabwe's second ten-wicket defeat in World Cups - their first one was in 1983 against West Indies. The 166-run partnership between Martin Guptill and Brendon McCullum is New Zealand's fourth-highest for the opening wicket in ODIs, and their highest in World Cups. It's only their fourth century stand for the first wicket in World Cups. In 46 ODIs against the top nine teams since the beginning of 2008, Zimbabwe have been five down for less than 50 nine times, and lost half their side for less than 100 on 22 occasions.