New Zealand Tours Zimbabwe

[timothius]

This is officially the msot self-indulgent thread on interference.

After Day 1 -

Live Scorecards from Cricinfo - www.cricinfo.com
Test # 1759
New Zealand in Zimbabwe, 2005-06, 1st Test
Zimbabwe v New Zealand
Harare Sports Club
7,8,9,10,11 August 2005 (5-day match)

Result:
Series:

Toss: Zimbabwe
Umpires: MR Benson (Eng) and DB Hair (Aus)
TV Umpire: KC Barbour
Match Referee: BC Broad (Eng)
Test Debut: NR Ferreira (Zim).
Man of the Match:

Close of Play:

Day 1: New Zealand 452/9 (Bond 41*, Martin 4*; 89 overs)
Day 2:
Day 3:
Day 4:

New Zealand 1st innings R B 4 6
JAH Marshall c Taibu b Mahwire 5 20 1 0
L Vincent c Carlisle b Mahwire 13 25 3 0
HJH Marshall lbw b Mpofu 20 25 2 0
*SP Fleming c Carlisle b Mpofu 73 132 12 0
NJ Astle c Taylor b Streak 23 42 4 0
SB Styris run out (Masakadza) 7 9 1 0
+BB McCullum c Cremer b Mahwire 111 112 15 1
DL Vettori b Streak 127 98 20 2
JEC Franklin b Cremer 13 32 1 0
SE Bond not out 41 38 3 3
CS Martin not out 4 6 0 0
Extras (b 1, lb 7, w 2, nb 5) 15
Total (9 wickets, 89 overs) 452



Props To Brendon & Daniel... watching the little ticker box live score really was exciting last night - they sound like brilliant centuries. Bond also making a triumphant return to test cricket with the bat!!

Our top order should hang their heads in shame.

452 runs in 89 Overs.

Bring on Day II.

 

[bono_man2002]

Zimbabwe all out for 59

 

[Axver]

Zimbabwe dismissed twice in one day, 59 and then 99. Simply incredible. I don't think I've seen a team fall apart more spectacularly or embarrassingly!

 

[timothius]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say...

NZ > Zimbabwe.

 

[Axver]

NZ > Everyone. At Everything.

QED.

 

[timothius]

I welcome all our Zimbabwein freinds on interference to drop by and pay us a visit in this thread.

Come on Dictator_Mugabe_Edge_Luva69, Bono's Zimbabwein Wife and. bonosfarmslave.

 

[Axver]

 

[Axver]

Oh, I'd also like to offer a big to Daniel Vettori for scoring the quickest century in NZ test history. And people used to write him off as just a bowler ...

Now, timothius, what's next in the New Zealand sport conquest of Put 'Em Under Pressure? Have we got a yachting or a netball contest of some description coming up for us to get all passionate and patriotic about?

 

[GibsonGirl]

NETBALL!

*cough* Erm...Zim all out for 59 and 99? God, that's disgraceful. I suppose we can't blame them, though...we can blame Mugabe and his neglect of his country. Why hasn't that old bastard died yet?

 

[Axver]

Seems the old bastard wants to stay alive long enough to see his country either 1. implode or 2. spontaneously combust.

I remember the Zimbabweans once had a good, promising side. There was a series against Australia some ... probably 5-6 years ago now, and they were chasing a total of just over 300 and lost by only a few runs. Would've made it too if Andrew Symonds hadn't been moved to field in one spot and cut 2 runs down to 1.

But then didn't Mugabe go and fuck with the team because it had too many whites or something like that?

 

[timothius]

Netball.

Great Idea!

Let us pay homage too...

Irene Van Dyk! The massie who saw the light.

Maybe you could take a leaf out of her book and pack your bags for the Bay Of Plenty Area and naturalise like the great Van Dyk!

Now to keep this thread on track... another great defectior...

 

[GibsonGirl]

But then didn't Mugabe go and fuck with the team because it had too many whites or something like that?

Not sure, but I wouldn't put it past him. He encourages black Zimbabweans to go and murder white Zimbabwean farmers for the hell of it, so I think he's capable of anything. That baboon has single-handedly destroyed anything and everything related to Zimbabwe. My mother has Zimbabwean friends (she lived there as a child) who've had to up and leave their homes because of what Mugabe has turned Zimbabwe into. It's shocking that the Zim dollar has fallen in value so much, that it almost costs $3,000 to purchase a loaf of bread there.

And they did have a fairly good cricket team at one point. They were better than the Brits, even. Though, that's not exactly something that's difficult to achieve.

 

[Axver]

It's just incredible how one man has managed to so thoroughly turn a country into an absolute disaster. It's like he leaves no part of society untouched - I'm pretty sure some of the best cricketers went into exile for some reason or another. When Mugabe finally keels over and dies, it'll be a happy day. I wish someone would hurry up and do the world a little favour.

Also, this is interesting, the Zimbabwean return tour of New Zealand later this year has been cancelled: http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3374703a1823,00.html

 

[timothius]

It's just incredible how one man has managed to so thoroughly turn a country into an absolute disaster.

How come every time that we have any form of political discussion somone always brings it back to George W Bush..... oh wait... you weren't.

 

[daygloeyes2]

How come every time that we have any form of political discussion somone always brings it back to George W Bush..... oh wait... you weren't.

 

[Axver]

How come every time that we have any form of political discussion somone always brings it back to George W Bush..... oh wait... you weren't.

I can twist this into a Bush discussion if you want.

 

[timothius]

Bump

Astle scores another 100

Fleming passes 6,000 test runs.

In Fleming I Trust!

 

[Axver]

GO NEW ZEALAND!!!!

Ah, doesn't it feel good to know you're about to win a game? I don't suppose the Aussies are currently familiar with that feeling. Especially in the rugby.

 

[timothius]

For all our Aussie friends who frequent the thread wondering what we are talking about...

win ( P ) Pronunciation Key (wn)
v. won, (wn) win·ning, wins
v. intr.
To achieve victory or finish first in a competition

 

[timothius]

For those that care....

Test # 1761
New Zealand in Zimbabwe, 2005-06, 2nd Test
Zimbabwe v New Zealand
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
15,16,17 August 2005 (5-day match)

Result: New Zealand won by an innings and 46 runs
Series: New Zealand wins the 2-Test series 2-0

Toss: Zimbabwe
Umpires: MR Benson (Eng) and DB Hair (Aus)
TV Umpire: KC Barbour
Match Referee: BC Broad (Eng)
Test Debut: KM Dabengwa (Zim).
Man of the Match: SE Bond
Player of the Series: SE Bond

Close of Play:

Day 1: Zimbabwe 231, New Zealand 48/2 (Vincent 20*; 9.3 overs)
Day 2: New Zealand 454/7 (Astle 116*, Franklin 9*; 100 overs)
Zimbabwe 1st innings R M B 4 6
DD Ebrahim lbw b Bond 0 2 2 0 0
BRM Taylor c McCullum b Bond 37 111 67 8 0
SV Carlisle lbw b Bond 1 10 9 0 0
H Masakadza c Martin b Bond 0 11 6 0 0
CB Wishart c Astle b Franklin 30 68 57 5 0
*+T Taibu c Vettori b Bond 76 170 157 11 1
HH Streak c McCullum b Bond 0 2 1 0 0
KM Dabengwa b Martin 17 42 31 2 1
NB Mahwire c Astle b Vettori 42 116 93 7 0
AG Cremer not out 7 44 28 0 0
CB Mpofu c JAH Marshall b Vettori 7 33 32 1 0
Extras (lb 4, nb 10) 14
Total (all out, 79 overs) 231

FoW: 1-0 (Ebrahim, 0.2 ov), 2-3 (Carlisle, 2.2 ov),
3-7 (Masakadza, 4.2 ov), 4-65 (Wishart, 20.4 ov),
5-74 (Taylor, 26.2 ov), 6-74 (Streak, 26.3 ov),
7-123 (Dabengwa, 38.2 ov), 8-211 (Taibu, 67.5 ov),
9-217 (Mahwire, 70.3 ov), 10-231 (Mpofu, 78.6 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Bond 17 4 51 6 (1nb)
Franklin 12 3 43 1 (3nb)
Martin 13 4 42 1 (2nb)
Styris 4 2 9 0
Vettori 27 9 56 2 (3nb)
Astle 6 2 26 0

New Zealand 1st innings R M B 4 6
JAH Marshall c Carlisle b Streak 10 36 27 2 0
L Vincent b Streak 92 203 129 14 1
HJH Marshall run out (Taibu/Mahwire) 13 11 9 1 0
*SP Fleming c Taibu b Mahwire 65 131 99 13 0
NJ Astle b Streak 128 272 217 21 0
SB Styris c Taibu b Mahwire 45 88 71 6 0
+BB McCullum c Taylor b Dabengwa 24 37 22 4 0
DL Vettori c Taibu b Dabengwa 48 72 56 6 0
JEC Franklin lbw b Streak 19 62 41 4 0
SE Bond b Mahwire 8 19 10 2 0
CS Martin not out 0 5 4 0 0
Extras (b 6, lb 6, w 2, nb 18) 32
Total (all out, 111.1 overs, 456 mins) 484

FoW: 1-34 (JAH Marshall, 8.1 ov), 2-48 (HJH Marshall, 9.3 ov),
3-185 (Fleming, 40.2 ov), 4-205 (Vincent, 46.1 ov),
5-292 (Styris, 66.6 ov), 6-346 (McCullum, 75.6 ov),
7-439 (Vettori, 95.2 ov), 8-475 (Astle, 108.1 ov),
9-484 (Franklin, 110.2 ov), 10-484 (Bond, 111.1 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Streak 22 6 73 4 (9nb)
Mahwire 25.1 2 121 3 (5nb, 1w)
Mpofu 15 1 80 0 (1nb)
Cremer 24 1 111 0 (3nb)
Dabengwa 25 2 87 2 (1w)

Zimbabwe 2nd innings R M B 4 6
DD Ebrahim c Styris b Bond 2 9 12 0 0
BRM Taylor c Vettori b Bond 77 186 129 12 1
SV Carlisle run out (JAH Marshall) 10 35 33 2 0
H Masakadza b Vettori 28 60 52 2 2
CB Wishart run out (Bond/McCullum) 0 5 0 0 0
*+T Taibu lbw b Vettori 25 82 60 3 1
HH Streak c McCullum b Bond 2 15 9 0 0
KM Dabengwa c McCullum b Bond 4 20 12 1 0
NB Mahwire not out 50 44 34 8 2
AG Cremer lbw b Vettori 1 12 12 0 0
CB Mpofu run out (McCullum) 3 24 17 0 0
Extras (lb 2, nb 3) 5
Total (all out, 61.1 overs, 247 mins) 207

FoW: 1-4 (Ebrahim, 2.2 ov), 2-19 (Carlisle, 10.1 ov),
3-69 (Masakadza, 25.6 ov), 4-69 (Wishart, 26.5 ov),
5-146 (Taylor, 46.5 ov), 6-146 (Taibu, 47.3 ov),
7-153 (Streak, 50.1 ov), 8-164 (Dabengwa, 52.1 ov),
9-173 (Cremer, 55.3 ov), 10-207 (Mpofu, 61.1 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Bond 14 1 48 4 (1nb)
Franklin 10 3 24 0 (1nb)
Martin 12 2 47 0
Vettori 22.1 8 66 3 (1nb)
Styris 3 0 20 0

 

[Axver]

Well, not as much of a thumping as the last game ... Zimbabwe improved a bit?

 

[Tania]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say...

NZ > Zimbabwe.

That is risky.

 

[Tania]

And they did have a fairly good cricket team at one point. They were better than the Brits, even. Though, that's not exactly something that's difficult to achieve.

Why didn't I find this thread sooner

 

[Tania]

For all our Aussie friends who frequent the thread wondering what we are talking about...

win ( P ) Pronunciation Key (wn)
v. won, (wn) win·ning, wins
v. intr.
To achieve victory or finish first in a competition

 

[Tania]

NB Mahwire not out 50 44 34 8 2

Likes to swing the bat about a bit

 

[timothius]

ODI # 2272
Videocon Triangular Series, 2005-06, 1st Match
Zimbabwe v New Zealand
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
24 August 2005 (50-over match)

Result: New Zealand won by 192 runs
Points: New Zealand 6, Zimbabwe 0

Toss: Zimbabwe
Umpires: KC Barbour and IL Howell (SA)
TV Umpire: ID Robinson
Match Referee: RS Mahanama (SL)
ODI Debut: AJ Ireland (Zim).
Man of the Match: L Vincent


New Zealand innings (44 overs maximum) R M B 4 6
L Vincent c Utseya b Blignaut 172 168 120 16 9
*SP Fleming c Streak b Ireland 93 121 87 8 4
CD McMillan c Mahwire b Blignaut 47 38 26 7 1
CL Cairns c Masakadza b Ireland 14 22 11 1 0
+BB McCullum not out 51 21 22 7 2
JDP Oram c Taylor b Mahwire 0 4 1 0 0
AR Adams not out 0 5 0 0 0
Extras (b 1, lb 8, w 8, nb 3) 20
Total (5 wickets, 44 overs) 397

DNB: HJH Marshall, SB Styris, KD Mills, SE Bond.

FoW: 1-204 (Fleming, 27.5 ov), 2-325 (McMillan, 37.6 ov),
3-334 (Vincent, 39.2 ov), 4-380 (Cairns, 42.4 ov),
5-396 (Oram, 43.5 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Streak 9 0 61 0 (1w)
Mahwire 7 0 78 1
Blignaut 9 0 96 2 (1nb, 2w)
Ireland 7 0 52 2 (3w)
Ewing 7 0 53 0 (1w)
Utseya 5 0 48 0 (2nb)

Zimbabwe innings (target: 398 runs from 44 overs) R M B 4 6
BRM Taylor c Styris b Cairns 36 57 47 5 0
SV Carlisle lbw b Oram 25 70 45 1 0
H Masakadza c McCullum b Adams 18 44 32 2 0
CB Wishart c McCullum b Cairns 3 7 8 0 0
CK Coventry c Mills b Adams 25 34 19 3 1
AM Blignaut c Oram b Vettori 1 5 4 0 0
*+T Taibu b Vettori 13 20 16 1 0
HH Streak b Mills 45 60 48 5 2
NB Mahwire c & b Vettori 3 21 18 0 0
GM Ewing run out (McCullum) 20 28 23 2 0
P Utseya not out 1 2 3 0 0
Extras (lb 5, w 4, nb 6) 15
Total (all out, 43 overs) 205

FoW: 1-62 (Taylor, 14.3 ov), 2-75 (Carlisle, 17.1 ov),
3-81 (Wishart, 18.5 ov), 4-111 (Masakadza, 23.4 ov),
5-112 (Blignaut, 24.2 ov), 6-123 (Coventry, 25.6 ov),
7-141 (Taibu, 30.1 ov), 8-165 (Mahwire, 36.2 ov),
9-203 (Streak, 41.6 ov), 10-205 (Ewing, 42.6 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Bond 5 2 15 0 (2w)
Mills 7 0 23 1
Cairns 9 1 74 2
Oram 9 0 37 1 (4nb, 2w)
Vettori 8 1 29 3 (1nb)
Adams 5 0 22 2 (1nb)

 

[timothius]

Congrats to Lou Vincent (a nomination for one of the downright nicest people I have ever met in my life)

172 that is awesome.

Bond bowled economically as well which is an awesome sign.

 

[Axver]

THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN?! IN FORTY-FOUR OVERS?!

 

[Axver]

SHANE BOND IS MY NEW GOD.

6 for 19, career best figures!

When I read that India did us for a measly 215, I thought we were gone for all money. I simply cannot believe we won by 51 runs! India were 8/44 at one point!

Wow. Shane Bond is a legend.

 

[the rockin edge]

For all our Aussie friends who frequent the thread wondering what we are talking about...

win ( P ) Pronunciation Key (wn)
v. won, (wn) win·ning, wins
v. intr.
To achieve victory or finish first in a competition