The BlackCaps fought back from a poor start, 4/2, with the loss of Brendon McCullum and Rob Nicol to finish up bowled out in the 49
th over for 248 in Dunedin today.
But Zimbabwe lost early wickets as well before a revival thanks to their captain Taylor 58 (68). The collapse everyone expected came though, Zimbabwe bowled out for 158 with rob nicol nabbing 4/19 and Kyle Mills with 3/26 the main destroyers.
Martin Guptill (70) and Kane Williamson (36) showed some resilience for the New Zealand batting side sent in on a green top by Zimbabwe, but the failure for anyone to go on meant the score didn’t reach the heights that it possibly could have.
Latham (24), Brownlie (19), and Nathan McCullum (30) all got starts on a track that started green and looks to have flattened off considerably, if not easy for those that get in.
Best of the bowlers for Zimbabwe was Masakadza with 3/47, Jarvis 2/41 and Chigumbura 47/2.
Watch the video for the Zimbabwe batting highlights.
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