New Zealand v Zimbabwe ICC World Cup full Highlights Video, Match Report, Scorecard

ICC World Cup 2011, 18th Match, Group A: New Zealand (NZ)v Zimbabwe (ZIM) Played at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad 4th March 2011 (D/N) full Highlights Video, Match Report and Scorecard.

New Zealand romped to a clinical 10-wicket victory against Zimbabwe in their World Cup group clash in Ahmedabad, boosting its chances of making it to the quarter-finals.

New Zealand v Zimbabwe ICC World Cup 2011 Match Report
Opener Brendan Taylor top-scored with 44 for Zimbabwe but when he was out, they were in trouble at 86-6.

Prosper Utseya (36) and Graeme Cremer (22) added useful runs but Tim Southee, who finished with 3-29, bowled Utseya to close the innings on 162.

Martin Guptill and Brendon McCullum both hit half centuries as New Zealand cantered home with 99 balls to spare.

The Africans chose to bat first in the Group A match at the Sardar Patel Stadium and were quickly in trouble when Hamish Bennett ran out Charles Coventry for a duck with a direct hit in the second over.

Tatenda Taibu (eight) was dropped at cover by New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori but he fell next delivery, trapped leg before by Southee.

Vettori made amends by removing Elton Chigumbura (one) and Regis Chakabva (nought) in his first over as Zimbabwe slumped to 46-5.

Taylor added 40 for the sixth wicket with Greg Lamb before he was adjudged lbw to Scott Styris six short of his half century.

And Greg Lamb followed soon after, run out by Guptill for 18 to leave the score 89-7.

Utseya and Cremer's resistance took Zimbabwe past 100 but Kyle Mills ended their 33-run partnership with his second wicket of the match before Southee cleaned up Ray Price (11) and Utseya.

Guptill began New Zealand's reply in explosive fashion, hitting two boundaries and a six in the first over.

The duo's partnership was New Zealand's highest opening stand in World Cup matches and the highest of any team in this tournament, with Guptill contributing 86 runs and McCullum 76.

They shared four sixes and hit 13 boundaries between them as they swatted Zimbabwe's bowlers to all corners of the pitch.

New Zealand v Zimbabwe ICC World Cup 2011 Scores

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

	Zimbabwe innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	BRM Taylor	lbw b Styris	44	106	57	4	0	77.19
	23.1 Scott strikes, out of nowhere, nippy full offcutter from Styris, Taylor was taken completely by surprise, can't blame him after all those gentle trundlers Scott served up before this one, he wafts across the line as this one darts in on the toes, Styris gets the decision in his favour instantly, no reviews left for Zimbabwe anyways 86/6
	CK Coventry	run out (Bennett)	0	7	2	0	0	0.00
	1.2 from Southee, direct hit from mid on, and Coventry is in trouble. Fuller delivery from Southee, moving away from middle and off, Coventry gets half forward and drives without much timing to mid-on. Bennett does reall well, charging forward, swooping on the ball and under-arming into the sticks at the bowler's end. Coventry was not running full-tilt. He wasn't stretching fully. He's caught short by half a foot or so. 2/1
	T Taibu†	lbw b Southee	8	28	18	1	0	44.44
	7.4 Southee probably doesn't have to wait long for redemption. Zimbabwe have refered an lbw appeal that was upheld. Southee gets this one to bend in with the angle, from back of a length around off stump. Taibu tries to work it towards the onside after moving the front foot into line, and almost falls over as he looks to play around the pads. It slips past the bat and thuds into the foam. Looks hopelessly adjacent. Taibu never wanted to refer that, but went through on Brendan's insistence. Zimbabwe have wasted a review. 27/2
	CR Ervine	c Ryder b Mills	11	25	25	2	0	44.00
	12.6 and Ervine has perished to the cordon. The odds of finding these gaps are not very high, and Ervine pays the price for hitting in the air again. Short ball, just outside off, a delivery that deserved to be cut, but not with this field. Ervine cracks it off the middle and it flies straight to Ryder at backward point. Easily pouched. Zim are stuttering. 42/3
	E Chigumbura*	lbw b Vettori	1	9	4	0	0	25.00
	14.1 Captain gets captain first ball. Or has he? Elton reviews a potentially controversial lbw decision. Tossed up on middle, back of a length and it straightens. Here's the catch - Elton has charged a mile out of his crease. Ok, may be not a mile, but 2.5 metres for sure. The replays say it pitched on the line of the stumps, hit in front of middle as Elton misses the chip to the leg side. The potentially questionable predictive powers of Hawk-Eye (since he was well out of the crease) say it was hitting leg stump. It is back to umpire Erasmus, and he, like Billy Bowden the other day, sticks to his decision. Only, this time, it is out. 46/4
	RW Chakabva	c Taylor b Vettori	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
	14.3 this is turning into a nightmare for Zimbabwe, as if all the troubles were not enough, Rosco pulls off a blinder now, Dan gets Chakabva to reach outside off and go for the drive, the edge flies to the right of Taylor at slip, who puts out his right hand quickly and takes it cleanly, Dan has struck twice in his opening over 46/5
	GA Lamb	run out (Guptill/Vettori)	18	46	34	1	0	52.94
	26.6 Vettori to Utseya, and this is really the last thing Zimbabwe wanted, really is, what a shame, it was guided towards backward point, Lamb wanted the single very badly, he was more than half way towards Utseya when he turned him back, no chance he was to make it back, the throw came in flat to Dan, who was in front of the stumps, and removed the bails in a diving motion, even as Lamb's dive was in vain 89/7
	P Utseya	b Southee	36	95	65	3	0	55.38
	46.2 that will do, Southee homes in on full on leg stump, and Utseya's swing across the line cannot prevent it from crashing in to the base of the wood, Southee sees the ball has done the job, and turns back in an everyday matter-of-fact way 162/10
	AG Cremer	c †BB McCullum b Mills	22	43	43	1	0	51.16
	36.6 Mills gets him finally, it was closer to off stump this time, much fuller too, he went for the drive, and got a healthy outside edge through to the keeper 122/8
	RW Price	lbw b Southee	11	27	19	0	0	57.89
	44.1 Southee bellows and pleads at the same time, and gets the decision he wanted, it was full and came in to strike him on the pads, he was nowhere near it with the bat, and that would have taken out leg stump, one more to go 157/9
	T Panyangara	not out	4	13	9	1	0	44.44
	Extras	(lb 4, w 3)	7
	Total	(all out; 46.2 overs; 202 mins)	162	(3.49 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-2 (Coventry, 1.2 ov), 2-27 (Taibu, 7.4 ov), 3-42 (Ervine, 12.6 ov), 4-46 (Chigumbura, 14.1 ov), 5-46 (Chakabva, 14.3 ov), 6-86 (Taylor, 23.1 ov), 7-89 (Lamb, 26.6 ov), 8-122 (Cremer, 36.6 ov), 9-157 (Price, 44.1 ov), 10-162 (Utseya, 46.2 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	KD Mills	10	0	29	2	2.90	(1w)
	12.6 to Ervine, and Ervine has perished to the cordon. The odds of finding these gaps are not very high, and Ervine pays the price for hitting in the air again. Short ball, just outside off, a delivery that deserved to be cut, but not with this field. Ervine cracks it off the middle and it flies straight to Ryder at backward point. Easily pouched. Zim are stuttering. 42/3 36.6 to Cremer, Mills gets him finally, it was closer to off stump this time, much fuller too, he went for the drive, and got a healthy outside edge through to the keeper 122/8
	TG Southee	9.2	3	29	3	3.10	(2w)
	7.4 to Taibu, Southee probably doesn't have to wait long for redemption. Zimbabwe have refered an lbw appeal that was upheld. Southee gets this one to bend in with the angle, from back of a length around off stump. Taibu tries to work it towards the onside after moving the front foot into line, and almost falls over as he looks to play around the pads. It slips past the bat and thuds into the foam. Looks hopelessly adjacent. Taibu never wanted to refer that, but went through on Brendan's insistence. Zimbabwe have wasted a review. 27/2 44.1 to Price, Southee bellows and pleads at the same time, and gets the decision he wanted, it was full and came in to strike him on the pads, he was nowhere near it with the bat, and that would have taken out leg stump, one more to go 157/9 46.2 to Utseya, that will do, Southee homes in on full on leg stump, and Utseya's swing across the line cannot prevent it from crashing in to the base of the wood, Southee sees the ball has done the job, and turns back in an everyday matter-of-fact way 162/10
	HK Bennett	8	0	37	0	4.62
	DL Vettori	10	3	25	2	2.50
	14.1 to Chigumbura, Captain gets captain first ball. Or has he? Elton reviews a potentially controversial lbw decision. Tossed up on middle, back of a length and it straightens. Here's the catch - Elton has charged a mile out of his crease. Ok, may be not a mile, but 2.5 metres for sure. The replays say it pitched on the line of the stumps, hit in front of middle as Elton misses the chip to the leg side. The potentially questionable predictive powers of Hawk-Eye (since he was well out of the crease) say it was hitting leg stump. It is back to umpire Erasmus, and he, like Billy Bowden the other day, sticks to his decision. Only, this time, it is out. 46/4 14.3 to Chakabva, this is turning into a nightmare for Zimbabwe, as if all the troubles were not enough, Rosco pulls off a blinder now, Dan gets Chakabva to reach outside off and go for the drive, the edge flies to the right of Taylor at slip, who puts out his right hand quickly and takes it cleanly, Dan has struck twice in his opening over 46/5
	SB Styris	4	0	13	1	3.25
	23.1 to Taylor, Scott strikes, out of nowhere, nippy full offcutter from Styris, Taylor was taken completely by surprise, can't blame him after all those gentle trundlers Scott served up before this one, he wafts across the line as this one darts in on the toes, Styris gets the decision in his favour instantly, no reviews left for Zimbabwe anyways 86/6
	NL McCullum	3	0	15	0	5.00
	JD Ryder	2	0	10	0	5.00

	New Zealand innings (target: 163 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MJ Guptill	not out	86	114	108	7	2	79.62
	BB McCullum†	not out	76	114	95	6	2	80.00
	Extras	(lb 1, w 1, nb 2)	4
	Total	(0 wickets; 33.3 overs; 114 mins)	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

	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)

Toss Zimbabwe, who chose to bat
Points New Zealand 2, Zimbabwe 0
Player of the match MJ Guptill (New Zealand)

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