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New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe 2015

Scorecard - 3rd ODI, Zimbabwe vs New Zealand at Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe (07 Aug 2015)

New Zealand

273/6 (50) RR:5.46

New Zealand won by 38 runs

MOM: Kane Williamson
Zimbabwe

235/10 (47.4) RR:4.93

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50.0 - Neville Madziva to Neesham, FOUR, that's a nice way to sign off. Madziva just loses his line as he bowls wide outside off stump, Neesham slices the full ball over backward point and it runs away for four

46.5 - Panyangara to Neesham, FOUR, full and outside off stump, Neesham waits for the ball and flat-bats the drive straight down the ground, long-off and long-on had no chance

45.0 - John Nyumbu to Ronchi, FOUR, Nyumbu misses his line and length, bowls full and outside off stump, Ronchi cracks a lovely cover-drive to end the over on a high

39.3 - Cremer to Elliott, FOUR, a fumble by Panyang, as Venky Prasad would say. Flighted delivery on the leg stump, Elliott sweeps it along the ground, deep backward square leg runs to his right and gets there but lets the ball go through

36.1 - Sean Williams to Elliott, FOUR, darted full and just outside off stump, Elliott gets down on one knee and paddle-sweeps it fine, beats the man at fine leg as well. Fifty partnership comes up with that hit

33.3 - Panyangara to Williamson, FOUR, easily done by Kane. Full and outside off stump, Williamson gets down on one knee, gets under it nicely and lofts the drive over wide mid-off

29.2 - S Raza to Williamson, FOUR, clever cricket from Williamson. Flighted delivery on the leg stump, Williamson gets down on one knee and paddles it fine, fine leg runs to his right and puts in the dive but loses the race

29.0 - Cremer to Elliott, FOUR, Cremer sprays one down the leg-side, Elliott gets down on one knee and paddle-sweeps it fine past leg gully for four

28.3 - Cremer to Williamson, FOUR, way too short from Cremer, Williamson rocks back and pulls it through square leg, there is no one in the deep to protect the boundary

26.0 - S Raza to Williamson, FOUR, in the air and wide of the man at mid-wicket. Flighted delivery on the leg stump, Williamson advances and flicks it just past the diving mid-wicket fielder to his left

20.2 - Cremer to Guptill, FOUR, bad delivery and deserved the treatment. Rank long hop outside off, Guptill slaps it in front of square on the off-side, cover had no chance and also sweeper cover

19.1 - John Nyumbu to Williamson, FOUR, once again superb execution from Williamson, he races down the wicket, meets the pitch of the ball and whips it wide of mid-wicket, beat long-on comfortably

17.3 - John Nyumbu to Williamson, FOUR, top shot! Superb use of the feet from the New Zealand skipper. Skips out of the crease, meets the pitch of the ball, lofts it with the turn over mid-wicket

16.5 - Chibhabha to Williamson, FOUR, that is the shot of the innings, for me. A very difficult shot to execute and Williamson made it look utterly easy. Back of a length just outside off, he stands tall and lofts the punch over extra cover, the timing and placement were superb

15.1 - John Nyumbu to Guptill, FOUR, fantastic shot! Nice floaty delivery outside off, Guptill gets a good stride forward and lofts through the line, gets it over mid-off and it goes on the bounce to the fence

14.3 - Chibhabha to Williamson, FOUR, can't bowl short with that pace, it sat up nicely for Williamson, who rocks back and pulls in front of square. That should get him going

9.5 - John Nyumbu to Latham, FOUR, lovely use of the feet, Latham races down the track, takes it on the full and whips it through mid-wicket, no chance for the fielder in the deep to stop that

9.0 - Panyangara to Guptill, FOUR, superb shot! Good length ball outside off, Guptill lofts through the line, plants his foot forward and hammers it over mid-off, one bounce and into the fence

8.5 - Panyangara to Guptill, FOUR, poor delivery from Panyangara, splays it down leg, Guptill whipped it fine and beat the man in the deep, the fielder was square and it was easy pickings for Guptill

3.4 - Neville Madziva to Guptill, FOUR, Madziva errs in line, drifts down leg, Guptill gets a bit of wood and tickles it fine. Chakabva dived to his left and wasn't far from pouching it

2.4 - Panyangara to Guptill, FOUR, lovely shot! First runs conceded by Panyangara. Short of a length just outside off, Guptill stands tall and punches past the diving cover fielder, the timing takes it to the fence

1.4 - Neville Madziva to Latham, FOUR, first runs on the board. Not the best of ways to get off the mark, but Latham will take that. Short and bit of width on offer, Latham flashes a cut, the outside edge flies over the second slip fielder

47.4 - Sean Williams to Nathan McCullum, SIX, Williams goes very full and McCullum slogs across the line, more importantly makes very good contact and sends it over the deep mid-wicket boundary. 250 up for New Zealand

47.0 - Panyangara to Neesham, SIX, gee! That's a muscular hit from Neesham. Full and in the slot, Neesham absolutely smashes it over long-on and it went a long way back into the stands. 17 off the over, just what New Zealand wanted at this stage

35.4 - Neville Madziva to Elliott, SIX, excellent hit from Elliott. Madziva followed him with a full ball as backed away while coming down the track, however, Elliott managed get close to the pitch of the ball and loft it inside-out over wide long-off for a maximum

16.1 - Chibhabha to Williamson, SIX, terrific shot! Length delivery right in the slot, Williamson comes forward and lofts across the line, got it off the meat and the ball sailed over deep mid-wicket. No one saw that coming. At least this early in his innings

45.5 - Sean Williams to Ronchi, out Caught by Neville Madziva!! Cracking shot but he's picked the fielder out to perfection. Certainly not a wicket taking delivery but Sean Williams will take it. Rank long hop, Ronchi rocks back and pulls very hard, the bat made a sweet sound as it made contact with the ball, however, it went flat and straight to deep mid-wicket. Ronchi c Neville Madziva b Sean Williams 7(15) [4s-1]

40.2 - John Nyumbu to Williamson, out Caught by C Ervine!! Oh that is a brilliant catch by Craig Ervine. Has he stepped beyond the rope? No he hasn't! Expertly done. Clever bowling from Nyumbu as he dragged the length back on seeing Williamson advance, the batsman couldn't get to the pitch of the ball, yet he went through with the loft, didn't hit it that well, long-on ran to his left, caught it just before the rope. He realised that the momentum was taking him beyond the boundary and released the ball before he could cross, quickly recovered and timed his jump to perfection to grab it again in time. It needed some brilliance to dismiss Williamson and Ervine was spectacular indeed. Williamson c C Ervine b John Nyumbu 90(109) [4s-8 6s-1]

39.4 - Cremer to Elliott, out Caught by Chigumbura!! Third wicket for Cremer and he's bowled very well today. Flighted delivery on the stumps, Elliott goes for the sweep once again but this time gets a top edge, Chigu placed himself at short fine leg and took an easy catch. End of a fine 70-run stand. Elliott c Chigumbura b Cremer 36(38) [4s-3 6s-1]

26.3 - Cremer to Munro, out Bowled!! Wicket number two for Cremer and that's a beautiful delivery. Poor stroke from Munro. Nicely tossed up from Cremer, pitches outside off stump, Munro plays across the line, it was a bit of swipe, he wasn't to the pitch of the ball and it turned back to clip the top of middle and off. Munro b Cremer 9(14)

20.5 - Cremer to Guptill, out Caught by H Masakadza!! Lovely bowling from Cremer. A typical leg-spinners wicket that. Flighted delivery on off, Guptill is drawn forward to defend, the ball turns and takes the outside edge, Masakadza takes a good low catch diving to his right. A much needed wicket for Zimbabwe as this partnership was looking dangerous. Guptill c H Masakadza b Cremer 42(50) [4s-6]

10.0 - John Nyumbu to Latham, out Caught by Cremer!! Needless! He had just hit a boundary off the previous ball. Latham comes down the track, gets too close to the ball, wanted to go over mid-on, but ends up dragging it towards mid-wicket, Cremer dived to his left and took a terrific catch. The umpires check for a no-ball, Nyumbu is fine. They also check whether it was a clean, it is and Latham is on his way. Latham c Cremer b John Nyumbu 16(29) [4s-2]

15.5 - John Nyumbu to Guptill, no run, dropped! Nyumbu is disappointed. But it was a tough chance for the keeper. Flighted on leg-stump, Guptill kneels down and goes for the sweep, the ball brushes the bottom part of the glove and hits Chakabva's thigh. Those need to stick

25.5 - S Raza to Williamson, no run, oh dear. Chakabva misses a stumping chance and that's a big escape for Williamson. He was a long way out of his crease as well. How costly is this going to be? Williamson advances and yorks himself, probably the keeper was blinded by the batsman, he fumbled and allowed Williamson to come back

24.4 - Cremer to Williamson, 2 runs, Williamson reaches his 21st ODI fifty. Just a raise of the bat and a handshake with Munro. Shortish and on the stumps, pulled away to deep square leg for a couple

45.5 - Neesham to Sean Williams, FOUR, full and outside off stump, Williams goes for the drive but gets a thick edge that flies wide of backward point, this is turning out to be a great over for the hosts

45.1 - Neesham to Sean Williams, FOUR, full and on the leg stump, Williams lofts it handsomely over mid-on, beats long-on's dive as well

42.2 - Ish Sodhi to Sean Williams, FOUR, the use of the feet from Williams to take it on the full, he lofts it straight down the ground and picks up a boundary

30.3 - Ben Wheeler to Sean Williams, FOUR, short and outside off stump, Williams rocks back and nails the pull shot to perfection and it rockets past the man at mid-wicket. Williams had a lot of time to go back and execute the pull

28.0 - Nathan McCullum to Sean Williams, FOUR, too short and pulled away through mid-wicket, McClenaghan dived in the deep but the ball comfortably won the race. Big over that for Zimbabwe, 15 came off it

27.1 - Nathan McCullum to C Ervine, FOUR, poor delivery, drifted down leg, Ervine goes down on his knee and sweeps it behind square, beats short fine to his right and collects four

24.4 - McClenaghan to C Ervine, FOUR, off-speed delivery outside off, Ervine spotted it early, he delayed his shot and cracked it to the left of cover-point, the fielder gets a hand but the ball still races away

22.5 - McClenaghan to C Ervine, FOUR, superb shot! Nice way to open the account. It was a half volley alright, but still had to be put away, Ervine leans forward and creams it past the diving mid-off fielder, no need to run for those

21.3 - Williamson to Chibhabha, FOUR, lovely shot! No one at sweeper cover and Chibhabha does extremely well to lift it over the infield, he makes a bit of room and lofts it over cover-point

17.1 - Nathan McCullum to H Masakadza, FOUR, another boundary and the runs are starting flow. Once again it comes off the first ball. Short on off and middle, Masakadza kneels down and sweeps it over backward square

17.0 - Ish Sodhi to Chibhabha, FOUR, fabulous shot! Nice loopy delivery outside off, Chibhabha comes well forward and caresses it wide of sweeper cover, Latham runs to his right, dives and pulls the ball in, but it rolls away to the fence

16.1 - Ish Sodhi to Chibhabha, FOUR, Sodhi once again starts the over with a boundary. Quicker and on off, Chibhabha makes room and creams it through extra cover, mid-off gives chase, but the ball wins

14.1 - Ish Sodhi to H Masakadza, FOUR, poor delivery to start ones spell, half tracker on the stumps, Masakadza rocks back and pulls it over mid-wicket, he didn't time it well, but had enough to collect four

12.1 - Neesham to H Masakadza, FOUR, streaky! Shortish and outside off, Masakadza goes hard on the cut, the bottom edge goes to the left of Ronchi, who was wrong-footed. It was not far away from the off-pole

9.2 - McClenaghan to H Masakadza, FOUR, beautiful shot! Nothing much wrong with the delivery, fullish and on the stumps, Masakadza presents the straightest of bats and drives it past the bowler, McClenaghan tries to stop it with his boot, but fails to do so

8.5 - Ben Wheeler to H Masakadza, FOUR, cracking shot! Short and width provided, Masakadza stays back and flashes it square of the wicket, splits cover-point and backward point to perfection

6.3 - Ben Wheeler to H Masakadza, FOUR, top-edge and safe! Masakadza decides to take on the short delivery, he had to fetch it from outside off, the ball bounces more than he expected, takes the edge and flies over the keeper for a one bounce four

6.0 - McClenaghan to H Masakadza, FOUR, overpitched outside off, Masakadza comes on the front foot and drills the drive wide of mid-off, Williamson gives chase but comes second. Good end to the over

46.2 - Ben Wheeler to Panyangara, SIX, in the airrrr and it's gone all the way. Remember, this guy can bat, he was involved in a big partnership for the 9th wicket with Raza in the last game. Short and asking for trouble, Panyangara nails the pull shot and it just clears the deep mid-wicket boundary

29.1 - Williamson to C Ervine, SIX, that is in the air and goes all the way. Short and on the stumps, Ervine rocks back and pulls it easily over deep mid-wicket

27.3 - Nathan McCullum to Sean Williams, SIX, calculated hit from Williams. Lovely use of the feet to get to the pitch of this flighted delivery and then he lofted this handsomely back over the bowler's head for a maximum

13.3 - Elliott to H Masakadza, SIX, that's out of here. Length delivery right in the slot, Masakadza brings those muscles into play, hammers it straight back over the bowler's head. Went a long way over the sightscreen

3.3 - Nathan McCullum to H Masakadza, SIX, massive! McCullum not afraid to toss it up, Masakadza kneels down and slog sweeps it over deep mid-wicket. He got plenty of height and the desired distance as well

47.4 - McClenaghan to Neville Madziva, out Caught by Neesham!! That's it, New Zealand win the series 2-1. Short delivery on the stumps, Madziva goes for the pull, but gets a top edge, long leg settles under it and takes a comfortable catch. Neville Madziva c Neesham b McClenaghan 2(3)

47.1 - McClenaghan to Panyangara, out Bowled!! The middle stump goes cartwheeling. Panyangara walks across the stumps and tries to tickle it fine, misses and it shatters the stumps. New Zealand are inching closer to a series win. Panyangara b McClenaghan 7(7) [6s-1]

46.0 - Neesham to Sean Williams, out Caught by Guptill!! New Zealand will be very confident of sealing this now. End of a terrific hand from Williams. Slower delivery outside off stump, Williams goes for the slog but mistimes it completely, deep mid-wicket moves back and takes a well judged catch above his head. Williams looks at the bottom of the bat as he walks back. Sean Williams c Guptill b Neesham 63(62) [4s-5 6s-1]

44.4 - Ben Wheeler to Sean Williams, out Cremer Run Out!! Oh that's an unfortunate way to get out for Cremer, but he did the mistake of backing up too far. Low full toss on the stumps, Williams drives it back to the bowler, on seeing Cremer get a long way out of his crease, Wheeler turns back and knocks over the stumps with a direct-hit. End of a gritty 35-run stand. Cremer run out (Ben Wheeler) 14(23)

37.3 - Nathan McCullum to Chakabva, out Caught&Bowled!! What is it about these McCullums? They are simply brilliant on the field. Flatter delivery on the stumps, Chakabva goes for the back foot punch but doesn't control it, hits it in the air, Nathan McCullum dives full length to his right in his followthrough and takes an excellent catch. Is that the end of the Zimbabwean challenge? Chakabva c and b Nathan McCullum 3(4)

36.3 - Ish Sodhi to S Raza, out Caught by Neesham!! In the airrrr and straight down the throat of the fieldsman down there at long-off. Raza can't believe what he's done. Nothing but flighted delivery outside off stump, Raza goes for the lofted-drive, he was looking to hit it squarer and wide of long-off but picked out Neesham to perfection. The Black Caps are delighted as they know that this is a big wicket. S Raza c Neesham b Ish Sodhi 5(11)

33.0 - Ben Wheeler to Sean Williams, out C Ervine Run Out!! Absolutely needless from Craig Ervine and he has only himself to blame. Good length delivery just outside off stump, Williams defended that with soft hands, the ball just rolls beside the pitch but Ervine was charging down for a run, it was never on and Williams sent him back, by that time, Wheeler quickly ran forward, picked it up, turned and fired a direct-hit at the bowler's end to catch Ervine well short despite a full length dive. So New Zealand have managed to break this dangerous looking stand, which was doing very well for the hosts. C Ervine run out (Ben Wheeler) 32(32) [4s-3 6s-1]

26.3 - Ish Sodhi to Chigumbura, out Caught by Guptill!! Soft dismissal! Sodhi strikes in his return spell. Lovely loop on this, dips onto the batsman, Chigumbura stays leg-side of the ball, he wanted to go over cover, doesn't get the elevation and hits it straight to Guptill, he won't drop those. New Zealand pulling things back nicely. Chigumbura c Guptill b Ish Sodhi 3(7)

23.5 - Williamson to H Masakadza, out Caught by Ben Wheeler!! Zimbabwe have lost two in two overs. The well set Masakadza has picked out the fielder to perfection. It was very similar to the way Ronchi got out. Half tracker on the stumps, Masakadza rocks back and nails the pull to deep mid-wicket, Wheeler didn't have to move much, crouches low and pouches it safely. H Masakadza c Ben Wheeler b Williamson 57(71) [4s-7 6s-2]

22.1 - McClenaghan to Chibhabha, out Bowled!! Castled! McClenaghan roars in delight. A much needed wicket for the visitors. It was angled in and straightens a touch, Chibhabha plays for the angle, the ball beats the outside edge and uproots the off-stump. Another start for Chibhabha that has not flourished. In fact, Chibhabha's feet went nowhere, he was rooted to the crease. Chibhabha b McClenaghan 32(65) [4s-3]

43.3 - Nathan McCullum to Sean Williams, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Williams pushes it through cover and that brings up his 22nd ODI fifty, the dressing room applauds and the crowd get behind Williams

17.3 - Nathan McCullum to H Masakadza, 1 run, Masakadza reaches his 29th ODI fifty. The crowd are on their feet applauding the effort. Quicker and on the stumps, whipped away to long-on