New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2005

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New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2005
  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Flag of New Zealand.svg
  Zimbabwe New Zealand
Dates 25 July – 6 September 2005
Captains Tatenda Taibu Stephen Fleming
Test series
Result New Zealand won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Brendan Taylor (124) Daniel Vettori (175)
Most wickets Heath Streak (6)
Blessing Mahwire (6)		 Shane Bond (13)
Player of the series Shane Bond (NZ)

The New Zealand cricket team, the Black Caps, played a controversial tour of Zimbabwe in August and September 2005, including some warm-up matches in Namibia. They played 2 Test matches against Zimbabwe and also participated in a triangular Limited Overs International competition with Zimbabwe and India. [1]

Contents

Political debate

Concern for human rights violations in Zimbabwe, in particular the slum clearances known as Operation Murambatsvina, prompted calls by the Green Party and human rights advocates including Amnesty International for the cricket team to boycott the tour. The New Zealand Government made it clear that the scheduled return visit of the Zimbabwean cricket team to New Zealand in December 2005 would not occur as entry to New Zealand would be denied to the Zimbabwean players.

The Black Caps were obliged to tour by the International Cricket Council, and faced a fine of over NZ$3 million if they did not tour. The ICC was asked to waive this fine but refused. It was also claimed that withdrawal from the tour would greatly harm New Zealand's chances of co-hosting the 2011 Cricket World Cup with a potential loss of $NZ20 million. Two opinion polls showed a majority of New Zealanders opposed the tour. The TVNZ/Colmar Brunton poll taken on 30 June found 77 percent opposed, and a Fairfax New Zealand/ACNielsen poll on 18 July showed 53 percent opposed, (NZ Herald). Parliament voted with a substantial majority on 26 July to ask the Black Caps to abandon the tour. Only ACT and the Māori Party voted against the resolution.

The two Tests against Zimbabwe were being followed by a tri-nations One Day International series, with India making up the threesome.

Schedule (Zimbabwe leg)

Results

Matches against Namibia

Namibia v New Zealand, 30 July

New Zealand won by 29 runs. Craig Cumming made 116 to lift the tourists to 330 for 6 in their first match at Windhoek against Namibia, a team coming off a disappointing ICC Trophy tournament, where they finished seventh and did not qualify for the 2007 World Cup. In reply, Namibia crashed to 75 for 5, but recovered to 301 all out, despite economical bowling from fast bowler Shane Bond who was returning from injury and took two for 20 in 10 overs. Cricinfo scorecard

Namibia v New Zealand, 31 July

New Zealand won by 148 runs. The Black Caps batted first again and made 326 for 5. Brendon McCullum scored 84 not out and Nathan Astle an unbeaten 73, to help amass a fine 50 over total. This time, though, the Namibians weren't allowed to get away to a high score, as Shane Bond and Chris Martin took two wickets each and helped them collapse to 178. Daniel Vettori polished off the tail with three for 24. Cricinfo scorecard

Test series

First Test

7–11 August [n 1]
Scorecard
v
452/9d (89 overs)
Daniel Vettori 127 (98)
Blessing Mahwire 3/115 (26 overs)
59 (29.4 overs)
Stuart Carlisle 20* (66)
James Franklin 3/11 (5 overs)
99 (49.5 overs) (f/o)
Hamilton Masakadza 42 (79)
Daniel Vettori 4/28 (13.5 overs)
New Zealand won by an innings and 294 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Darrell Hair (Aus)
Player of the match: Daniel Vettori (NZ)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
  • Neil Ferreira (Zim) made his Test debut.
  • Zimbabwe batsman Chris Mpofu recorded identical dismissals in both innings – stumped by Brendon McCullum off the bowling of Daniel Vettori for a duck, after facing 7 deliveries.
  • Zimbabwe became only the second team to be dismissed twice in a single day's play since India in 1952. [2]

Second Test

15–19 August [n 1]
Scorecard
v
231 (79 overs)
Tatenda Taibu 76 (157)
Shane Bond 6/51 (17 overs)
484 (111.1 overs)
Nathan Astle 128 (217)
Heath Streak 4/73 (22 overs)
207 (61.1 overs)
Brendan Taylor 77 (129)
Shane Bond 4/48 (14 overs)
New Zealand won by an innings and 46 runs
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Darrell Hair (Aus)
Player of the match: Shane Bond (NZ)

One-day internationals

Please see Videocon Tri-Series 2005 for a full treatment of the one-day international matches with Zimbabwe and India.

Notes

  1. 1 2 While five days of play were scheduled for each Test, the first Test reached a result in four days.

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References

  1. ↑ CricketArchive – tour itinerary Archived 6 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on 14 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "Hopeless Zimbabwe crushed inside two days". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "New Zealand seal win as Zimbabwe capitulate". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "'I'm fitter, stronger, and a smarter cricketer'". ESPNcricinfo. 18 August 2005. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
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