Welcome to the highlights of New Zealand vs Zimbabwe 2nd ODI - 1998 Zimbabwe tour of New Zealand 5-match ODI series - The second One-Day International cricket match between New Zealand and Zimbabwe was played at Basin Reserve, Wellington on February 06, 1998.
Match Overview:
Bowlers shines and Shayne O'Connor's maiden five-wicket haul befoe A superb 67 by opener Nathan Astle steers to New Zealand easy eight-wicket victory over Zimbabwe and go up 2-0 lead in a one-sided second ODI.
Match Stats:
- Shayne O'Connor became the first New Zealand bowler to take a five-wicket haul against Zimbabwe in ODI cricket history.
- Shayne O'Connor's 5 for 39 was his best bowling performance for New Zealand in one-day international and the best-bowling-figures by an New Zealand bowler against Zimbabwe in ODIs, surpassing the previous record of 4 for 49 held by Daniel Vettori at Hamilton earlier in this series' first ODI.
- Shayne O'Connor became the tenth New Zealand bowler to claimed a five-wicket haul in ODIs.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
Zimbabwe bundled out for 138 in 49 overs with top scorer by Dirk Viljoen cracked a 36 off 69-balls including 3-fours.
Guy Whittall scored 31 off 77-balls Included a boundary and Alistair Campbell struck 23 off 59-balls contained 3-fours.
New Zealand best bowler by Shayne O'Connor 5-39, Simon Doull captured two-wickets, Chris Cairns, Dion Nash and Chris Harris each took one-wickets.
New Zealand chase down the target of 139 for 2 in 28.2 overs with top scorer by Nathan Astle struck 67 off 89-balls including 8-fours & 2-sixes.
Adam Parore cracked a unbeaten 36 off 56-balls including 2-fours and Stephen Fleming blasted a unbeaten 17 off 11-balls included 2-fours & a six with strike rate of 154.54.
Zimbabwe best bowler by Heath Streak took 1-wicket for 20-runs in 7-overs.
Shayne O'Connor named Player of the match for his brilliant bowling performance to claimed a career-best 5-wicket haul for 39-runs in 10-overs with economy rate of 3.90.
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