Welcome to the highlights of New Zealand vs Zimbabwe 5th ODI - 1998 Zimbabwe tour of New Zealand 5-match ODI series - The fifth and final One-Day International cricket match between New Zealand and Zimbabwe was played at Eden Park, Auckland on March 08, 1998.
Match Overview:
Nathan Astle, Chris Harris's half-centuries and Spinner Daniel Vettori's three-wickets before Chris Cairns holds nerve as New Zealand pulled off a thrilling 2-run victory over Zimbabwe and clinch the five-match series with 4-1 in a nail-biting fifth & final ODI.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
* When Zimbabwe needing eight off the last over bowled by Chris Cairns, then a boundary required from the last ball but last man Andy Whittall could only lob a catch to Craig McMillan, who spilled it but restricted the scoring to one.
New Zealand scored 231-9 in 50 overs with top scorer by Nathan Astle struck 62 off 84-balls including 3-fours & 2-sixes.
Chris Harris hit a unbeaten 54 off 82-balls including 4-fours & 2-sixes, Dion Nash scored 28 off 37-balls included a boundary.
Stephen Fleming struck 27 off 32-balls including 5-fours and Daniel Vettori blasted a 21 off 13-balls contained 2-fours & a six with strike rate of 161.53.
Zimbabwe best bowler by Paul Strang picked up 3-wickets for 44-runs in 10-overs including a maiden, Andy Whittall captured two-wickets, Dirk Viljoen, Heath Streak, Grant Flower and John Rennie each took one-wickets.
Zimbabwe scored 229-9 in 50 overs with top scorer by Grant Flower struck 55 off 75-balls including 5-fours & a six.
Alistair Campbell cracked a 30 off 55-balls including 2-fours, Guy Whittall struck 29 off 31-balls included 3-fours & a six, Murray Goodwin hit 27 off 40-balls contained 4-fours.
Andy Flower scored 27 off 49-balls including a boundary and Paul Strang hit 23 off 17-balls contained 2-fours & a six.
New Zealand best bowler by Daniel Vettori picked up 3-wickets, Chris Cairns captured two-wickets, Craig McMillan, Chris Harris and Simon Doull each took one-wickets.
Daniel Vettori named Player of the match for his brilliant spin bowling performance to picked up 3-wickets for 29-runs in 10-overs including a maiden with economy rate of 2.90.
Nathan Astle earned player of the series for contributing 351 runs with average of 87.75 in the five-match series.
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