South Africa vs New Zealand, 1st ODI: RSA won by 20 runs

New Zealand tour of South Africa, 2015 

 

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South Africa has won the first ODI match in the ongoing series against New Zealand today. While batting first, the host team scored 304 runs that were good enough to get the game. New Zealand got all out for 284 runs in 48.1 overs. Hashim Amla has been chosen the Man of the Match for his 124 (126) innings.

South Africa were invited to bat first and they made good out of it by scoring 304 runs in 50 overs. RSA lost 7 of their wickets. Hashim Amla scored highest 124 runs of 126 balls and Rilee Rossouw (89) was the second highest scorer.

Both Adam Milne and Mitchell McClenaghan took 2 wickets each for New Zealand. NZ was given a target of 305 runs to be chased in 50 overs.

South Africa Innings Score Card

New Zealand lost their first wicket for just 3 runs, but then, Tom Latham and Kane Williamson stood up and did what was necessary to turn the game back for their team. But that was not enough as no other follow player could score big runs and NZ team got out 20 runs short the target score.

Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander, Imran Tahir and David Wiese got 2 wickets each for South Africa.

New Zealand Innings Score Card

Zimbabwe vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI: NZ won by 38 Runs

New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe, 2015

 

New Zealand has won the 3rd ODI match against Zimbabwe by 38 runs. New Zealand, while playing first, scored 273 runs in 50 overs. Zimbabwe could only score 235 runs in 47.4 Overs and lost all 10 wickets. New Zealand has also won 3-match ODI series with 2-1. Kane Williamson has been chosen the Man of the Match and Man of the Series as well.

The third ODI match between Zimbabwe and NZ was played on Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at Harare Sports Club, Harare. Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to field. New Zealand scored 273 runs in their innings and lost 6 wickets. Kane Williamson (c) scored highest 90 runs.

Graeme Cremer took 3 wickets for Zimbabwe.

New Zealand Innings Scorecard

Zimbabwe was given a target of 274 runs. But they could only score 235 runs in 47.4 overs and lost all 10 wickets. Sean Williams (63) remained the highest scorer and Hamilton Masakadza scored 57 runs for his team.

Mitchell McClenaghan took 3 wickets for New Zealand.

Zimbabwe Innings Scorecard

 

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Zimbabwe vs NZ, 2nd ODI: New Zealand won by 10 wkts

New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe, 2015

 

New Zealand has won the second match of the 3-match ODI series against Zimbabwe by 10 wickets. The match was played on Tuesday, August 04, 2015 at Harare Sports Club, Harare. Zimbabwe, while playing first, scored 235 runs for 9 wickets. New Zealand chased down the target in 42.2 overs with all 10 wickets remaining.

Both Martin Guptill and Tom Latham have been chosen Man of the Match for their record opening stand (236*).

Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bat first. The team struggled throughout its innings. Only Sikandar Raza, who came at seventh place, could score a respectable 100* for his team and none other player could reach even 50 runs.

Ish Sodhi took 3 wickets for New Zealand.

Zimbabwe Innings Score Card

New Zealand was given a target of 236 runs to be chased in 50 overs. The team did not loss any wicket and scored 236 runs in 42.2 overs. Martin Guptill scored 116 runs and Tom Latham scored 110 runs. Both openers remained not out and were given joint Man of the Match reward.

New Zealand Innings Score Card