ZIM vs NZ Live Cricket Score

12.1 OUT! THE POLES ARE ROCKED! Adam Milne removes Wessly Madhevere. Bowls in on a hard length, on the leg stump line. Wessly Madhevere gives himself room to flay this through the off-side but misses, and the ball goes onto rattle the leg pole. A handy knock from Wessly Madhevere comes to an end. Zimbabwe lose their third. 71/3

5.2 OUT! CAUGHT! MATT HENRY DRAWS FIRST BLOOD! Bowls it short, on the middle stump line. Brian Bennett takes it on but miscues the pull toward the deep backward square leg region, where Bevon Jacobs takes a nice reverse cup catch. A decent knock from Brian Bennett ends now. Zimbabwe lose their first wicket of the game. 37/1

9.4 OUT! STUMPED! Rachin Ravindra strikes! Flighted delivery on the full, just outside off. Clive Madande looks to drive through the off-side but misses and loses his balance. Drags his foot outside the crease, and Tim Seifert is quick to take off the bails. Clive Madande fails to get back in time and will trudge off the fielder. The struggles of Madande end now. Zimbabwe are two down. 61/2

16 OUT! CAUGHT! Soft dismissal for Sikandar Raza and Zimbabwe have lost half of their side now. Quicker delivery bowled into the pitch outside off. Raza waits back and tries to whip it, but gets a leading edge that flies straight into the hands of Chapman at extra cover, who makes no mistake. A wicket for New Zealand, and they are well on top now! 93/5

13.5 OUT! TAKEN! Michael Bracewell strikes! Tosses it full, on off. Ryan Burl plays the reverse and looks to go over the infield, but fails to get the elevation and hits it straight to Adam Milne at backward point who makes no mistake. Zimbabwe are four down and in some trouble. 84/4

20 OUT! CAUGHT! Matt Henry ends the innings with a wicket! Pace off, short of a length, on the middle and leg stump line. Tony Munyonga shimmies down and swats the pull toward deep square leg. Mark Chapman comes running across and takes a sharp catch. Zimbabwe finish on 120/7. 120/7

16.4 FOUR AND OUT! TAKEN IN THE DEEP! Matt Henry gets his man! Bowls it short, on the middle stump line. Tashinga Musekiwa looks to take it on and pulls again. Gets the top edge that flies down to fine leg where Jacob Duffy completes the catch. Zimbabwe slide further. 98/6

1.1 OUT! CAUGHT! Oh, what a catch! Blessing Muzarabani starts with a short and wide one, a bit of a loosener but extracts extra bounce off the deck. Tim Seifert leaps up to smash it away but can't get on top of the bounce and hits it to the right of covers. Tashinga Musekiwa shows great reflexes and dives to his right to snatch it with both hands. Zimbabwe do get the early wicket. 5/1

8.3 OUT! CAUGHT! That is a big effort from a big man and Zimbabwe get their second breakthrough. Tinotenda Maposa continues with the short stuff and bangs it in outside off. Ravindra tries to get up on his toes and ramp it away but doesn't get all of it. Blessing Muzarabani at deep third is a bit late to pick the ball but he does put in a big dive in front and manages to hang on with both hands. Rachin departs for a fluid 30 off 19 balls and NZ are 64/2 after 8.3 overs. 64/2