New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2015
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The New Zealand cricket team toured Zimbabwe between 2 and 9 August 2015.[1] The tour consisted of three One Day International (ODI) matches and one Twenty20 International (T20I).[1] For the first ODI, New Zealand played under the name of Aotearoa. This is the Māori name for New Zealand. The tour coincided with te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week).[2]
| New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Zimbabwe | New Zealand | ||
| Dates | 2 August 2015 – 9 August 2015 | ||
| Captains | Elton Chigumbura | Kane Williamson | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | New Zealand won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Craig Ervine (174) | Kane Williamson (187) | |
| Most wickets | Graeme Cremer (3) | Nathan McCullum (5) | |
| Player of the series | Kane Williamson (NZ) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | New Zealand won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Craig Ervine (42) | George Worker (62) | |
| Most wickets | Sean Williams (3) |
Adam Milne (2) Mitchell McClenaghan (2) | |
| Player of the series | Craig Ervine (Zim) | ||
In June Brendon McCullum was confirmed as the captain for New Zealand on this tour.[3] However, in July, it was announced that McCullum had been rested for this tour and the tour to South Africa, being replaced by Kane Williamson.[4] New Zealand won the ODI series 2–1 and the T20I series 1–0.
| ODIs | T20Is | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe[5] | New Zealand[4] | Zimbabwe[6] | New Zealand[4] |
New Zealand's Mitchell Santner was ruled out of the tour after fracturing his thumb. He was replaced by George Worker.[7] Ross Taylor was injured in training the day before the 3rd ODI and was ruled out of the rest of the tour.[8]
- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- Ish Sodhi (NZ) made his ODI debut.
- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- George Worker (NZ) made his T20I debut.
- ^ a b "Zimbabwe confirm tours from India and New Zealand". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ "New Zealand to play as Aotearoa". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "McCullum to skip upcoming tours in Africa". ESPNCricinfo. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ a b c "McCullum, Southee rested for Africa tour". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "Zimbabwe recall Nyumbu for first two NZ ODIs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "Zimbabwe Twenty-20 Squad / Players". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ "Santner out of Africa tour with fractured thumb". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ "Taylor out of Africa tour with groin injury". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 August 2015.