Zimbabwe v New Zealand 2nd ODI statistical review- New Zealand beats Zimbabwe by 10 wicket margin

Zimbabwe v New Zealand 2nd ODI statistical review- New Zealand beats Zimbabwe by 10 wicket margin: New Zealand came back well in the 2nd ODI to beat Zimbabwe at Harare and level the series with a comfortably 10 wicket win. Zimbabwe who batted first managed to score 235 with help of a century from Sikandar Raza and lower order help. New Zealand openers chased down the target without losing a wicket as Guptill and Latham smashed centuries. Here we look at the stats recorded during the game.

Statistical highlights – Zimbabwe vs New Zealand, 2nd ODI:

236* – Partnership stand between Martin Guptill and Tom Latham for 1st wicket. This is the 3rd highest stand for any wicket for a New Zealand pair in ODI Cricket and 2nd highest partnership for opening wicket. This also the 8th best opening stand in ODIs.

236 – The highest chased target in ODI Cricket without losing a wicket.

26 – Number of occasions where man of the match award was shared between 2 players (Man of the match was shared between Guptill and Latham). Current match was the 13th instance where the award was shared between 2 players from same team. Interestingly, 6 out of 13 times, the man of the match award was shared between 2 players of New Zealand.

13 – Number of centuries recorded at No.7 batting position in ODI Cricket. Sikandar Raza became the 12th player and 1st Zimbabwean to score century at No.7.

3 – Martin Guptill became the 3rd player from New Zealand to complete 1000 ODI runs in 2015. Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor are other 2 players from his side. Only Roger Twose from New Zealand managed to score 1000 runs in ODIs in a calendar year before 2015.

110* – Tom Latham’s score in the match. This was his maiden ODI century and on course, Latham overhauled his previous best of 86.

89 – Partnership between Sikandar Raza and Tinashe Panayangara for 9th wicket. This is the highest 9th wicket stand for Zimbabwe in ODIs.

30 – Number of times both openers from a team scored centuries in same ODI innings. Guptill-Latham scoring centuries was 2nd instance in ODIs for New Zealand where both openers scored centuries in same innings.

7 – Number of times both openers from a team scored centuries in same ODI innings during the chase. Guptill-Latham scoring centuries was 1st instance in ODIs for New Zealand where both openers scored centuries in same innings during 2nd innings of the match.

2 – Only the 2nd time both openers from chasing team scored centuries in the innings and remained unbeaten. Previous instance featured Sri Lanka’s Dilshan and Tharanga against England in 2011 World Cup.

112 – Innings Martin Guptill took to complete 4000 runs in ODIs. He became the fastest New Zealand player to reach 4000 runs by beating Nathan Astle who got to the mark in 120 innings.

49 – Instances of 10 wickets win in ODI Cricket. New Zealand has recorded 7 of those, the 2nd most after West Indies who have 11 victories by 10-wicket margin. Zimbabwe were on receiving end on 6 out of those 49 10-wicket wins, the 2nd most after Bangladesh who were beaten on 10 occasions by 10-wicket margin.

31 – Innings taken by Craig Ervine to complete 1000 ODI runs. He became the 2nd Zimbabwe player to complete 1000 ODI runs only behind Neil Johnson who completed the milestone in 28 innings.

23 – Sikandar Raza become the 23rd player from Zimbabwe to complete 1000 ODI runs. Earlier, Craig Ervine became the 22nd Zimbabwe player to reach 1000 ODI runs.