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New Zealand beat Zimbabwe by 27 runs - Commentary

Harare Sports Club, . New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat.

New Zealand23849.1 ov
Zimbabwe21148.4 ov
New Zealand won by 27 runs
New Zealand won the tournament
End of innings: ZIM 211 (48.4 ov)
48.4W
SE Bond to NB Mahwire, OUT
NB Mahwire c JDP Oram b SE Bond 8(6) [4s-1 6s-0] · FoW 211/10 (48.4 ov)
48.3W
SE Bond to AM Blignaut, OUT
AM Blignaut c NJ Astle b SE Bond 50(47) [4s-3 6s-2] · FoW 211/9 (48.3 ov)
48.20
SE Bond to AM Blignaut, no run
48.2Wd
SE Bond to AM Blignaut, wide
48.10
SE Bond to AM Blignaut, no run
End of over 4817 runsZIM 210/821422Lb6
AM Blignaut 50(44)NB Mahwire 8(5)JS Patel 9-0-47-1SE Bond 6.2-3-16-2
47.66
SE Bond to AM Blignaut, SIX
FIFTY for AM Blignaut (50 off 44)
47.52Lb
SE Bond to AM Blignaut, 2 leg byes
47.42
JS Patel to NB Mahwire, 2 runs
47.34
JS Patel to NB Mahwire, FOUR
47.21
JS Patel to AM Blignaut, 1 run
47.12
JS Patel to AM Blignaut, 2 runs
End of over 474 runsZIM 193/8010111
NB Mahwire 2(3)AM Blignaut 41(40)SE Bond 6-3-10-2JS Patel 8.2-0-38-1
46.61
JS Patel to NB Mahwire, 1 run
46.51
JS Patel to AM Blignaut, 1 run
46.41
SE Bond to AM Blignaut, 1 run
46.30
SE Bond to AM Blignaut, no run
46.21
SE Bond to NB Mahwire, 1 run
46.10
SE Bond to NB Mahwire, no run
End of over 469 runs, 1 wktZIM 189/8Wd15Wd001W1
AM Blignaut 39(37)NB Mahwire 0(0)KD Mills 10-2-34-2SE Bond 5.2-3-8-2
45.61
SE Bond to AM Blignaut, 1 run
45.5W
SE Bond to GM Ewing, OUT
GM Ewing c JDP Oram b SE Bond 12(16) [4s-1 6s-0] · FoW 188/8 (45.5 ov)
45.41
KD Mills to GM Ewing, 1 run
45.30
KD Mills to GM Ewing, no run
45.20
KD Mills to GM Ewing, no run
45.25Wd
KD Mills to GM Ewing, 5 wides
45.11
KD Mills to AM Blignaut, 1 run
45.1Wd
KD Mills to AM Blignaut, wide
End of over 458 runsZIM 180/7120410
AM Blignaut 37(35)GM Ewing 11(12)JDP Oram 8-1-38-0KD Mills 9.2-2-26-2
44.60
KD Mills to AM Blignaut, no run
44.51
KD Mills to GM Ewing, 1 run
44.44
JDP Oram to AM Blignaut, FOUR
44.30
JDP Oram to AM Blignaut, no run
44.22
JDP Oram to AM Blignaut, 2 runs
44.11
JDP Oram to GM Ewing, 1 run
End of over 443 runsZIM 172/7002010
GM Ewing 9(10)AM Blignaut 31(31)KD Mills 9-2-25-2JDP Oram 7.2-1-31-0
43.60
JDP Oram to GM Ewing, no run
43.51
JDP Oram to AM Blignaut, 1 run
43.40
KD Mills to GM Ewing, no run
43.32
KD Mills to GM Ewing, 2 runs
43.20
KD Mills to GM Ewing, no run
43.10
KD Mills to GM Ewing, no run
End of over 4310 runsZIM 169/7114040
GM Ewing 7(5)AM Blignaut 30(30)JDP Oram 7-1-30-0KD Mills 8.2-2-23-2
42.60
KD Mills to GM Ewing, no run
42.54
KD Mills to GM Ewing, FOUR
42.40
JDP Oram to AM Blignaut, no run
42.34
JDP Oram to AM Blignaut, FOUR
42.21
JDP Oram to GM Ewing, 1 run
42.11
JDP Oram to AM Blignaut, 1 run
End of over 423 runs, 1 wktZIM 159/7W01110
AM Blignaut 25(27)GM Ewing 2(2)KD Mills 8-2-19-2JDP Oram 6.2-1-24-0
41.60
JDP Oram to AM Blignaut, no run
41.51
JDP Oram to GM Ewing, 1 run
41.41
KD Mills to GM Ewing, 1 run
41.31
KD Mills to AM Blignaut, 1 run
41.20
KD Mills to AM Blignaut, no run
41.1W
KD Mills to CK Coventry, OUT
CK Coventry c †BB McCullum b KD Mills 35(21) [4s-2 6s-2] · FoW 156/7 (41.1 ov)
End of over 4116 runsZIM 156/642Nb14320
CK Coventry 35(20)AM Blignaut 24(24)DL Vettori 9.4-0-46-2KD Mills 7.2-2-17-1
40.60
KD Mills to CK Coventry, no run
40.52
KD Mills to CK Coventry, 2 runs