At Wellington, January 31. New Zealand won by six wickets. Toss: Zimbabwe.

Thomson and Twose both hit the stumps from narrow angles to remove Grant Flower (when he looked likely to make a big score) and Whittall, and there were two more run-outs in Zimbabwe's innings, by Morrison and Kennedy off their own bowling. To cap a fine home effort in the field, Nash took three for 30, his best limited-overs international figures, and Larsen conceded just 1.4 an over. Andy Flower concluded too late that batting first was an error; Fleming led an easy chase to win with ten overs to spare and New Zealand took the series 2–0. Afterwards, the press were excited by reports that two New Zealanders and a Zimbabwean had been found smoking an unidentified substance. They scented a repeat of the previous year's cannabis incident. Officials from both teams stated firmly that the exotic cigarettes were merely Turkish ones.

Man of the Match: S. P. Fleming.

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