# New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2011–12

The New Zealand national cricket team toured Zimbabwe from 14 October to 6 November 2011. The tour consisted of two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and one Test. With the exception of the 3rd ODI, New Zealand won all the matches against Zimbabwe.

## Squads

| Limited overs | Limited overs | Tests | Tests |
| Zimbabwe | New Zealand | Zimbabwe | New Zealand |
| Brendan Taylor (c) Charles Coventry Chamu Chibhabha Elton Chigumbura Kyle Jarvis Hamilton Masakadza Keegan Meth Natsai Mushangwe Christopher Mpofu Forster Mutizwa Ray Price Vusi Sibanda Tatenda Taibu Prosper Utseya Malcolm Waller | Ross Taylor (c) Graeme Aldridge Doug Bracewell James Franklin Martin Guptill Brendon McCullum Nathan McCullum Andy McKay Kyle Mills Rob Nicol Jacob Oram Jesse Ryder BJ Watling Kane Williamson Luke Woodcock | Brendan Taylor (c) Regis Chakabva Elton Chigumbura Kyle Jarvis Hamilton Masakadza Tino Mawoyo Keegan Meth Chris Mpofu Natsai Mushangwe Forster Mutizwa Njabulo Ncube Ray Price Vusi Sibanda Prosper Utseya Malcolm Waller | Ross Taylor (c) Doug Bracewell Dean Brownlie Martin Guptill Jesse Ryder Chris Martin Brendon McCullum Andy McKay Kyle Mills Jeetan Patel Tim Southee Daniel Vettori Kane Williamson BJ Watling Reece Young |

## Tour matches
### Two-day: Zimbabwe XI v New Zealanders

* 28–29 October Scorecard
* Match drawn Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Lucky Ngwenya (Zim) and Trevor Phiri (Zim)
* New Zealanders won the toss and chose to bat

## T20I series
### 1st T20I

* 15 October Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 123/8 (20 overs) | v | New Zealand 127/0 (13.3 overs) |
| Brendan Taylor 50* (46) Kyle Mills 2/15 (4 overs) | | Brendon McCullum 81* (46) |
* New Zealand won by 10 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Jeremiah Matibiri and Russell Tiffin Player of the match: Brendon McCullum (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
* Doug Bracewell (NZ), Kane Williamson (NZ), Forster Mutizwa (Zim) and Malcolm Waller (Zim) all made their T20I debuts.

### 2nd T20I

* 17 October Scorecard
| New Zealand 187/3 (18 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 154 (16.5 overs) |
| Martin Guptill 67 (46) Kyle Jarvis 2/36 (4 overs) | | Chamu Chibhabha 65 (39) Nathan McCullum 3/23 (3 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 34 runs (D/L) Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Owen Chirombe and Jeremiah Matibiri Player of the match: Martin Guptill (NZ)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
* Graeme Aldridge (NZ) made his T20I debut.

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 20 October Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 231/6 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 232/1 (43.3 overs) |
| Brendan Taylor 128* (120) Doug Bracewell 3/55 (10 overs) | | Rob Nicol 108* (131) Hamilton Masakadza 1/13 (3 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 9 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Rob Nicol (NZ)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
* Doug Bracewell and Rob Nicol (both NZ) made their ODI debuts.

### 2nd ODI

* 22 October Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 259/8 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 261/6 (48.2 overs) |
| Brendan Taylor 107* (105) Andy McKay 4/53 (10 overs) | | Martin Guptill 105 (121) Keegan Meth 2/52 (10 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 4 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Owen Chirombe (Zim) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Martin Guptill (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
* Graeme Aldridge (NZ) made his ODI debut.

### 3rd ODI

* 25 October Scorecard
| New Zealand 328/5 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 329/9 (49.5 overs) |
| Ross Taylor 119 (126) Njabulo Ncube 3/69 (8.5 overs) | | Malcolm Waller 99* (74) Jacob Oram 3/44 (9.5 overs) |
* Zimbabwe won by 1 wicket Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Owen Chriombe (Zim) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Malcolm Waller (Zim)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* Natsai Mushangwe and Njabulo Ncube (both Zim) made their ODI debuts.

## Test series
### Only Test

* 1–5 November Scorecard
* New Zealand won by 34 runs Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Daniel Vettori (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rain delayed start to Day 2
* Doug Bracewell and Dean Brownlie (NZ) and Regis Chakabva, Njabulo Ncube and Malcolm Waller (Zim) all made their Test match debuts.