Tour of  New Zealand 1997-98          Captain: Alistair Campbell

Zimbabwe’s seventh Test tour

Second Test-playing tour of New Zealand by Zimbabwe

  (January - March 1998)

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 P A G E    I N    P R E P A R A T I O N

Other Zimbabwe tours

Previous tour

Sri Lanka 1997-98

Next tour

Pakistan 1998-99

Next tour of New Zealand

2000-01

Members of the Test tour party (16)

Opening batsmen :Grant Flower, Gavin Rennie,  Craig Wishart.

Middle order:  Murray Goodwin, Guy Whittall, Alistair Campbell, Dirk Viljoen.

Wicket-keeper:  Andy Flower

Spin bowlers:Andy Whittall, Adam Huckle,  Paul Strang.

Fast bowlers:Heath Streak, Henry Olonga, Pommie Mbangwa, Everton Matambanadzo, John Rennie.

District representation

Mat -  Matabeleland (6)

Msh -  Mashonaland  (7)

Msh A - Mashonaland A (3)

CD -  Country Districts (0)

Average age of team at time of first Test match

(19  February 1998):

 24 yrs  3 months

Key to type:

RHB Right-handed bat

RM  Right arm medium-paced bowler

RFM  Right-arm fast medium

OB   Off break

WK  Wicket-keeper

Test appearances before tour of New Zealand

Campbell 26,  A Flower 26,  G Flower 26,  G Whittall 21,  Streak 19,  P Strang 17,  B Strang  11,  Olonga 7,  Wishart 8,  A Whittall 5,  G Rennie 4,  J Rennie 4,  Huckle 3,  Matambanadzo 2,  Mbangwa 2,  Goodwin 2. 

Tour Officials

Selectors

John Traicos (convenor),  ….

Selection

A training camp squad of 20 players assembled in Harare between 8-12 December 1997.

Unavailable : D.L.Houghton (retired from playing - niggling injuries persuaded him that he would not be fit to tour Sri Lanka, and so he retired);   Eddo Brandes (injured).

Tour Party Announced :  15 December 1997.

Not selected:   Stuart Carlisle,  Craig Evans.

Dirk Viljoen joined the group of players who had been in Sri Lanka, in place of Bryan Strang. 

Time between selection and departure from Zimbabwe  

        13 days

15 December  -  28 December)

Travel

Colombo   Q   Auckland  

The squad proceeded from their Sri Lankan tour on 28 January 1998 and flew straight to New Zealand, arriving at Auckland on …..

Time spent in New Zealand

     x days

(January -  March)

On-tour selection panel

Reinforcements

None.  It was disclosed on 17 February that Matambanadzo's shoulder injury would keep the fast bowler out for the rest of the tour but that he would remain with the team for his personal cricketing development.  Henry Olonga appeared in only one side match but was 12th man in other games.

Fixtures/Results

§  ODI  Series

† not first-class

Time spent in New Zealand before First Test: 

   x days

( January  -   19 February)

Test appearances on tour

2  -   Campbell,  A Flower,  G Flower,  Goodwin,  Huckle,  Mbangwa,  G Rennie,  P Strang,  Streak,  AR Whittall,  G J Whittall.

0  -   Matambanadzo,  Olonga,  J Rennie,  Viljoen,  Wishart.

Highlights

•   Alastair Campbell scored 196 in the side match against Canterbury

•   In the second Test Andy Flower scored 65 and 83.

•   Paul Strang scored 67 not out from 72 balls at Auckland

•   Opener Grant Flower scored his maiden one-day hundred during the ODI series

•   Murray Goodwin also scored his maiden one-day hundred in the shorter game.

Tour Summary

Return to Zimbabwe

Auckland   Q  ?  Q Harare

Last match ends 8 March 1998

The Zimbabweans arrived back in Harare on the evening of 10 March 1998. (were expected home on 11 March)

Time away from Zimbabwe

    72 days  

(28 December to  10 March)

Finances

Accounts of the tour

Postscript