Cairns achieves new high, puts Kiwis on top

Harare, September 20: New Zealand put an early stranglehold on the second cricket Test against Zimbabwe during the second day here on Wedn...

Harare, September 20: New Zealand put an early stranglehold on the second cricket Test against Zimbabwe during the second day here on Wednesday with a first innings score of 465 all out.

In reply, Zimbabwe were 31-1, losing Gavin Rennie for four. Cairns’s 124 was two short of his best in Test cricket. He hit three sixes and 13 fours (172 balls) for his 4th century. When he reached 71 he achieved a personal Test career landmark of 2,500.

SCOREBOARD
New Zealand (1st innings): M Richardson lbw b Nkala 99, C Spearman c A Flower b Olonga 2, M Sinclair c Carlisle b H Olonga 44, S Fleming c Campbell b Mbangwa 9, N Astle run out (Mbangwa) 86, C McMillan lbw b Mbangwa 15, C Cairns st A Flower b Strang 124, A Parore c A Flower B Olonga 4, D Nash c G Flower b Strang 62, P Wiseman not out 1, S O’Connor c Whittall b G Flower 2, Extras (lb3, w2, nb12) 17, Total (all out in 160.3 overs) 465.
Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-69, 3-91, 4-226, 5-256, 6-302, 7-318, 8-462, 9-462 Bowling: Olonga 27-5-115-3, Streak 29-6-74-0, Nkala 15-0-60-1, Mbangwa 28-10-58-2, Strang 38-11-80-2, G Flower 20.3-6-59-1, Rennie 3-0-16-0.
Zimbabwe (1st innings): G Flower batting 11, G Rennie c C Spearman b S O’Connor 4, S Carlisle batting 15, Extras (b1) 1, Total (for one wicket, 17 overs) 31
Fall of wickets: 1-5
Bowling: Cairns 5-3-4-1, O’Connor 6-2-9-0, Nash 4-1-14-0, McMillan 2-0-3-0.