New Zealand cricket team

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Notable

• New Zealand dismissed Zimbabwe (Harare 2005) twice in the same day for totals of 59 and 99. Zimbabwe became only the second team (after India Manchester 1952) to be dismissed twice in the same day. The whole test was completed inside two days.
• Daniel Vettori scored NZ's fastest test century. (vs Zimbabwe Harare 2005). Vettori needed only 82 balls to reach the 100 mark.
• In the same match, he became the third NZ cricketer (after Richard Hadlee and Chris Cairns) to take more than 200 test wickets.
• Lou Vincent holds the record for the highest one-day cricket innings by a New Zealander of 172 (vs Zimbabwe Bulawayo 2005). The previous best was Glenn Turner 171 not out (vs East Africa Birmingham 1975). Vincent and captain Stephen Fleming broke the New Zealand one-day opening partnership record against all countries. Their total of 204 beat Fleming and Nathan Astle's 193 (vs Pakistan Dunedin 2000-2001). The team total of 397 was just one run short of the record one-day total of 398 (Sri Lanka vs Kenya Kandy 1996).