Halliday's maiden ODI century, Kerr sisters' seven wickets hand Zimbabwe a walloping
Brooke Halliday struck 157*, the joint-third-highest score by a NZ batter in ODIs, as Zimbabwe went down by a record 180 runs
04/03Result
1st ODI, Zimbabwe Women tour of New Zealand at Dunedin, Mar 5 2026
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174 (47.3/50 ov)
Player of the Match
04/03Result
1st ODI, Zimbabwe Women tour of New Zealand at Dunedin, Mar 5 2026
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![New Zealand Women]( "New Zealand Women")
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![Zimbabwe Women]( "Zimbabwe Women")
174 (47.3/50 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
BM Halliday
157(118) 24x4 - 1x6
Control %86%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 42 runs
- 8x4 - 0x6
ML Green
67(80) 7x4 - 0x6
Control %80%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 13 runs
- 1x4 - 0x6
Best performances - Bowlers
AC Kerr
- O10
- M0
- R35
- W4
- Eco3.5
| 1W | ||||
| 2W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
JM Kerr
- O8.3
- M1
- R28
- W3
- Eco3.29
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
Match Details
Series
Toss
Zimbabwe Women , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
New Zealand Women led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
11.00 start, First Session 11.00-14.10, Interval 14.10-14.40, Second Session 14.40-17.50
Match days
5 March 2026 (50-over match)
Women's ODI debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
New Zealand Women 2, Zimbabwe Women 0
Scorecard Summary
NEW ZEALAND WOMEN 354/3 (50 OVERS)
- Maddy Green67 (80)
- Brooke Halliday*157 (118)
- Precious Marange1/52 (10)
- Christabel Chatonzwa1/59 (9)
ZIMBABWE WOMEN 174 (47.3 OVERS)
- Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano38 (70)
- Kelis Ndhlovu52 (109)
- Melie Kerr4/35 (10)
- Jess Kerr3/28 (8.3)
Scorer: Ranjith P
47.3
W
JM Kerr to Marange, OUT,
P Marange b JM Kerr 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
47.2
W
JM Kerr to Makusha, OUT,
T Makusha c Green b JM Kerr 8 (19m 15b 0x4 0x6) SR: 53.33
47.2
1w
JM Kerr to Makusha, 1 wide,
47.1
1
JM Kerr to Sibanda, 1 run,
END OF OVER:47 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | ZIM-W: 172/8 (183 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 3.65, RRR: 61.00)
- Nomvelo Sibanda1 (5b)
- Tendai Makusha8 (14b)
- Molly Penfold9-1-27-2
- Jess Kerr8-1-26-1
46.6
1
Penfold to Sibanda, 1 run,
46.5
0
Penfold to Sibanda, no run,
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