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Roger Twose fashioned his fourth half-century in as many matches against Zimbabwe to steer New Zealand to 265 for seven in their ICC KnockOut quarter-final at the Nairobi Gymkhana Club on Monday

Zimbabwe left themselves a steep hill to climb in the last 25 overs of their ICC KnockOut quarter-final against New Zealand on Monday after reaching 108 for four at the halfway stage of their innings

New Zealand stayed calm and composed throughout to win themselves a semi-final meeting with Pakistan as Zimbabwe bowed out of the ICC KnockOut tournament, beaten by 64 runs at the Nairobi Gymkhana Club on Monday

Roger Twose, New Zealand's transplanted Englishman, will be a little sorry to see the back of Zimbabwe after his adopted country's 64 run win in the quarter-finals of the ICC KnockOut at the Nairobi Gymkhana Club on Monday

Black Caps coach David Trist is right not to blame his side's bowling mortality rate for the series loss to Zimbabwe which was completed with last night's six-wicket rout in Bulawayo

It is difficult to recall a more ragged looking performance than that in Bulawayo which represented New Zealand's effort in its 21-run loss to Zimbabwe

The answer has been confined to the New Zealand cricket selection panel

It's a sure sign of experience developing in any cricket side when the milestones begin to tumble with more regularity

After eight days of ducking off home early, the New Zealanders had to face a hard day at the office in Harare, Zimbabwe

New Zealand won the Second Test against Zimbabwe by eight wickets at Harare Sports Club today, with 3.4 overs to spare, despite a magnificent fighting innings of 188 not out by Guy Whittall that came so close to saving the match

It was a sight to gladden Kiwi hearts

In another dour morning's play, Zimbabwe continued to slide slowly towards defeat, worn down by the persistent New Zealanders

If New Zealand can score 465 runs with such a mixture of batting as it did in setting a record total against Zimbabwe in the second Test at Harare, what is it capable of when getting everything together

Zimbabwe set their minds on saving the match with a single-minded determination that rarely included scoring shots before lunch, when in 32 overs they added 40 runs without losing a wicket

New Zealand made rather laborious progress on the second day at Harare Sports Club, taking their overnight score of 226 for four to 465 all out, a record total in the series

John Ward talks to Guy Whittall about the second day of the Test match against New Zealand at Harare Sports Club, after Zimbabwe replied to New Zealand's 465 all out with 31 for one

New Zealand decided to bat on winning the toss, an indication in itself that this Harare Sports Club pitch was of a better quality than many of those experienced last season

Too often in New Zealand's cricket history sides have got themselves into winning positions only to fail ram the advantage home

It may have been headed for the gold medal as the dullest Test match of the year, but New Zealand's fightback with both the bat and ball may yet produce one of the more exciting finishes

As Zimbabwe struggle to save the First Test against New Zealand, Alistair Campbell carried most of the responsibility as he goes into the final day on 45 not out