New Zealand A 526 (How 115, Hopkins 100*) and 18 for 0 (How 12*, McIntosh 3*) beat Zimbabwe A 256 (Maruma 62, Coventry 53, Franklin 5-22, Martin 4-46) and 287 (Marillier 50, Chakabva 46, Arnel 8-81) by 10 wickets
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New Zealand A eased to a 10-wicket win over Zimbabwe A in Harare to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. The hosts were on the back foot when they conceded a lead of 270 in the first innings and were 164 for 4 at the end of the third day after being asked to follow-on. The rest of the middle order and the lower order, despite offering some resistance, could not measure up to the New Zealand bowlers.

The star for the visitors was medium-pacer Brent Arnel, who bagged a career-best haul of 8 for 81. He had taken three wickets on the third day and ran through the rest of the line-up on the fourth, dismissing overnight batsmen Taurai Muzarabani and Malcolm Waller. Wicketkeeper Regis Chakabva and Timycen Maruma put together a 67-run stand of the eighth wicket but it was Arnel who saw them off as well, before bowling out Zimbabwe. New Zealand only had to chase a target of 18 and they did so with all their wickets intact.