STATISTICS: A summary of ODI statistics and milestones following the second match of the series against Zimbabwe.
The 157 run second wicket partnership between Martin Guptill and Brendan McCullum is a New Zealand record against all teams, only just eclipsing the 156 added by Lou Vincent and Nathan Astle against the West Indies at Napier in 2005-06.
Graeme Aldridge became the 167th player to play for the Black Caps in ODIs.
Brendan Taylor is the first Zimbabwean batsman to score successive ODI hundreds. He is the 9th player to have done so against New Zealand with Ricky Ponting having achieved the feat twice.
Martin Guptill scored a century on his ODI debut but it has taken him another 53 matches and 51 innings to notch his second.
In his three ODI matches against Zimbabwe he has successive scores of 86*, 74 and 105. Only Nathan Astle and Roger Twose (with 4) have scored more consecutive half-centuries against Zimbabwe.
Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill continued their successful partnership against Zimbabwe in international matches. In five matches they have only failed to reach a hundred once, when they added 29 unbeaten in the rain affected T20 international at the 2010 World Cup. There other partnerships have been 166* and 157 in ODIs and 127* and 120 in Twenty20s.
Andy McKay achieved his best bowling figures in ODIs beating the 4-62 he took against India last season.
Prosper Utseya took his first wicket against the BLACKCAPS in his 5th ODI. In 40 overs he has now taken 1 wicket at an average of 208.
