An Incredible innings(New Zealand)

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Today Zimbabwe is playing against New Zealand.Due to delay in the start of play the overs were decreased and each team was supposed to bat for 44 overs instead of 50 overs.New Zealand started well with Lou Vincent and Stephen Fleming on fire.Stephen Fleming played a captain's knock and got out after scoring fine 93.He got out when he was caught by Streak at a ball by Ireland.Then McMillan came to join Vincent out in the middle.McMillan also played a good knock and scored 47 runs of just 26 balls.He was caught by Mahwire on a ball by Blignaut.Chris Cairns was not so good with the bat as he got out just on 14.McCullum helped New Zealand to reach a very big score which I'll write in the end of this blog.McCullum scored an unbeaten 51 of just 22 balls.Oram got out on a duck.Vincent scored a brilliant 172 of just 120 balls.Utseya took a brilliant,diving catch and dismissed Vincent on a ball by Blignaut.New Zealand reached 397 at the loss of 5 wicketsin just 44 overs.The inninngs was decided to be of 44 overs.They fell just 1 run short of the world record i.e 398 which Sri Lanka scored against Kenya in 1998.Vincent's 172 was a record score as no other New Zealand batsman has been able to reach 172 in ODIs.Zimbabwe needs 398 to win in 44 overs at 9.05 runs per over which is not only difficult but impossible for them.