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DUNEDIN: New Zealand defeated Zimbabwe by 90 runs in the aboriginal one-day all-embracing at Dunedin Friday as poor batting by the tourists debilitated a admirable bowling effort.

Zimbabwe, addled from a base innings-and-301-run defeat in a one-off Test in Napier aftermost week, were set an accessible ambition of 249 afterwards acceptable the bung and sending New Zealand in to bat on a seaming wicket.

But the adamantine assignment by Zimbabwe paceman Shingi Masakadza, who took four for 46, was baffled
by a anemic batting affectation in which captain Brendan Taylor's 58 off 68 assurance was the sole ablaze spot.

New Zealand opener Martin Guptill produced a man-of-the-match affectation in scoring 70 to ballast the home side's innings, while able all-rounder Rob Nicol took four wickets for 19 in his fourth one-day international.

New Zealand were far from acceptable as Zimbabwe took two wickets in the aperture two overs and were eventually bowled out in the 48th over.

Kane Williamson (35), Nathan McCullum (30) and Andrew Ellis (33) all made
starts but could not dig in on a green-tinged angle that offered affluence of movement.

Guptill was the alone batman who managed to breach the shackles and his 88-run affiliation with Williamson accepted acute in calm the New Zealand innings.

He brought up a bisected aeon off 44 balls, including seven fours, but fell back a blooper in absorption saw him apple-pie bowled by Elton Chigumbura.

Chigumbura addled afresh four overs later, adorable debutant Tom Latham into an attempted awning drive which belted to wicketkeeper Tatenda Taibu.

Unlike the Napier Test, Zimbabwe maintained the burden and were adored back a diving Dean Brownlie was run out for 19 afterwards Regis Chakabva hit the stumps from side-on with a aciculate allotment of fielding, abrogation the hosts on 166-6.

Masakadza claimed addition three scalps as the hosts' final four wickets fell for 25 runs, with Andrew Ellis (33) arena assimilate his stumps, Nathan McCullum apple-pie bowled and Tim Southee (3) out lbw.

Zimbabwe suffered a abhorrence alpha to be 15-3 in the sixth over, with openers Stuart Matsikenyeri (1) and Hamilton Masakadza (7) both out cheaply.

Taylor, who declared the Test accident as "a big accurately in the face", gave Zimbabwe some achievement in the average order, accomplishment partnerships of 52 and 30 with Tatenda Taibu and Malcolm Waller.

He eventually fell aggravating to lift the run amount adjoin a abject New Zealand attack, smashing a six off Nicol but alms Andrew Ellis an accessible bolt at long-off back he went for addition in the abutting ball.

Taylor's abandonment finer concluded Zimbabwe's resistance, with alone tailender Ray Price's 26, the additional accomplished account of the innings, abacus some appropriateness to the final result.