the accelerator, Nathan Astle getting 128 and Lou Vincent 92, as New Zealand amassed 406 runs on the second day. Graeme Cremer, the leg spinner, bowled 24 overs for 111 runs, to illustrate the Zimbabweans' predicament. Test debutant Keith Dabengwa got two for 87, however, suggesting that he might be a better choice than Cremer for the spinner place in the Zimbabwean team. Having been bowled out in 11 overs on the third morning, New Zealand went out into the field with a lead of 253 runs. And the second Zimbabwean innings proceeded in much the same way as the first - Bond dismissing Ebrahim early, Brendan Taylor and Tatenda Taibu staging a recovery, before Blessing Mahwire staged fireworks towards the end. Three of the wickets came as run outs, the last one with Chris Mpofu running back towards Mahwire, who was concentrating on celebrating his half-century. This had evidently not registered with Mpofu, and before he realised his mistake, the stumps at his end were down. Following the match, Zimbabwe's coach Phil Simmons was sacked and replaced with former Zimbabwean international and Zimbabwe A coach Kevin Curran. One-day internationals Please see Videocon Tri-Series 2005 for a full treatment of the one-day international matches with Zimbabwe and India. Notes References External links Tour home at ESPNcricinfo Black Caps start tour with win over Namibia, 1 August 2005, retrieved 2 August Black Caps thrash Namibia in 2nd match, 1 August 2005, retrieved 2 August Curran to take over as Zim coach, 17 August 2005, retrieved 18 August Scorecards linked to within text Curran confirmed as Zimbabwe coach, Reuters, 18 August 2005 2005 in New Zealand cricket 2005 in Zimbabwean cricket International cricket competitions in 2005 2005 Zimbabwean cricket seasons from 2000–01 Cricket controversies