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00:00And the field's up and Nicol goes over the top, high and handsome, over mid wicket and
00:23that is a magnificent innings and a well deserved 100 for Rob Nicol and what a way to bring
00:29it up and Pofu just on his legs and he got picked up and there's the team, very pleased
00:36for him. It's been a wonderful innings. Sorry it's 103 just coming off 120 balls.
00:49Wonderful stuff by Nicol, he really has batted with a great deal of command and boy some
00:53of these shots that we've seen so far have been superb and the way that he got to his
00:57100 is no exception as well. As Chris Harris alluded to, on the pads by Chris and Pofu
01:01and you need no second invitation to whip those away and that's exactly what Nicol did.
01:12And here's a look at Nicol's 100. Loves that leg side, especially early, they got onto
01:19his pads and he picked them off just about every time. Just the one required now.
01:36He's very keen for Vusi to actually bowl a lot more, he believes that, and that's that.
01:43Not quite, good bit of fielding from Taylor. I'll tell you something, that was fearsomely
01:49struck and just for a minute there I think everybody thought that the game was over but
01:54Brendan Taylor doing a pretty good job in ensuring that, well, prolonging Zimbabwe's
01:59agony out there in the field. There it is this time and Rob Nicol fittingly finishes
02:06the game. So New Zealand have won the first one day international by nine wickets with
02:17Rob Nicol 108 not out on debut. Also a great contribution from Martin Guptill, exceptional
02:25opening partnership and then Brendan McCallum came in and finished the job off as only he
02:30knows how. 39 off 35 balls with a strike rate of 111. So very comfortable for New Zealand.
02:40And here's a look at New Zealand's dominance. Rob Nicol in his one day debut, 108 off 131
02:48balls and exceptional innings. Guptill brilliant as well. And here's a look at Rob Nicol. As
02:55I talked about earlier, very dominant on the leg side. Zimbabwe a little bit too straight
02:59early on and it's one of his favourite areas and doesn't miss out much there. Aggressive
03:05against the spinners as well. And there's the celebration.