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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br \/>\r\n<strong>Harare, Aug 7<\/strong> -&nbsp;Kane Williamson struck a fluent 90 and Mitchell McClenaghan picked up three wickets to help New Zealand beat Zimbabwe by 38 runs in the third One-Day International at the Harare Sports Club here on Friday and clinch the series 2-1.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Put in to bat, the visitors scored 273\/6 in 50 overs; in reply Zimbabwe were bowled out for 235 in 47.4 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chasing a challenging score of 273, the hosts got off to a good start scoring at a healthy run rate. Openers Hamilton Masakadza (57) and Chamu Chibhabha (32) took the hosts close to the 100-run mark but their 97-run partnership halted in the 23rd over.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some tight bowling by the visitors forced Zimbabwe to commit errors while attempting big shots and they continued to lose wickets.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The home side&#39;s hopes lifted again when Sean Williams and Craig Ervine put on 45 runs for the fourth wicket. But Ervine&#39;s dismissal in the 33rd over when he backed up too far only for bowler Ben Wheeler to effect a direct hit sent Zimbabwe towards a freefall.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">McClenaghan (3\/36) and Sodhi (2\/47) were the pick of the New Zealand bowlers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier in the innings, New Zealand got off to a modest start, with their first fifty runs coming off 76 balls - their second slowest in ODIs against Zimbabwe since 2001.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although the Kiwis lost openers, Williamson along with Grant Elliott, helped New Zealand cross the 200-run mark. But their dismissals in successive overs nearly derailed the visitors.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Their scoring, however, received a leg-up through some late hitting from James Neesham and Nathan McCullum, who raised 50 runs in 4.1 overs for an unbroken seventh-wicket stand.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They pushed the visitors&#39; score beyond 260, as New Zealand muscled 54 runs in the last five overs. Those strikes proved decisive in the end.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brief Scores: New Zealand 273\/6 in 50 overs (Williamson 90, Guptill 42, Cremer 3\/44) vs Zimbabwe 235 in 47.4 overs (Williams 63, Masakadza 57, McClenaghan 3\/36).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>(IANS)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n",
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