New Zealand advanced to the ICC World Twenty20 Super Eights with a seven-run victory over Zimbabwe in a rain-shortened game at Guyana National Stadium.
New Zealand had bowled Zimbabwe out for just 84 and reached 36-1 in reply after 8.1 overs when rain intervened and no further play was possible.
Nathan McCullum and Scott Styris each struck with three-wicket overs to put their side on course for a second group win and Zimbabwe on the brink of elimination after it had lost to Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
With showers again forecast throughout the day in Georgetown and the Duckworth-Lewis method always likely to play a part as it had on Tuesday, New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori would have been happy to win the toss, electing to bowl.
Zimbabwe got off to a solid start with Tatenda Taibu and Hamilton Masakadza putting on 36 before Taibu was caught by Jacob Oram off Tim Southee for 21 in the fifth over.
The next wicket fell in the seventh over when Masakadza was run out for 20 and that sparked the Zimbabwe collapse, with four more wickets falling in the next 14 balls.
Vettori struck next over, his first, by bowling Andy Blignaut, for eight, and Nathan McCullum took three wickets in the ninth over, removing Elton Chigumbura for three, caught by Martin Guptill, then trapping Charles Coventry for a duck, caught and bowled, before Craig Ervine was stumped by Gareth Hopkins for one to leave Zimbabwe at 63-6.
Then Styris took three wickets in the 13th over, his two overs going for just five runs, and Zimbabwe were 74-9, Vettori returning in the 16th over to bowl Ray Price with his first ball and dismiss the side for 84.
Zimbabwe got an early break when Taibu caught Jesse Ryder off captain Prosper Utseya in the third over with the New Zealand score on seven.
Rain stopped play after 8.1 overs with the score 36-1, putting New Zealand ahead of the par score by seven runs, the official margin of victory.
The rain did stop but with grounds staff unable to prepare the field in time, the result was declared without any further play.