Despite being dismissed for 271 in 49.2 overs, drama occurred in the second innings, exactly like in the first ODI. Zimbabwe's foundation was a 104-run partnership between Shaun Williams (77) and Cliff Madande (52). Shareez Ahmed excelled for the Netherlands with 5/43, his maiden five-wicket haul in ODI cricket.
At one point, Tom Cooper (74) and Max O'Dowd (81) both had excellent pistols as Holland cruised towards a target of 272. However, the run raised Cooper to 33, and in the 41st over, Sikandar Raza dismissed O'Dowd.
Day 44 began in favour of Holland with the visitors requiring 59 runs from 42 balls with seven wickets remaining.
But in the first three balls of his over, Medvedev changed the course of the game.
Madandi stumped Colin Ackerman, Teja Ndamanuru was out after the following ball, and Paul van Meekren was out after the third ball.
The Netherlands dropped from 213/3 to 213/6 as a result, and Madiveire became just the third Zimbabwean to score a hat-trick in one-day internationals.
Only two other Zimbabweans, Eddo Brandes and Prosper Utseya, have scored hat tricks in ODIs.
As Zimbabwe prevailed in the thrilling game by by one run, the hat-trick was crucial.