RESULT
1st Test, Bulawayo, July 30 - August 03, 2025, New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe
ZIM 149 & 165
NZ (T:8) 307 & 8/1
New Zealand won by 9 wickets
Zimbabwe 1st Innings
Batting R B 4s 6s SR
Brian Bennett
6 11 1 0 54.54
c Young b Henry
Ben Curran
13 20 1 0 65.00
c Young b Henry
Nick Welch
27 68 4 0 39.70
c Bracewell b Henry
Sean Williams
2 13 0 0 15.38
b Smith
Craig Ervine (c)
39 116 6 0 33.62
lbw b Smith
Sikandar Raza
2 3 0 0 66.66
c †Blundell b Henry
Tafadzwa Tsiga †
30 78 5 0 38.46
lbw b Smith
Newman Nyamhuri
9 20 1 0 45.00
c Young b Henry
Vincent Masekesa
7 22 0 0 31.81
run out (Conway/†Blundell)
Blessing Muzarabani
1 8 0 0 12.50
c Santner b Henry
Tanaka Chivanga
0 4 0 0 0.00
not out
Extras 13 (b 4, lb 2, w 7)
Total 149
60.3 Ov (RR: 2.46)
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Brian Bennett, 2.6 ov), 2-24 (Ben Curran, 6.4 ov), 3-31 (Sean Williams, 11.2 ov), 4-67 (Nick Welch, 26.2 ov), 5-69 (Sikandar Raza, 26.5 ov), 6-123 (Craig Ervine, 50.1 ov), 7-136 (Tafadzwa Tsiga, 52.5 ov), 8-143 (Newman Nyamhuri, 56.5 ov), 9-149 (Vincent Masekesa, 59.2 ov), 10-149 (Blessing Muzarabani, 60.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W ECON WD NB
Matt Henry
15.3 3 39
6
2.51 0 0
Will O’Rourke
13 3 26 0 2.00 2 0
Nathan Smith
14 8 20
3
1.42 0 0
Mitchell Santner
16 4 46 0 2.87 0 0
Michael Bracewell
2 0 12 0 6.00 0 0
New Zealand 1st Innings
Batting R B 4s 6s SR
Brian Bennett
6 11 1 0 54.54
c Young b Henry
Ben Curran
13 20 1 0 65.00
c Young b Henry
Nick Welch
27 68 4 0 39.70
c Bracewell b Henry
Sean Williams
2 13 0 0 15.38
b Smith
Craig Ervine (c)
39 116 6 0 33.62
lbw b Smith
Sikandar Raza
2 3 0 0 66.66
c †Blundell b Henry
Tafadzwa Tsiga †
30 78 5 0 38.46
lbw b Smith
Newman Nyamhuri
9 20 1 0 45.00
c Young b Henry
Vincent Masekesa
7 22 0 0 31.81
run out (Conway/†Blundell)
Blessing Muzarabani
1 8 0 0 12.50
c Santner b Henry
Tanaka Chivanga
0 4 0 0 0.00
not out
Extras 13 (b 4, lb 2, w 7)
Total 149
60.3 Ov (RR: 2.46)
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Brian Bennett, 2.6 ov), 2-24 (Ben Curran, 6.4 ov), 3-31 (Sean Williams, 11.2 ov), 4-67 (Nick Welch, 26.2 ov), 5-69 (Sikandar Raza, 26.5 ov), 6-123 (Craig Ervine, 50.1 ov), 7-136 (Tafadzwa Tsiga, 52.5 ov), 8-143 (Newman Nyamhuri, 56.5 ov), 9-149 (Vincent Masekesa, 59.2 ov), 10-149 (Blessing Muzarabani, 60.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W ECON WD NB
Matt Henry
15.3 3 39
6
2.51 0 0
Will O’Rourke
13 3 26 0 2.00 2 0
Nathan Smith
14 8 20
3
1.42 0 0
Mitchell Santner
16 4 46 0 2.87 0 0
Michael Bracewell
2 0 12 0 6.00 0 0
New Zealand 1st Innings
Batting R B 4s 6s SR
Will Young
41 70 4 0 58.57
c Welch b Muzarabani
Devon Conway
88 170 12 0 51.76
c Bennett b Chivanga
Henry Nicholls
34 56 6 0 60.71
c Bennett b Muzarabani
Rachin Ravindra
2 10 0 0 20.00
c Ervine b Sikandar Raza
Daryl Mitchell
80 119 5 1 67.22
b Nyamhuri
Tom Blundell †
2 6 0 0 33.33
c Williams b Chivanga
Michael Bracewell
9 23 1 0 39.13
c †Tsiga b Muzarabani
Mitchell Santner (c)
19 30 1 0 63.33
c & b Masekesa
Nathan Smith
22 79 1 0 27.84
retired hurt
Matt Henry
5 10 1 0 50.00
b Williams
Will O’Rourke
0 4 0 0 0.00
not out
Extras 5 (lb 4, w 1)
Total 307
96.1 Ov (RR: 3.19)
Fall of wickets: 1-92 (Will Young, 26.1 ov), 2-158 (Henry Nicholls, 44.4 ov), 3-163 (Rachin Ravindra, 47.4 ov), 4-177 (Devon Conway, 54.5 ov), 5-181 (Tom Blundell, 56.6 ov), 6-200 (Michael Bracewell, 62.4 ov), 7-233 (Mitchell Santner, 71.2 ov), 7-294* (Nathan Smith, retired not out), 8-307 (Matt Henry, 95.2 ov), 9-307 (Daryl Mitchell, 96.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W ECON WD NB
Blessing Muzarabani
26 5 73
3
2.80 0 0
Tanaka Chivanga
18 3 51
2
2.83 1 0
Newman Nyamhuri
16.1 2 64
1
3.95 0 0
Sikandar Raza
20 2 63
1
3.15 0 0
Sean Williams
7 1 23
1
3.28 0 0
Vincent Masekesa
9 1 29
1
3.22 0 0
Zimbabwe 2nd Innings
Batting R B 4s 6s SR
Brian Bennett
18 21 4 0 85.71
c †Blundell b O'Rourke
Ben Curran
11 26 2 0 42.30
c O'Rourke b Henry
Nick Welch
4 32 0 0 12.50
c †Blundell b O'Rourke
Vincent Masekesa
2 40 0 0 5.00
c Ravindra b O'Rourke
Sean Williams
49 66 6 0 74.24
c †Blundell b Santner
Craig Ervine (c)
22 53 3 0 41.50
c †Blundell b Henry
Sikandar Raza
5 22 1 0 22.72
c Ravindra b Henry
Tafadzwa Tsiga †
27 83 2 0 32.53
c Conway b Santner
Newman Nyamhuri
1 9 0 0 11.11
b Santner
Blessing Muzarabani
19 38 3 0 50.00
c sub (AY Patel) b Santner
Tanaka Chivanga
0 13 0 0 0.00
not out
Extras 7 (b 6, lb 1)
Total 165
67.1 Ov (RR: 2.45)
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Ben Curran, 6.6 ov), 2-29 (Brian Bennett, 7.5 ov), 3-34 (Nick Welch, 17.5 ov), 4-53 (Vincent Masekesa, 21.5 ov), 5-110 (Sean Williams, 39.1 ov), 6-110 (Craig Ervine, 40.3 ov), 7-119 (Sikandar Raza, 46.5 ov), 8-126 (Newman Nyamhuri, 49.3 ov), 9-162 (Blessing Muzarabani, 63.3 ov), 10-165 (Tafadzwa Tsiga, 67.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W ECON WD NB
Matt Henry
21 5 51
3
2.42 0 0
Will O’Rourke
10 4 28
3
2.80 0 0
Michael Bracewell
15 2 42 0 2.80 0 0
Mitchell Santner
17.1 6 27
4
1.57 0 0
Daryl Mitchell
4 1 10 0 2.50 0 0
New Zealand 2nd Innings (T: 8 runs)
Batting R B 4s 6s SR
Devon Conway
4 6 1 0 66.66
b Nyamhuri
Will Young
0 6 0 0 0.00
not out
Henry Nicholls
4 2 1 0 200.00
not out
Extras 0
Total 8/1
2.2 Ov (RR: 3.42)
Did not bat:
Rachin Ravindra,
Daryl Mitchell,
Tom Blundell †,
Michael Bracewell,
Mitchell Santner (c),
Nathan Smith,
Matt Henry,
Will O’Rourke
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Devon Conway, 0.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W ECON WD NB
Newman Nyamhuri
1.2 0 8
1
6.00 0 0
Sean Williams
1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0
Close of Play
day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 92/0 (Will Young 41*, Devon Conway 51*, 26 ov)
day 2 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 31/2 (Nick Welch 2*, Vincent Masekesa 0*, 13 ov) - end of match
Match Flow
Day 1
Drinks: Zimbabwe - 31/3 in 13.0 overs (NR Welch 4, CR Ervine 0)
Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 23.1 overs (139 balls), Extras 6
Lunch: Zimbabwe - 67/4 in 26.2 overs (CR Ervine 13)
Drinks: Zimbabwe - 96/5 in 42.0 overs (CR Ervine 24, TE Tsiga 16)
Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 43.1 overs (259 balls), Extras 8
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 132 balls (CR Ervine 25, TE Tsiga 19, Ex 6)
Tea: Zimbabwe - 138/7 in 55.0 overs (NT Nyamhuri 6, V Masekesa 1)
Innings Break: Zimbabwe - 149/10 in 60.3 overs (TL Chivanga 0)
Drinks: New Zealand - 45/0 in 12.0 overs (WA Young 21, DP Conway 24)
New Zealand: 50 runs in 13.4 overs (82 balls), Extras 0
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls (WA Young 22, DP Conway 28, Ex 0)
DP Conway: 50 off 83 balls (8 x 4)
End Of Day: New Zealand - 92/0 in 26.0 overs (WA Young 41, DP Conway 51)
Day 2
New Zealand: 100 runs in 29.1 overs (175 balls), Extras 1
Drinks: New Zealand - 125/1 in 38.0 overs (DP Conway 71, HM Nicholls 12)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 88 balls (DP Conway 25, HM Nicholls 24, Ex 1)
New Zealand: 150 runs in 42.1 overs (253 balls), Extras 1
Lunch: New Zealand - 174/3 in 52.0 overs (DP Conway 87, DJ Mitchell 9)
New Zealand: 200 runs in 62.2 overs (374 balls), Extras 3
Drinks: New Zealand - 209/6 in 66.0 overs (DJ Mitchell 24, MJ Santner 6)
New Zealand: 250 runs in 75.4 overs (454 balls), Extras 3
Tea: New Zealand - 254/7 in 79.0 overs (DJ Mitchell 48, NG Smith 8)
New ball taken at 80.1 overs
DJ Mitchell: 50 off 85 balls (4 x 4)
8th Wicket: 50 runs in 101 balls (DJ Mitchell 30, NG Smith 19, Ex 1)
Drinks: New Zealand - 294/7 in 92.3 overs (DJ Mitchell 73, NG Smith 22)
NG Smith retired hurt at 294/7 (22, 92.6 overs)
New Zealand: 300 runs in 94.2 overs (566 balls), Extras 5
Innings Break: New Zealand - 307/9 in 96.1 overs (W O'Rourke 0)
End Of Day: Zimbabwe - 31/2 in 13.0 overs (NR Welch 2, V Masekesa 0)
Day 3
Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 21.2 overs (128 balls), Extras 4
Drinks: Zimbabwe - 76/4 in 27.0 overs (SC Williams 24, CR Ervine 13)
Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 35.6 overs (216 balls), Extras 4
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 85 balls (SC Williams 28, CR Ervine 22, Ex 0)
Lunch: Zimbabwe - 114/6 in 42.0 overs (Sikandar Raza 4, TE Tsiga 0)
Drinks: Zimbabwe - 143/8 in 57.0 overs (TE Tsiga 16, B Muzarabani 8)
Zimbabwe: 150 runs in 60.4 overs (364 balls), Extras 7
Tea: Zimbabwe - 165/10 in 67.1 overs (TL Chivanga 0)
Match Details
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Toss Zimbabwe, elected to bat first
Series
New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe
Season
2025
Series result New Zealand led the 2-match series 1-0
Match number
Test no. 2597
Hours of play (local time) 10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days 30,31 July,1,2,3 August 2025 - day (5-day match)
Umpires
England
Alex Wharf
Pakistan
Asif Yaqoob
TV Umpire
Zimbabwe
Langton Rusere
Reserve Umpire
Zimbabwe
Iknow Chabi
Match Referee
Sri Lanka
Ranjan Madugalle
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