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Test No. 2590

South Africa tour of Zimbabwe 2025
2025 season
Zimbabwe vs South Africa - 1st Test
28 June - 01 July, 2025 (5-day match)

South Africa led the 2-match series 1-0

Venue : Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Toss : South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : South Africa won by 328 runs


South Africa 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Tony de Zorzi c Bennett b Chivanga
0 
16 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Matthew Breetzke c Bennett b Chivanga
13 
45 
1 
0
28.89 
»
 Wiaan Mulder run out
17 
47 
1 
0
36.17 
»
 David Bedingham c Ervine b Chivanga
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Lhuan-dre Pretorius c Masakadza b Chivanga
153 
160 
11 
4
95.63 
»
 Dewald Brevis c Chivanga b Muzarabani
51 
41 
3 
4
124.39 
»
 Kyle Verreynne c Ervine b Masakadza
10 
16 
2 
0
62.50 
»
 Corbin Bosch Not Out
100 
124 
10 
0
80.65 
»
 Keshav Maharaj c Bennett b Masakadza
21 
30 
1 
2
70.00 
»
 Codi Yusuf c Williams b Muzarabani
27 
49 
5 
0
55.10 
»
 Kwena Maphaka Not Out
9 
12 
0 
0
75.00 
Extras LB 14, N 3
17
Total : (9 wickets dec in 90.0 overs)
418
 RR : 4.64

Fall of wickets : 1-3 (Tony de Zorzi, 5.4 ov), 2-21 (Matthew Breetzke, 12.6 ov), 3-23 (David Bedingham, 14.2 ov), 4-55 (Wiaan Mulder, 22.3 ov), 5-150 (Dewald Brevis, 36.5 ov), 6-181 (Kyle Verreynne, 41.4 ov), 7-289 (Lhuan-dre Pretorius, 64.2 ov), 8-330 (Keshav Maharaj, 73.2 ov), 9-389 (Codi Yusuf, 84.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Blessing Muzarabani
20
7 
59 
2
2.95
1
0
»
 Wellington Masakadza
30
2 
109 
1
3.63
0
0
»
 Tanaka Chivanga
16
2 
83 
4
5.19
2
0
»
 Vincent Masekesa
13
1 
97 
1
7.46
0
0
»
 Brian Bennett
9
0 
46 
0
5.11
0
0
»
 Wessly Madhevere
2
0 
10 
0
5.00
0
0

Zimbabwe 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Brian Bennett retire hurt
19 
28 
4 
0
67.86 
»
 Takudzwanashe Kaitano c de Zorzi b Codi Yusuf
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Nick Welch c Verreynne b Codi Yusuf
4 
5 
1 
0
80.00 
»
 Sean Williams st Verreynne b Maharaj
137 
164 
16 
0
83.54 
»
 Craig Ervine st Verreynne b Maharaj
36 
99 
4 
0
36.36 
»
 Wessly Madhevere lbw b Mulder
15 
25 
0 
1
60.00 
»
 Prince Masvaure c Verreynne b Mulder
7 
9 
0 
0
77.78 
»
 Tafadzwa Tsiga c Codi Yusuf b Mulder
9 
8 
2 
0
112.50 
»
 Wellington Masakadza c Verreynne b Codi Yusuf
4 
23 
1 
0
17.39 
»
 Vincent Masekesa Not Out
11 
43 
1 
0
25.58 
»
 Blessing Muzarabani b Mulder
0 
8 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Tanaka Chivanga c Maphaka b Maharaj
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras LB 6, W 2, N 1
9
Total : (all out in 67.4 overs)
251
 RR : 3.71

Fall of wickets : 1-5 (Takudzwanashe Kaitano, 0.5 ov), 2-23 (Nick Welch, 4.1 ov), 3-119 (Craig Ervine, 33.4 ov), 4-167 (Wessly Madhevere, 42.5 ov), 5-185 (Prince Masvaure, 46.3 ov), 6-201 (Tafadzwa Tsiga, 48.6 ov), 7-217 (Wellington Masakadza, 54.6 ov), 8-249 (Sean Williams, 65.2 ov), 9-250 (Blessing Muzarabani, 66.6 ov), 10-251 (Tanaka Chivanga, 67.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Codi Yusuf
14
2 
42 
3
3.00
1
0
»
 Kwena Maphaka
12
1 
52 
0
4.33
0
1
»
 Wiaan Mulder
16
2 
50 
4
3.13
0
1
»
 Corbin Bosch
9
1 
31 
0
3.44
0
0
»
 Keshav Maharaj
16
 .4
1 
70 
3
4.20
0
0

South Africa 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Matthew Breetzke c Madhevere b Chivanga
1 
6 
0 
0
16.67 
»
 Tony de Zorzi c Williams b Chivanga
31 
35 
3 
0
88.57 
»
 Wiaan Mulder c Kaitano b Madhevere
147 
206 
17 
2
71.36 
»
 David Bedingham c Williams b Masakadza
35 
39 
4 
1
89.74 
»
 Lhuan-dre Pretorius b Masekesa
4 
6 
0 
0
66.67 
»
 Dewald Brevis b Masekesa
3 
9 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Kyle Verreynne c Ervine b Masakadza
36 
56 
3 
0
64.29 
»
 Corbin Bosch b Masakadza
36 
41 
4 
0
87.80 
»
 Keshav Maharaj b Masakadza
51 
70 
4 
1
72.86 
»
 Codi Yusuf Not Out
8 
17 
1 
0
47.06 
»
 Kwena Maphaka b Muzarabani
8 
14 
0 
1
57.14 
Extras LB 5, W 2, N 2
9
Total : (all out in 82.5 overs)
369
 RR : 4.45

Fall of wickets : 1-1 (Matthew Breetzke, 1.2 ov), 2-64 (Tony de Zorzi, 18.1 ov), 3-136 (David Bedingham, 32.1 ov), 4-141 (Lhuan-dre Pretorius, 33.5 ov), 5-155 (Dewald Brevis, 37.1 ov), 6-259 (Wiaan Mulder, 58.6 ov), 7-259 (Kyle Verreynne, 59.3 ov), 8-351 (Corbin Bosch, 77.4 ov), 9-352 (Keshav Maharaj, 79.1 ov), 10-369 (Kwena Maphaka, 82.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Blessing Muzarabani
11
 .5
1 
38 
1
3.21
1
1
»
 Tanaka Chivanga
16
0 
76 
2
4.75
1
1
»
 Wellington Masakadza
22
0 
98 
4
4.45
0
0
»
 Wessly Madhevere
10
1 
35 
1
3.50
0
0
»
 Vincent Masekesa
23
1 
117 
2
5.09
0
0

Zimbabwe 2nd Innings
(Target: 537 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Takudzwanashe Kaitano c Pretorius b Bosch
12 
62 
0 
0
19.35 
»
 Prince Masvaure c Mulder b Codi Yusuf
12 
76 
1 
0
15.79 
»
 Nick Welch c de Zorzi b Bosch
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Sean Williams c Verreynne b Bosch
26 
18 
5 
0
144.44 
»
 Craig Ervine c de Zorzi b Bosch
49 
77 
7 
0
63.64 
»
 Wessly Madhevere c Verreynne b Codi Yusuf
0 
8 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Tafadzwa Tsiga c Bosch b Codi Yusuf
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Wellington Masakadza c Mulder b Maharaj
57 
92 
9 
0
61.96 
»
 Vincent Masekesa b Bosch
3 
10 
0 
0
30.00 
»
 Blessing Muzarabani Not Out
32 
29 
4 
2
110.34 
»
 Tanaka Chivanga st Verreynne b Brevis
1 
22 
0 
0
4.55 
Extras B 4, LB 5, W 6, N 1
16
Total : (all out in 66.2 overs)
208
 RR : 3.14

did not bat: Brian Bennett

Fall of wickets : 1-32 (Takudzwanashe Kaitano, 18.2 ov), 2-32 (Nick Welch, 18.3 ov), 3-64 (Sean Williams, 24.2 ov), 4-68 (Prince Masvaure, 28.1 ov), 5-72 (Wessly Madhevere, 30.3 ov), 6-82 (Tafadzwa Tsiga, 32.2 ov), 7-165 (Craig Ervine, 52.5 ov), 8-173 (Vincent Masekesa, 56.1 ov), 9-181 (Wellington Masakadza, 59.4 ov), 10-208 (Tanaka Chivanga, 66.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Codi Yusuf
9
3 
22 
3
2.44
0
0
»
 Wiaan Mulder
7
2 
13 
0
1.86
0
0
»
 Kwena Maphaka
10
3 
28 
0
2.80
1
1
»
 Keshav Maharaj
24
7 
71 
1
2.96
0
0
»
 Corbin Bosch
12
2 
43 
5
3.58
0
1
»
 Dewald Brevis
4
 .2
0 
22 
1
5.08
0
0

Match details
Debuts: Codi Yusuf, Dewald Brevis and Lhuan-dre Pretorius (South Africa)
Man of the Match: Lhuan-dre Pretorius (South Africa)
Umpires : Richard Illingworth (England) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (India)
Third Umpire: Forster Mutizwa (Zimbabwe)
Referee : Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire: Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Sat, Jun 28 - South Africa 1st innings 418/9d (Corbin Bosch 100*, Kwena Maphaka 9*, 90 ov)
Day 2 : Sat, Jun 29 - South Africa 2nd innings 49/1 (Tony de Zorzi 22*, Wiaan Mulder 25*, 13 ov)
Day 3 : Sun, Jun 30 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 32/1 (Prince Masvaure 5*, 18.2 ov)
Day 4 : Tue, Jul 01 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 208 (66.2 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Zimbabwe Blessing Muzarabani, Brian Bennett, Craig Ervine (Capt.), Nick Welch, Sean Williams, Tafadzwa Tsiga (wk), Takudzwanashe Kaitano, Tanaka Chivanga, Vincent Masekesa, Wellington Masakadza, Wessly Madhevere
South Africa Codi Yusuf, Corbin Bosch, David Bedingham, Dewald Brevis, Keshav Maharaj (Capt.), Kwena Maphaka, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Matthew Breetzke, Tony de Zorzi, Wiaan Mulder
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