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Test No. 2597

New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe 2025
2025 season
Zimbabwe vs New Zealand - 1st Test
30 July - 01 August, 2025 (5-day match)

New Zealand led the 2-match series 1-0

Venue : Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Toss : Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : New Zealand won by 9 wickets


Zimbabwe 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Brian Bennett c Young b Henry
6 
11 
1 
0
54.55 
»
 Ben Curran c Young b Henry
13 
20 
1 
0
65.00 
»
 Nick Welch c Bracewell b Henry
27 
68 
4 
0
39.71 
»
 Sean Williams b Smith
2 
13 
0 
0
15.38 
»
 Craig Ervine lbw b Smith
39 
116 
6 
0
33.62 
»
 Sikandar Raza c Blundell b Henry
2 
3 
0 
0
66.67 
»
 Tafadzwa Tsiga lbw b Smith
30 
78 
9 
0
38.46 
»
 Newman Nyamhuri c Young b Henry
9 
20 
1 
0
45.00 
»
 Vincent Masekesa run out
7 
22 
0 
0
31.82 
»
 Blessing Muzarabani c Santner b Henry
1 
8 
0 
0
12.50 
»
 Tanaka Chivanga Not Out
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 4, LB 2, W 7
13
Total : (all out in 60.3 overs)
149
 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)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Matt Henry
15
 .3
3 
39 
6
2.52
0
0
»
 Will O’Rourke
13
3 
26 
0
2.00
0
2
»
 Nathan Smith
14
8 
20 
3
1.43
0
0
»
 Mitchell Santner
16
4 
46 
0
2.88
0
0
»
 Michael Bracewell
2
0 
12 
0
6.00
0
0

New Zealand 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Will Young c Welch b Muzarabani
41 
70 
4 
0
58.57 
»
 Devon Conway c Bennett b Chivanga
88 
170 
12 
0
51.76 
»
 Henry Nicholls c Bennett b Muzarabani
34 
56 
6 
0
60.71 
»
 Rachin Ravindra c Ervine b Sikandar Raza
2 
10 
0 
0
20.00 
»
 Daryl Mitchell b Nyamhuri
80 
119 
5 
1
67.23 
»
 Tom Blundell c Williams b Chivanga
2 
6 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Michael Bracewell c Tsiga b Muzarabani
9 
23 
1 
0
39.13 
»
 Mitchell Santner c & b Masekesa
19 
30 
1 
0
63.33 
»
 Nathan Smith retire hurt
22 
79 
1 
0
27.85 
»
 Matt Henry b Williams
5 
10 
1 
0
50.00 
»
 Will O’Rourke Not Out
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras LB 4, W 1
5
Total : (all out in 96.1 overs)
307
 RR : 3.19

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)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Blessing Muzarabani
26
5 
73 
3
2.81
0
0
»
 Tanaka Chivanga
18
3 
51 
2
2.83
0
1
»
 Newman Nyamhuri
16
 .1
2 
64 
1
3.96
0
0
»
 Sikandar Raza
20
1 
63 
1
3.15
0
0
»
 Sean Williams
7
1 
23 
1
3.29
0
0
»
 Vincent Masekesa
9
1 
29 
1
3.22
0
0

Zimbabwe 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Brian Bennett c Blundell b O’Rourke
18 
21 
4 
0
85.71 
»
 Ben Curran c O’Rourke b Henry
11 
26 
2 
0
42.31 
»
 Nick Welch c Blundell b O’Rourke
4 
32 
0 
0
12.50 
»
 Vincent Masekesa c Ravindra b O’Rourke
2 
40 
0 
0
5.00 
»
 Sean Williams c Blundell b Santner
49 
66 
6 
0
74.24 
»
 Craig Ervine c Blundell b Henry
22 
53 
3 
0
41.51 
»
 Sikandar Raza c Ravindra b Henry
5 
22 
1 
0
22.73 
»
 Tafadzwa Tsiga c Conway b Santner
27 
83 
2 
0
32.53 
»
 Newman Nyamhuri b Santner
1 
9 
0 
0
11.11 
»
 Blessing Muzarabani c sub b Santner
19 
38 
3 
0
50.00 
»
 Tanaka Chivanga Not Out
0 
13 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 6, LB 1
7
Total : (all out in 67.1 overs)
165
 RR : 2.46

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)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Matt Henry
21
5 
51 
3
2.43
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
(Target: 8 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Devon Conway b Nyamhuri
4 
6 
1 
0
66.67 
»
 Will Young Not Out
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Henry Nicholls Not Out
4 
2 
1 
0
200.00 
Total : (1 wickets in 2.2 overs)
8
 RR : 3.43

did not bat: Will O’Rourke, Tom Blundell, Rachin Ravindra, Nathan Smith, Mitchell Santner, Michael Bracewell, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell

Fall of wickets : 1-4 (Devon Conway, 0.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Newman Nyamhuri
1
 .2
0 
8 
1
6.00
0
0
»
 Sean Williams
1
1 
0 
0
0.00
0
0

Match details
Umpires : Alex Wharf (England) and Asif Yaqoob (Pakistan)
Third Umpire: Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe)
Referee : Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire: Iknow Chabi (Zimbabwe)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Wed, Jul 30 - New Zealand 1st innings 92/0 (Will Young 41*, Devon Conway 51*, 26 ov)
Day 2 : Thu, Jul 31 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 31/2 (Nick Welch 2*, Vincent Masekesa 0*, 13 ov)

Teams:
Zimbabwe Vincent Masekesa, Tanaka Chivanga, Tafadzwa Tsiga (wk), Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams, Nick Welch, Newman Nyamhuri, Craig Ervine (Capt.), Brian Bennett, Blessing Muzarabani, Ben Curran
New Zealand Henry Nicholls, Will Young, Will O’Rourke, Tom Blundell (wk), Rachin Ravindra, Nathan Smith, Mitchell Santner (Capt.), Michael Bracewell, Matt Henry, Devon Conway, Daryl Mitchell
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