Zimbabwe v New Zealand, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 1st Test, New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe, 2025

New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe 1st Test: Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Bulawayo, July 30, 2025

Zimbabwe

ZIM

149/10 (60.3) & 165/10 (67.1)

New Zealand

307/10 (96.1) & 8/1 (2.2)

Finished

NZ won by 9 wickets

Zimbabwe 1st InningZIM 1st Inning149/10 (60.3 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Brian Bennett	c W Young b M Henry	6	11	1	0	54.55
c W Young b M Henry
Ben Curran	c W Young b M Henry	13	20	1	0	65.00
c W Young b M Henry
Nick Welch	c MG Bracewell b M Henry	27	68	4	0	39.71
c MG Bracewell b M Henry
Sean Williams	b N Smith	2	13	0	0	15.38
b N Smith
Craig Ervine(C)	lbw b N Smith	39	116	6	0	33.62
lbw b N Smith
Sikandar Raza	c TA Blundell b M Henry	2	3	0	0	66.67
c TA Blundell b M Henry
Tafadzwa Tsiga(WK)	lbw b N Smith	30	78	5	0	38.46
lbw b N Smith
Newman Nyamhuri	c W Young b M Henry	9	20	1	0	45.00
c W Young b M Henry
Vincent Masekesa	runout (TA Blundell / D Conway)	7	22	0	0	31.82
runout (TA Blundell / D Conway)
Blessing Muzarabani	c M Santner b M Henry	1	8	0	0	12.50
c M Santner b M Henry
Tanaka Chivanga	Not out	0	4	0	0	0.00
Not out
Extra	13 (b 4, w 7, nb 0, lb 2)
Total	149/10 (60.3)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Matt Henry	15.3	3	39	6	2.52
William ORourke	13	3	26	0	2.00
Nathan Smith	14	8	20	3	1.43
Mitchell Santner	16	4	46	0	2.88
Michael Bracewell	2	0	12	0	6.00

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (B Bennett - 2.6 ov), 2-24 (Ben Curran - 6.4 ov), 3-31 (S Williams - 11.2 ov), 4-67 (N Welch - 26.2 ov), 5-69 (S Raza - 26.5 ov), 6-123 (C Ervine - 50.1 ov), 7-136 (TE Tsiga - 52.5 ov), 8-143 (N Nyamhuri - 56.5 ov), 9-149 (Vincent Masekesa - 59.2 ov), 10-149 (B Muzarabani - 60.3 ov)

New Zealand 1st InningNZ 1st Inning307/10 (96.1 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Will Young	c N Welch b B Muzarabani	41	70	4	0	58.57
c N Welch b B Muzarabani
Devon Conway	c B Bennett b TL Chivanga	88	170	12	0	51.76
c B Bennett b TL Chivanga
Henry Nicholls	c B Bennett b B Muzarabani	34	56	6	0	60.71
c B Bennett b B Muzarabani
Rachin Ravindra	c C Ervine b S Raza	2	10	0	0	20.00
c C Ervine b S Raza
Daryl Mitchell	b N Nyamhuri	80	119	5	1	67.23
b N Nyamhuri
Tom Blundell(WK)	c S Williams b TL Chivanga	2	6	0	0	33.33
c S Williams b TL Chivanga
Michael Bracewell	c TE Tsiga b B Muzarabani	9	23	1	0	39.13
c TE Tsiga b B Muzarabani
Mitchell Santner(C)	c & b Vincent Masekesa	19	30	1	0	63.33
c & b Vincent Masekesa
Nathan Smith	Retired out	22	79	1	0	27.85
Retired out
Matt Henry	b S Williams	5	10	1	0	50.00
b S Williams
William ORourke	Not out	0	4	0	0	0.00
Not out
Extra	5 (b 0, w 1, nb 0, lb 4)
Total	307/10 (96.1)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Blessing Muzarabani	26	5	73	3	2.81
Tanaka Chivanga	18	3	51	2	2.83
Newman Nyamhuri	16.1	2	64	1	3.96
Sikandar Raza	20	2	63	1	3.15
Sean Williams	7	1	23	1	3.29
Vincent Masekesa	9	1	29	1	3.22

Fall of wickets: 1-92 (W Young - 26.1 ov), 2-158 (H Nicholls - 44.4 ov), 3-163 (R Ravindra - 47.4 ov), 4-177 (D Conway - 54.5 ov), 5-181 (TA Blundell - 56.6 ov), 6-200 (MG Bracewell - 62.4 ov), 7-233 (M Santner - 71.2 ov), 8-294 (N Smith - 92.6 ov), 9-307 (M Henry - 95.2 ov), 10-307 (D Mitchell - 96.1 ov)

Zimbabwe 2nd InningZIM 2nd Inning165/10 (67.1 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Brian Bennett	c TA Blundell b WO Rourke	18	21	4	0	85.71
c TA Blundell b WO Rourke
Ben Curran	c WO Rourke b M Henry	11	26	2	0	42.31
c WO Rourke b M Henry
Nick Welch	c TA Blundell b WO Rourke	4	32	0	0	12.50
c TA Blundell b WO Rourke
Vincent Masekesa	c R Ravindra b WO Rourke	2	40	0	0	5.00
c R Ravindra b WO Rourke
Sean Williams	c TA Blundell b M Santner	49	66	6	0	74.24
c TA Blundell b M Santner
Craig Ervine(C)	c TA Blundell b M Henry	22	53	3	0	41.51
c TA Blundell b M Henry
Sikandar Raza	c R Ravindra b M Henry	5	22	1	0	22.73
c R Ravindra b M Henry
Tafadzwa Tsiga(WK)	c D Conway b M Santner	27	83	2	0	32.53
c D Conway b M Santner
Newman Nyamhuri	b M Santner	1	9	0	0	11.11
b M Santner
Blessing Muzarabani	c (sub AY Patel) b M Santner	19	38	3	0	50.00
c (sub AY Patel) b M Santner
Tanaka Chivanga	Not out	0	13	0	0	0.00
Not out
Extra	7 (b 6, w 0, nb 0, lb 1)
Total	165/10 (67.1)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Matt Henry	21	5	51	3	2.43
William ORourke	10	4	28	3	2.80
Michael Bracewell	15	2	42	0	2.80
Mitchell Santner	17.1	6	27	4	1.57
Daryl Mitchell	4	1	10	0	2.50

Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Ben Curran - 6.6 ov), 2-29 (B Bennett - 7.5 ov), 3-34 (N Welch - 17.5 ov), 4-53 (Vincent Masekesa - 21.5 ov), 5-110 (S Williams - 39.1 ov), 6-110 (C Ervine - 40.3 ov), 7-119 (S Raza - 46.5 ov), 8-126 (N Nyamhuri - 49.3 ov), 9-162 (B Muzarabani - 63.3 ov), 10-165 (TE Tsiga - 67.1 ov)

New Zealand 2nd InningNZ 2nd Inning8/1 (2.2 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Devon Conway	b N Nyamhuri	4	6	1	0	66.67
b N Nyamhuri
Will Young	Not out	0	6	0	0	0.00
Not out
Henry Nicholls	Not out	4	2	1	0	200.00
Not out
Extra	0 (b 0, w 0, nb 0, lb 0)
Total	8/1 (2.2)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Newman Nyamhuri	1.2	0	8	1	6.00
Sean Williams	1	1	0	0	0.00

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

Man of the Match

Matt Henry

Date

2025-07-30 13:30 PM

Venue

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Toss

Zimbabwe elected to bat

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee

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