Zimbabwe v South Africa, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 1st Test, South Africa tour of Zimbabwe, 2025

South Africa tour of Zimbabwe 1st Test: Zimbabwe v South Africa at Bulawayo, June 28, 2025

Zimbabwe

ZIM

251/10 (67.4) & 208/10 (66.2)

South Africa

418/9d (90) & 369/10 (82.5)

Finished

SA won by 328 runs

South Africa 1st InningSA 1st Inning418/9 (90 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Tony de Zorzi	c B Bennett b TL Chivanga	0	16	0	0	0.00
c B Bennett b TL Chivanga
Matthew Breetzke	c B Bennett b TL Chivanga	13	45	1	0	28.89
c B Bennett b TL Chivanga
Wiaan Mulder	runout (B Muzarabani)	17	47	1	0	36.17
runout (B Muzarabani)
David Bedingham	c C Ervine b TL Chivanga	0	3	0	0	0.00
c C Ervine b TL Chivanga
Lhuan dre Pretorius	c W Masakadza b TL Chivanga	153	160	11	4	95.63
c W Masakadza b TL Chivanga
Dewald Brevis	c TL Chivanga b B Muzarabani	51	41	3	4	124.39
c TL Chivanga b B Muzarabani
Kyle Verreynne(WK)	c C Ervine b W Masakadza	10	16	2	0	62.50
c C Ervine b W Masakadza
Corbin Bosch	Not out	100	124	10	0	80.65
Not out
Keshav Maharaj(C)	c B Bennett b Vincent Masekesa	21	30	1	2	70.00
c B Bennett b Vincent Masekesa
Codi Yusuf	c S Williams b B Muzarabani	27	49	5	0	55.10
c S Williams b B Muzarabani
Kwena Maphaka	Not out	9	12	0	1	75.00
Not out
Extra	17 (b 0, w 0, nb 3, lb 14)
Total	418/9 (90)

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

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (T de Zorzi - 5.4 ov), 2-21 (MP Breetzke - 12.6 ov), 3-23 (DG Bedingham - 14.2 ov), 4-55 (PWA Mulder - 22.3 ov), 5-150 (D Brevis - 36.5 ov), 6-181 (K Verreynne - 41.4 ov), 7-289 (Ld Pretorius - 64.2 ov), 8-330 (K Maharaj - 73.2 ov), 9-389 (CE Yusuf - 84.6 ov)

Zimbabwe 1st InningZIM 1st Inning251/10 (67.4 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Brian Bennett	Retired hurt	19	28	4	0	67.86
Retired hurt
Takudzwanashe Kaitano	c T de Zorzi b CE Yusuf	0	1	0	0	0.00
c T de Zorzi b CE Yusuf
Nick Welch	c K Verreynne b CE Yusuf	4	5	1	0	80.00
c K Verreynne b CE Yusuf
Sean Williams	st K Verreynne b K Maharaj	137	164	16	0	83.54
st K Verreynne b K Maharaj
Craig Ervine(C)	st K Verreynne b K Maharaj	36	90	4	0	40.00
st K Verreynne b K Maharaj
Wesley Madhevere	lbw b PWA Mulder	15	25	0	1	60.00
lbw b PWA Mulder
Prince Masvaure	c K Verreynne b PWA Mulder	7	9	0	0	77.78
c K Verreynne b PWA Mulder
Tafadzwa Tsiga(WK)	c CE Yusuf b PWA Mulder	9	8	2	0	112.50
c CE Yusuf b PWA Mulder
Wellington Masakadza	c K Verreynne b CE Yusuf	4	23	1	0	17.39
c K Verreynne b CE Yusuf
Vincent Masekesa	Not out	11	43	1	0	25.58
Not out
Blessing Muzarabani	b PWA Mulder	0	8	0	0	0.00
b PWA Mulder
Tanaka Chivanga	c K Maphaka b K Maharaj	0	3	0	0	0.00
c K Maphaka b K Maharaj
Extra	9 (b 0, w 2, nb 1, lb 6)
Total	251/10 (67.4)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Codi Yusuf	14	2	42	3	3.00
Kwena Maphaka	12	1	52	0	4.33
Wiaan Mulder	16	2	50	4	3.13
Corbin Bosch	9	1	31	0	3.44
Keshav Maharaj	16.4	1	70	3	4.20

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (T Kaitano - 0.5 ov), 2-23 (N Welch - 4.1 ov), 3-119 (C Ervine - 33.4 ov), 4-167 (W Madhevere - 42.5 ov), 5-185 (PS Masvaure - 46.3 ov), 6-201 (TE Tsiga - 48.6 ov), 7-217 (W Masakadza - 54.6 ov), 8-249 (S Williams - 65.2 ov), 9-250 (B Muzarabani - 66.6 ov), 10-251 (TL Chivanga - 67.4 ov)

South Africa 2nd InningSA 2nd Inning369/10 (82.5 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Matthew Breetzke	c W Madhevere b TL Chivanga	1	6	0	0	16.67
c W Madhevere b TL Chivanga
Tony de Zorzi	c S Williams b TL Chivanga	31	35	3	0	88.57
c S Williams b TL Chivanga
Wiaan Mulder	c T Kaitano b W Madhevere	147	206	17	2	71.36
c T Kaitano b W Madhevere
David Bedingham	c S Williams b W Masakadza	35	39	4	1	89.74
c S Williams b W Masakadza
Lhuan dre Pretorius	b Vincent Masekesa	4	6	0	0	66.67
b Vincent Masekesa
Dewald Brevis	b Vincent Masekesa	3	9	0	0	33.33
b Vincent Masekesa
Kyle Verreynne(WK)	c C Ervine b W Masakadza	36	56	3	0	64.29
c C Ervine b W Masakadza
Corbin Bosch	b W Masakadza	36	41	4	0	87.80
b W Masakadza
Keshav Maharaj(C)	b W Masakadza	51	70	4	1	72.86
b W Masakadza
Codi Yusuf	Not out	8	17	1	0	47.06
Not out
Kwena Maphaka	b B Muzarabani	8	14	0	1	57.14
b B Muzarabani
Extra	9 (b 0, w 2, nb 2, lb 5)
Total	369/10 (82.5)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Blessing Muzarabani	11.5	1	38	1	3.21
Tanaka Chivanga	16	0	76	2	4.75
Wellington Masakadza	22	0	98	4	4.45
Wesley Madhevere	10	1	35	1	3.50
Vincent Masekesa	23	1	117	2	5.09

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (MP Breetzke - 1.2 ov), 2-64 (T de Zorzi - 18.1 ov), 3-136 (DG Bedingham - 32.1 ov), 4-141 (Ld Pretorius - 33.5 ov), 5-155 (D Brevis - 37.1 ov), 6-259 (PWA Mulder - 58.6 ov), 7-259 (K Verreynne - 59.3 ov), 8-351 (C Bosch - 77.4 ov), 9-352 (K Maharaj - 79.1 ov), 10-369 (K Maphaka - 82.5 ov)

Zimbabwe 2nd InningZIM 2nd Inning208/10 (66.2 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Takudzwanashe Kaitano	c Ld Pretorius b C Bosch	12	62	0	0	19.35
c Ld Pretorius b C Bosch
Prince Masvaure	c PWA Mulder b CE Yusuf	12	76	1	0	15.79
c PWA Mulder b CE Yusuf
Nick Welch	c T de Zorzi b C Bosch	0	1	0	0	0.00
c T de Zorzi b C Bosch
Sean Williams	c K Verreynne b C Bosch	26	18	5	0	144.44
c K Verreynne b C Bosch
Craig Ervine(C)	c T de Zorzi b C Bosch	49	77	7	0	63.64
c T de Zorzi b C Bosch
Wesley Madhevere	c K Verreynne b CE Yusuf	0	8	0	0	0.00
c K Verreynne b CE Yusuf
Tafadzwa Tsiga(WK)	c C Bosch b CE Yusuf	0	4	0	0	0.00
c C Bosch b CE Yusuf
Wellington Masakadza	c PWA Mulder b K Maharaj	57	92	9	0	61.96
c PWA Mulder b K Maharaj
Vincent Masekesa	b C Bosch	3	10	0	0	30.00
b C Bosch
Blessing Muzarabani	Not out	32	29	4	2	110.34
Not out
Tanaka Chivanga	st K Verreynne b D Brevis	1	22	0	0	4.55
st K Verreynne b D Brevis
Extra	16 (b 4, w 6, nb 1, lb 5)
Total	208/10 (66.2)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Codi Yusuf	9	3	22	3	2.44
Wiaan Mulder	7	2	13	0	1.86
Kwena Maphaka	10	3	28	0	2.80
Keshav Maharaj	24	7	71	1	2.96
Corbin Bosch	12	2	43	5	3.58
Dewald Brevis	4.2	0	22	1	5.08

Fall of wickets: 1-32 (T Kaitano - 18.2 ov), 2-32 (N Welch - 18.3 ov), 3-64 (S Williams - 24.2 ov), 4-68 (PS Masvaure - 28.1 ov), 5-72 (W Madhevere - 30.3 ov), 6-82 (TE Tsiga - 32.2 ov), 7-165 (C Ervine - 52.5 ov), 8-173 (Vincent Masekesa - 56.1 ov), 9-181 (W Masakadza - 59.4 ov), 10-208 (TL Chivanga - 66.2 ov)

Man of the Match

Lhuan dre Pretorius

Date

2025-06-28 13:30 PM

Venue

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Toss

South Africa elected to bat

Umpires

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Match Referee

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