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Test Match #2597 Hide Percentages    Printable Scorecard     
2025 Zimbabwe v New Zealand - 1st Test
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
30th July, 2025
 
 Zimbabwe 149 & 165
New Zealand 307 & 8/1
New Zealand won by 9 wickets

 
Zimbabwe   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Brian Bennett c Young b Henry 6  11  1  0 54.55 4.03%
Benjamin Curran c Young b Henry 13  20  1  0 65.00 8.72%
Nicholas Welch c Bracewell b Henry 27  68  4  0 39.71 18.12%
Sean Williams b Smith 2  13  0  0 15.38 1.34%
Craig Ervine* lbw b Smith 39  116  6  0 33.62 26.17%
Sikandar Raza c †Blundell b Henry 2  3  0  0 66.67 1.34%
Tafadzwa Tsiga† lbw b Smith 30  78  5  0 38.46 20.13%
Newman Nyamhuri c Young b Henry 9  20  1  0 45.00 6.04%
Vincent Masekesa run out 7  22  0  0 31.82 4.70%
Blessing Muzarabani c Santner b Henry 1  8  0  0 12.50 0.67%
Tanaka Chivanga not out 0  4  0  0 0.00
Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 7) 13  
Total All Out   (60.3 overs @ 2.46 rpo) 149
Fall of Wickets
 
1-10 Brian Bennett, 2-24 Benjamin Curran, 3-31 Sean Williams, 4-67 Nicholas Welch,
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5-69 Sikandar Raza, 6-123 Craig Ervine, 7-136 Tafadzwa Tsiga, 8-143 Newman Nyamhuri,
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9-149 Vincent Masekesa, 10-149 Blessing Muzarabani
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Matt Henry 15.3 3 39 6 2.52 60.00
William O'Rourke 13.0 3 26 0 2.00
Nathan Smith 14.0 8 20 3 1.43 30.00
Mitchell Santner 16.0 4 46 0 2.88
Michael Bracewell 2.0 0 12 0 6.00
 
 
New Zealand   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Will Young c Welch b Muzarabani 41  70  4  0 58.57 13.36%
Devon Conway c Bennett b Chivanga 88  170  12  0 51.76 28.66%
Henry Nicholls c Bennett b Muzarabani 34  56  6  0 60.71 11.07%
Rachin Ravindra c Ervine b Sikandar Raza 2  10  0  0 20.00 0.65%
Daryl Mitchell b Nyamhuri 80  119  5  1 67.23 26.06%
Tom Blundell† c Williams b Chivanga 2  6  0  0 33.33 0.65%
Michael Bracewell c †Tsiga b Muzarabani 9  23  1  0 39.13 2.93%
Mitchell Santner* c & b Masekesa 19  30  1  0 63.33 6.19%
Nathan Smith retired hurt 22  79  1  0 27.85 7.17%
Matt Henry b Williams 5  10  1  0 50.00 1.63%
William O'Rourke not out 0  4  0  0 0.00
Extras (lb 4, w 1) 5  
Total All Out   (96.1 overs @ 3.19 rpo) 307
Fall of Wickets
 
1-92 Will Young, 2-158 Henry Nicholls, 3-163 Rachin Ravindra, 4-177 Devon Conway,
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5-181 Tom Blundell, 6-200 Michael Bracewell, 7-233 Mitchell Santner, 8-307 Matt Henry,
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9-307 Daryl Mitchell
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Blessing Muzarabani 26.0 5 73 3 2.81 30.00
Tanaka Chivanga 18.0 3 51 2 2.83 20.00
Newman Nyamhuri 16.1 2 64 1 3.96 10.00
Sikandar Raza 20.0 2 63 1 3.15 10.00
Sean Williams 7.0 1 23 1 3.29 10.00
Vincent Masekesa 9.0 1 29 1 3.22 10.00
 
 
Zimbabwe   2nd Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Brian Bennett c †Blundell b O'Rourke 18  21  4  0 85.71 10.91%
Benjamin Curran c O'Rourke b Henry 11  26  2  0 42.31 6.67%
Nicholas Welch c †Blundell b O'Rourke 4  32  0  0 12.50 2.42%
Vincent Masekesa c Ravindra b O'Rourke 2  40  0  0 5.00 1.21%
Sean Williams c †Blundell b Santner 49  66  6  0 74.24 29.70%
Craig Ervine* c †Blundell b Henry 22  53  3  0 41.51 13.33%
Sikandar Raza c Ravindra b Henry 5  22  1  0 22.73 3.03%
Tafadzwa Tsiga† c Conway b Santner 27  83  2  0 32.53 16.36%
Newman Nyamhuri b Santner 1  9  0  0 11.11 0.61%
Blessing Muzarabani c sub b Santner 19  38  3  0 50.00 11.52%
Tanaka Chivanga not out 0  13  0  0 0.00
Extras (b 6, lb 1) 7  
Total All Out   (67.1 overs @ 2.46 rpo) 165
Fall of Wickets
 
1-25 Benjamin Curran, 2-29 Brian Bennett, 3-34 Nicholas Welch, 4-53 Vincent Masekesa,
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5-110 Sean Williams, 6-110 Craig Ervine, 7-119 Sikandar Raza, 8-126 Newman Nyamhuri,
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9-162 Blessing Muzarabani, 10-165 Tafadzwa Tsiga
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Matt Henry 21.0 5 51 3 2.43 30.00
William O'Rourke 10.0 4 28 3 2.80 30.00
Michael Bracewell 15.0 2 42 0 2.80
Mitchell Santner 17.1 6 27 4 1.57 40.00
Daryl Mitchell 4.0 1 10 0 2.50
 
 
New Zealand   2nd Innings  (target 8)
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Devon Conway b Nyamhuri 4  6  1  0 66.67 50.00%
Will Young not out 0  6  0  0 0.00
Henry Nicholls not out 4  2  1  0 200.00 50.00%
Extras 0  
Total 1 wickets   (2.2 overs @ 3.43 rpo) 8
 
Did not Bat
 
Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell†, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner*,
 
Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, William O'Rourke
Fall of Wickets
 
1-4 Devon Conway
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Newman Nyamhuri 1.2 0 8 1 6.00 10.00
Sean Williams 1.0 1 0 0 0.00
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Toss Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat
Series 2025 Zimbabwe v New Zealand - 1st Test
Match No. Test #2597
Match Conditions Day Match
Player of Match Matt Henry
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - New Zealand 1st Innings 92/0, 26.0 overs (W A Young 41*, D P Conway 51*)
Day 2 - Zimbabwe 2nd Innings 31/2, 13.0 overs (N R Welch 2*, V Masekesa 0*)
Day 3 - New Zealand 2nd Innings 8/1, 2.2 overs - end of match
 
NOTES
 
 
New Zealand 1st innings - Nathan Smith retired hurt/ill at 294/7

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