f63046 t2597	Zimbabwe v New Zealand
	New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2025 (1st Test)
Venue	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo on 30th, 31st July, 1st August 2025 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat
Result	New Zealand won by 9 wickets
Umpires	Asif Yaqoob (Pakistan), AG Wharf (England)
TV umpire	L Rusere
Referee	RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire	I Chabi
Close of play day 1	New Zealand (1) 92/0 (Young 41*, Conway 51*; 26 overs)
Close of play day 2	Zimbabwe (2) 31/2 (Welch 2*, Masekesa 0*; 13 overs)
Player of the Match	MJ Henry

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Zimbabwe first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
BJ Bennett	c Young b Henry	6	11	14	1	-	8
BJ Curran	c Young b Henry	13	20	31	1	-	13
NR Welch	c Bracewell b Henry	27	68	100	4	-	57
SC Williams	b Smith	2	13	21	-	-	11
*CR Ervine	lbw b Smith	39	116	155	6	-	98
Sikandar Raza	c Blundell b Henry	2	3	2	-	-	2
+TE Tsiga	lbw b Smith	30	78	106	5	-	67
NT Nyamhuri	c Young b Henry	9	20	26	1	-	15
VR Masekesa	run out (Conway->Blundell)	7	22	24	-	-	16
B Muzarabani	c Santner b Henry	1	8	16	-	-	7
LT Chivanga	not out	0	4	6	-	-	4
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 7 w)	13
Total	(all out, 60.3 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Bennett, 2.6 ov), 2-24 (Curran, 6.4 ov), 3-31 (Williams, 11.2 ov), 4-67 (Welch, 26.2 ov), 5-69 (Sikandar Raza, 26.5 ov), 6-123 (Ervine, 50.1 ov), 7-136 (Tsiga, 52.5 ov), 8-143 (Nyamhuri, 56.5 ov), 9-149 (Masekesa, 59.2 ov), 10-149 (Muzarabani, 60.3 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Henry	15.3	3	39	6	-	-	73	3	-
O'Rourke	13	3	26	0	2	-	68	3	-
Smith	14	8	20	3	-	-	76	4	-
Santner	16	4	46	0	-	-	72	5	-
Bracewell	2	0	12	0	-	-	9	3	-

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New Zealand first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
WA Young	c Welch b Muzarabani	41	70	113	4	-	48
DP Conway	c Bennett b Chivanga	88	170	241	12	-	123
HM Nicholls	c Bennett b Muzarabani	34	56	81	6	-	45
R Ravindra	c Ervine b Sikandar Raza	2	10	12	-	-	9
DJ Mitchell	b Nyamhuri	80	119	212	5	1	65
+TA Blundell	c Williams b Chivanga	2	6	9	-	-	5
MG Bracewell	c Tsiga b Muzarabani	9	23	24	1	-	19
*MJ Santner	c and b Masekesa	19	30	37	1	-	17
NG Smith	retired hurt	22	79	92	1	-	63
MJ Henry	b Williams	5	10	9	1	-	8
WP O'Rourke	not out	0	4	3	-	-	4
Extras	(4 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 96.1 overs)	307
Fall of wickets:
1-92 (Young, 26.1 ov), 2-158 (Nicholls, 44.4 ov), 3-163 (Ravindra, 47.4 ov), 4-177 (Conway, 54.5 ov), 5-181 (Blundell, 56.6 ov), 6-200 (Bracewell, 62.4 ov), 7-233 (Santner, 71.2 ov), 8-307 (Henry, 95.2 ov), 9-307 (Mitchell, 96.1 ov)

Zimbabwe bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Muzarabani	26	5	73	3	-	-	120	9	-
Chivanga	18	3	51	2	1	-	82	7	-
Nyamhuri	16.1	2	64	1	-	-	64	7	1
Sikandar Raza	20	2	63	1	-	-	83	6	-
Williams	7	1	23	1	-	-	27	1	-
Masekesa	9	1	29	1	-	-	30	1	-

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Zimbabwe second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
BJ Bennett	c Blundell b O'Rourke	18	21	36	4	-	15
BJ Curran	c O'Rourke b Henry	11	26	31	2	-	22
NR Welch	c Blundell b O'Rourke	4	32	46	-	-	29
VR Masekesa	c Ravindra b O'Rourke	2	40	60	-	-	38
SC Williams	c Blundell b Santner	49	66	85	6	-	41
*CR Ervine	c Blundell b Henry	22	53	71	3	-	40
Sikandar Raza	c Ravindra b Henry	5	22	28	1	-	20
+TE Tsiga	c Conway b Santner	27	83	97	2	-	64
NT Nyamhuri	b Santner	1	9	10	-	-	8
B Muzarabani	c sub (AY Patel) b Santner	19	38	47	3	-	28
LT Chivanga	not out	0	13	13	-	-	13
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 67.1 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-25 (Curran, 6.6 ov), 2-29 (Bennett, 7.5 ov), 3-34 (Welch, 17.5 ov), 4-53 (Masekesa, 21.5 ov), 5-110 (Williams, 39.1 ov), 6-110 (Ervine, 40.3 ov), 7-119 (Sikandar Raza, 46.5 ov), 8-126 (Nyamhuri, 49.3 ov), 9-162 (Muzarabani, 63.3 ov), 10-165 (Tsiga, 67.1 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Henry	21	5	51	3	-	-	99	6	-
O'Rourke	10	4	28	3	-	-	49	5	-
Bracewell	15	2	42	0	-	-	67	6	-
Santner	17.1	6	27	4	-	-	85	3	-
Mitchell	4	1	10	0	-	-	18	1	-

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New Zealand second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
DP Conway	b Nyamhuri	4	6	4	1	-	5
WA Young	not out	0	6	8	-	-	6
HM Nicholls	not out	4	2	3	1	-	1
R Ravindra	did not bat
DJ Mitchell	did not bat
+TA Blundell	did not bat
MG Bracewell	did not bat
*MJ Santner	did not bat
NG Smith	did not bat
MJ Henry	did not bat
WP O'Rourke	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 2.2 overs)	8
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Conway, 0.6 ov)

Zimbabwe bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Nyamhuri	1.2	0	8	1	-	-	6	2	-
Williams	1	1	0	0	-	-	6	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Zimbabwe (1) 67/4 (Ervine 13*; 26.2 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Zimbabwe (1) 138/7 (Nyamhuri 6*, Masekesa 1*; 55 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: New Zealand (1) 174/3 (Conway 87*, Mitchell 9*; 52 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: New Zealand (1) 254/7 (Mitchell 48*, Smith 8*; 79 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Zimbabwe (2) 114/6 (Sikandar Raza 4*, Tsiga 0*; 42 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Zimbabwe (2) 165 all out
--> Zimbabwe first innings: 50 in 23.1 overs
--> Zimbabwe first innings: 100 in 43.1 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 50 in 13.4 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 100 in 29.1 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 150 in 42.1 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 200 in 62.2 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 250 in 75.4 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 300 in 94.2 overs
--> Zimbabwe second innings: 50 in 21.2 overs
--> Zimbabwe second innings: 100 in 35.6 overs
--> Zimbabwe second innings: 150 in 60.4 overs
--> TE Tsiga (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Test matches
--> DP Conway (1) 50 in 83 balls with 8 fours
--> HM Nicholls (1) passed 3000 runs in Test matches when he reached 27
--> DJ Mitchell (1) 50 in 85 balls with 4 fours
--> DJ Mitchell (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 55
--> BJ Bennett (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 15
--> DJ Mitchell made his debut in Zimbabwe in First-Class matches
--> DJ Mitchell made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> R Ravindra made his debut in Zimbabwe in First-Class matches
--> R Ravindra made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> NG Smith made his debut in Zimbabwe in First-Class matches
--> NG Smith made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> WP O'Rourke made his debut in Zimbabwe in First-Class matches
--> WP O'Rourke made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> MG Bracewell made his debut in Zimbabwe in First-Class matches
--> MG Bracewell made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> MJ Henry made his debut in Zimbabwe in First-Class matches
--> MJ Henry made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> WA Young made his debut in Zimbabwe in First-Class matches
--> WA Young made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> DP Conway made his debut in Zimbabwe in First-Class matches
--> DP Conway made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> TA Blundell made his debut in Zimbabwe in First-Class matches
--> TA Blundell made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> CR Ervine (25) and TE Tsiga (19) added 50 in 132 balls for the Zimbabwe 6th wicket in the first innings
--> WA Young (22) and DP Conway (28) added 50 in 82 balls for the New Zealand 1st wicket in the first innings
--> DP Conway (25) and HM Nicholls (24) added 50 in 88 balls for the New Zealand 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> DJ Mitchell (30) and NG Smith (19) added 50 in 101 balls for the New Zealand 8th wicket in the first innings
--> SC Williams (28) and CR Ervine (22) added 50 in 85 balls for the Zimbabwe 5th wicket in the second innings
--> NG Smith retired hurt in the New Zealand first innings having scored 22 (team score 294/7)

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