Zimbabwe vs New Zealand, 1st Test - Scorecard

ResultTestNew Zealand tour of Zimbabwe 2025· Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo· 30 Jul 2025

Zimbabwe149 & 165(67.1 ov)

New Zealand307/9 & 8/1(2.2 ov)

New Zealand won by 9 wickets

Zimbabwe 1st innings

149 (60.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Brian Bennett	c WA Young b MJ Henry	6	11	1	0	54.55
Ben Curran	c WA Young b MJ Henry	13	20	1	0	65.00
Nick Welch	c MG Bracewell b MJ Henry	27	68	4	0	39.71
Sean Williams	b NG Smith	2	13	0	0	15.38
Craig Ervine	lbw b NG Smith	39	116	6	0	33.62
Sikandar Raza	c †TA Blundell b MJ Henry	2	3	0	0	66.67
Tafadzwa Tsiga †	lbw b NG Smith	30	78	5	0	38.46
Newman Nyamhuri	c WA Young b MJ Henry	9	20	1	0	45.00
Vincent Masekesa	run out (DP Conway/†TA Blundell)	7	22	0	0	31.82
Blessing Muzarabani	c MJ Santner b MJ 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	60.3 Ov (RR 2.46)	149

Fall of wickets: 10-1 (BJ Bennett, 3 ov), 24-2 (BJ Curran, 6.4 ov), 31-3 (SC Williams, 11.2 ov), 67-4 (NR Welch, 26.2 ov), 69-5 (Sikandar Raza, 26.5 ov), 123-6 (CR Ervine, 50.1 ov), 136-7 (TE Tsiga, 52.5 ov), 143-8 (NT Nyamhuri, 56.5 ov), 149-9 (V Masekesa, 59.2 ov), 149-10 (B Muzarabani, 60.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	WD
Matt Henry	15.3	3	39	6	2.52	73	3	0
William O’Rourke	13	3	26	0	2.00	68	3	2
Nathan Smith	14	8	20	3	1.43	76	4	0
Mitchell Santner	16	4	46	0	2.88	72	5	0
Michael Bracewell	2	0	12	0	6.00	9	3	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	BJ Bennett 6(11) & BJ Curran 4(7)	10	18
2nd	BJ Curran 9(13) & NR Welch 0(9)	14	22
3rd	SC Williams 2(13) & NR Welch 4(15)	7	28
4th	CR Ervine 13(46) & NR Welch 23(44)	36	90
5th	Sikandar Raza 2(3) & CR Ervine 0(0)	2	3
6th	TE Tsiga 22(70) & CR Ervine 26(70)	54	140
7th	NT Nyamhuri 5(8) & TE Tsiga 8(8)	13	16
8th	V Masekesa 2(12) & NT Nyamhuri 4(12)	7	24
9th	B Muzarabani 1(5) & V Masekesa 5(10)	6	15
10th	TL Chivanga 0(4) & B Muzarabani 0(3)	0	7

New Zealand 1st innings

307/9 (96.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Will Young	c NR Welch b B Muzarabani	41	70	4	0	58.57
Devon Conway	c BJ Bennett b TL Chivanga	88	170	12	0	51.76
Henry Nicholls	c BJ Bennett b B Muzarabani	34	56	6	0	60.71
Rachin Ravindra	c CR Ervine b Sikandar Raza	2	10	0	0	20.00
Daryl Mitchell	b NT Nyamhuri	80	119	5	1	67.23
Tom Blundell †	c SC Williams b TL Chivanga	2	6	0	0	33.33
Michael Bracewell	c †TE Tsiga b B Muzarabani	9	23	1	0	39.13
Mitchell Santner	c & b V Masekesa	19	30	1	0	63.33
Nathan Smith	retired hurt	22*	79	1	0	27.85
Matt Henry	b SC Williams	5	10	1	0	50.00
William O’Rourke	not out	0*	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 4, w 1)	5
Total	96.1 Ov (RR 3.19)	307/9

Fall of wickets: 92-1 (WA Young, 26.1 ov), 158-2 (HM Nicholls, 44.4 ov), 163-3 (R Ravindra, 47.4 ov), 177-4 (DP Conway, 54.5 ov), 181-5 (TA Blundell, 57 ov), 200-6 (MG Bracewell, 62.4 ov), 233-7 (MJ Santner, 71.2 ov), 307-8 (MJ Henry, 95.2 ov), 307-9 (DJ Mitchell, 96.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD
Blessing Muzarabani	26	5	73	3	2.81	120	9	0	0
Tanaka Chivanga	18	3	51	2	2.83	82	7	0	1
Newman Nyamhuri	16.1	2	64	1	3.96	64	7	1	0
Sikandar Raza	20	2	63	1	3.15	83	6	0	0
Sean Williams	7	1	23	1	3.29	27	1	0	0
Vincent Masekesa	9	1	29	1	3.22	30	1	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	WA Young 41(70) & DP Conway 51(87)	92	157
2nd	HM Nicholls 34(56) & DP Conway 31(55)	66	111
3rd	R Ravindra 2(10) & DP Conway 3(8)	5	18
4th	DJ Mitchell 11(23) & DP Conway 3(20)	14	43
5th	TA Blundell 2(6) & DJ Mitchell 2(7)	4	13
6th	DJ Mitchell 8(11) & MG Bracewell 9(23)	19	34
7th	MJ Santner 19(30) & DJ Mitchell 14(22)	33	52
8th	NG Smith 22(79) & DJ Mitchell 38(51)	61	130
8th	DJ Mitchell 7(4) & MJ Henry 5(10)	13	14
9th	W O'Rourke 0(4) & DJ Mitchell 0(1)	0	5

Zimbabwe 2nd innings

165 (67.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Brian Bennett	c †TA Blundell b W O'Rourke	18	21	4	0	85.71
Ben Curran	c W O'Rourke b MJ Henry	11	26	2	0	42.31
Nick Welch	c †TA Blundell b W O'Rourke	4	32	0	0	12.50
Vincent Masekesa	c R Ravindra b W O'Rourke	2	40	0	0	5.00
Sean Williams	c †TA Blundell b MJ Santner	49	66	6	0	74.24
Craig Ervine	c †TA Blundell b MJ Henry	22	53	3	0	41.51
Sikandar Raza	c R Ravindra b MJ Henry	5	22	1	0	22.73
Tafadzwa Tsiga †	c DP Conway b MJ Santner	27	83	2	0	32.53
Newman Nyamhuri	b MJ Santner	1	9	0	0	11.11
Blessing Muzarabani	c sub (AY Patel) b MJ Santner	19	38	3	0	50.00
Tanaka Chivanga	not out	0*	13	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 1)	7
Total	67.1 Ov (RR 2.46)	165

Fall of wickets: 25-1 (BJ Curran, 7 ov), 29-2 (BJ Bennett, 7.5 ov), 34-3 (NR Welch, 17.5 ov), 53-4 (V Masekesa, 21.5 ov), 110-5 (SC Williams, 39.1 ov), 110-6 (CR Ervine, 40.3 ov), 119-7 (Sikandar Raza, 46.5 ov), 126-8 (NT Nyamhuri, 49.3 ov), 162-9 (B Muzarabani, 63.3 ov), 165-10 (TE Tsiga, 67.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s
Matt Henry	21	5	51	3	2.43	99	6
William O’Rourke	10	4	28	3	2.80	49	5
Michael Bracewell	15	2	42	0	2.80	67	6
Mitchell Santner	17.1	6	27	4	1.57	85	3
Daryl Mitchell	4	1	10	0	2.50	18	1

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	BJ Bennett 14(16) & BJ Curran 11(26)	25	42
2nd	BJ Bennett 4(5) & NR Welch 0(0)	4	5
3rd	V Masekesa 1(28) & NR Welch 4(32)	5	60
4th	SC Williams 14(12) & V Masekesa 1(12)	19	24
5th	CR Ervine 22(50) & SC Williams 35(54)	57	104
6th	Sikandar Raza 0(5) & CR Ervine 0(3)	0	8
7th	TE Tsiga 3(21) & Sikandar Raza 5(17)	9	38
8th	NT Nyamhuri 1(9) & TE Tsiga 6(7)	7	16
9th	B Muzarabani 19(38) & TE Tsiga 15(46)	36	84
10th	TL Chivanga 0(13) & TE Tsiga 3(9)	3	22

New Zealand 2nd innings

8/1 (2.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Devon Conway	b NT 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
Extras		0
Total	2.2 Ov (RR 3.43) · Target 8	8/1

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

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

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Newman Nyamhuri	1.2	0	8	1	6.00	6	2	0	0	0
Sean Williams	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	DP Conway 4(6) & WA Young 0(0)	4	6
2nd	WA Young 0(6) & HM Nicholls 4(2)	4*	8