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Wed 30 Jul 2025 - Sun 3 Aug 2025Men's International Test Match Series - 1st Test - Day 5 of 5

New Zealand win by 9 wickets

Zimbabwe 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Bennett,caught Young, bowled Henry Bennett, caught Young, bowled Henry	6	11	8	1	0	14	54.55
Curran,caught Young, bowled Henry Curran, caught Young, bowled Henry	13	20	13	1	0	31	65.00
Welch,caught Bracewell, bowled Henry Welch, caught Bracewell, bowled Henry	27	68	57	4	0	100	39.71
Williams,bowled N Smith Williams, bowled N Smith	2	13	11	0	0	21	15.38
Ervine,leg before wicket, bowled N Smith Ervine, leg before wicket, bowled N Smith	39	116	98	6	0	155	33.62
Raza,caught Blundell, bowled Henry Raza, caught Blundell, bowled Henry	2	3	2	0	0	2	66.67
Tsiga,leg before wicket, bowled N Smith Tsiga, leg before wicket, bowled N Smith	30	78	67	5	0	106	38.46
Nyamhuri,caught Young, bowled Henry Nyamhuri, caught Young, bowled Henry	9	20	15	1	0	26	45.00
Masekesa,run out Conway Masekesa, run out Conway	7	22	16	0	0	24	31.82
Muzarabani,caught Santner, bowled Henry Muzarabani, caught Santner, bowled Henry	1	8	7	0	0	16	12.50
Chivanga,not out Chivanga, not out	0	4	4	0	0	6	0.00
Extras, no balls 0, wides 7, byes 4, leg byes 2, total 13 Extras, no balls 0, wides 7, byes 4, leg byes 2, total 13
Total,149 all out 60.3 overs Total,149 all out 60.3 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Henry	15.3	3	39	6	73	0	0	3	0	2.51
O'Rourke	13.0	3	26	0	68	0	2	3	0	2.00
N Smith	14.0	8	20	3	76	0	0	4	0	1.42
Santner	16.0	4	46	0	72	0	0	5	0	2.87
Bracewell	2.0	0	12	0	9	0	0	3	0	6.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
10 for 1 (2.6 overs)	Bennett
24 for 2 (6.4 overs)	Curran
31 for 3 (11.2 overs)	Williams
67 for 4 (26.2 overs)	Welch
69 for 5 (26.5 overs)	Raza
123 for 6 (50.1 overs)	Ervine
136 for 7 (52.5 overs)	Tsiga
143 for 8 (56.5 overs)	Nyamhuri
149 for 9 (59.2 overs)	Masekesa
149 for 10 (60.3 overs)	Muzarabani

New Zealand 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Young,caught Welch, bowled Muzarabani Young, caught Welch, bowled Muzarabani	41	70	48	4	0	113	58.57
Conway,caught Bennett, bowled Chivanga Conway, caught Bennett, bowled Chivanga	88	170	123	12	0	241	51.76
Nicholls,caught Bennett, bowled Muzarabani Nicholls, caught Bennett, bowled Muzarabani	34	56	45	6	0	81	60.71
Ravindra,caught Ervine, bowled Raza Ravindra, caught Ervine, bowled Raza	2	10	9	0	0	12	20.00
Mitchell,bowled Nyamhuri Mitchell, bowled Nyamhuri	80	119	65	5	1	212	67.23
Blundell,caught Williams, bowled Chivanga Blundell, caught Williams, bowled Chivanga	2	6	5	0	0	9	33.33
Bracewell,caught Tsiga, bowled Muzarabani Bracewell, caught Tsiga, bowled Muzarabani	9	23	19	1	0	24	39.13
Santner,caught and bowled Masekesa Santner, caught and bowled Masekesa	19	30	17	1	0	37	63.33
N Smith,retired hurt N Smith, retired hurt	22	79	63	1	0	92	27.85
Henry,bowled Williams Henry, bowled Williams	5	10	8	1	0	9	50.00
O'Rourke,not out O'Rourke, not out	0	4	4	0	0	3	0.00
Extras, no balls 0, wides 1, byes 0, leg byes 4, total 5 Extras, no balls 0, wides 1, byes 0, leg byes 4, total 5
Total,307 all out 96.1 overs Total,307 all out 96.1 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Muzarabani	26.0	5	73	3	120	0	0	9	0	2.80
Chivanga	18.0	3	51	2	82	0	1	7	0	2.83
Nyamhuri	16.1	2	64	1	64	0	0	7	1	3.95
Raza	20.0	2	63	1	83	0	0	6	0	3.15
Williams	7.0	1	23	1	27	0	0	1	0	3.28
Masekesa	9.0	1	29	1	30	0	0	1	0	3.22

Fall of wicket	Batter
92 for 1 (26.1 overs)	Young
158 for 2 (44.4 overs)	Nicholls
163 for 3 (47.4 overs)	Ravindra
177 for 4 (54.5 overs)	Conway
181 for 5 (56.6 overs)	Blundell
200 for 6 (62.4 overs)	Bracewell
233 for 7 (71.2 overs)	Santner
307 for 8 (95.2 overs)	Henry
307 for 9 (96.1 overs)	Mitchell

Zimbabwe 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Bennett,caught Blundell, bowled O'Rourke Bennett, caught Blundell, bowled O'Rourke	18	21	15	4	0	36	85.71
Curran,caught O'Rourke, bowled Henry Curran, caught O'Rourke, bowled Henry	11	26	22	2	0	31	42.31
Welch,caught Blundell, bowled O'Rourke Welch, caught Blundell, bowled O'Rourke	4	32	29	0	0	46	12.50
Masekesa,caught Ravindra, bowled O'Rourke Masekesa, caught Ravindra, bowled O'Rourke	2	40	38	0	0	60	5.00
Williams,caught Blundell, bowled Santner Williams, caught Blundell, bowled Santner	49	66	41	6	0	85	74.24
Ervine,caught Blundell, bowled Henry Ervine, caught Blundell, bowled Henry	22	53	40	3	0	71	41.51
Raza,caught Ravindra, bowled Henry Raza, caught Ravindra, bowled Henry	5	22	20	1	0	28	22.73
Tsiga,caught Conway, bowled Santner Tsiga, caught Conway, bowled Santner	27	83	64	2	0	97	32.53
Nyamhuri,bowled Santner Nyamhuri, bowled Santner	1	9	8	0	0	10	11.11
Muzarabani,caught substitute, bowled Santner Muzarabani, caught substitute, bowled Santner	19	38	28	3	0	47	50.00
Chivanga,not out Chivanga, not out	0	13	13	0	0	13	0.00
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 6, leg byes 1, total 7 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 6, leg byes 1, total 7
Total,165 all out 67.1 overs Total,165 all out 67.1 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Henry	21.0	5	51	3	99	0	0	6	0	2.42
O'Rourke	10.0	4	28	3	49	0	0	5	0	2.80
Bracewell	15.0	2	42	0	67	0	0	6	0	2.80
Santner	17.1	6	27	4	85	0	0	3	0	1.57
Mitchell	4.0	1	10	0	18	0	0	1	0	2.50

Fall of wicket	Batter
25 for 1 (6.6 overs)	Curran
29 for 2 (7.5 overs)	Bennett
34 for 3 (17.5 overs)	Welch
53 for 4 (21.5 overs)	Masekesa
110 for 5 (39.1 overs)	Williams
110 for 6 (40.3 overs)	Ervine
119 for 7 (46.5 overs)	Raza
126 for 8 (49.3 overs)	Nyamhuri
162 for 9 (63.3 overs)	Muzarabani
165 for 10 (67.1 overs)	Tsiga

New Zealand 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Conway,bowled Nyamhuri Conway, bowled Nyamhuri	4	6	5	1	0	4	66.67
Young,not out Young, not out	0	6	6	0	0	8	0.00
Nicholls,not out Nicholls, not out	4	2	1	1	0	3	200.00
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 0 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 0
Total,8 for 1 2.2 overs Total,8 for 1 2.2 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Nyamhuri	1.2	0	8	1	6	0	0	2	0	6.00
Williams	1.0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
4 for 1 (0.6 overs)	Conway

home team, Zimbabwe

Brian Bennett
Ben Curran
Nick Welch
Sean Williams
Craig Ervine , Captain
Sikandar Raza
Tafadzwa Tsiga , Wicket Keeper
Newman Nyamhuri
Vincent Masekesa
Blessing Muzarabani
Tanaka Chivanga

away team, New Zealand

Devon Conway
Will Young
Henry Nicholls
Rachin Ravindra
Daryl Mitchell
Tom Blundell , Wicket Keeper
Michael Bracewell
Mitch Santner , Captain
Nathan Smith
Matt Henry
Will O'Rourke

Zimbabwe
New Zealand

home team, Zimbabwe

Brian Bennett
Ben Curran
Nick Welch
Sean Williams
Craig Ervine , Captain
Sikandar Raza
Tafadzwa Tsiga , Wicket Keeper
Newman Nyamhuri
Vincent Masekesa
Blessing Muzarabani
Tanaka Chivanga

Start Time:: 09:00
Toss:: Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat
Venue:: Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Officials:: Alex Wharf, Asif Yaqoob, Langton Rusere, Ranjan Madugalle, Iknow Chabi