Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Brian Bennett	c Young b Henry	6	11	13	1	0	54.54

Ben Curran	c Young b Henry	13	20	31	1	0	65.00

Nick Welch	c Bracewell b Henry	27	68	104	4	0	39.70

Sean Williams	b Smith	2	13	22	0	0	15.38

Craig Ervine (c)	lbw b Smith	39	116	101	6	0	33.62

Sikandar Raza	c †Blundell b Henry	2	3	3	0	0	66.66

Tafadzwa Tsiga †	lbw b Smith	30	78	110	5	0	38.46

Newman Nyamhuri	c Young b Henry	9	20	27	1	0	45.00

Vincent Masekesa	run out (Conway/†Blundell)	7	22	24	0	0	31.81

Blessing Muzarabani	c Santner b Henry	1	8	16	0	0	12.50

Tanaka Chivanga	not out	0	4	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, w 7)	13
Total	60.3 Ov (RR: 2.46)	149
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Brian Bennett, 2.6 ov), 2-24 (Ben Curran, 6.4 ov), 3-31 (Sean Williams, 11.2 ov), 4-67 (Nick Welch, 26.2 ov), 5-69 (Sikandar Raza, 26.5 ov), 6-123 (Craig Ervine, 50.1 ov), 7-136 (Tafadzwa Tsiga, 52.5 ov), 8-143 (Newman Nyamhuri, 56.5 ov), 9-149 (Vincent Masekesa, 59.2 ov), 10-149 (Blessing Muzarabani, 60.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matt Henry	15.3	3	39	6	2.51	73	3	0	0	0
2.6 to BJ Bennett, Edged and taken, Henry strikes early for New Zealand. Henry has varied his lengths nicely and this is a just reward. This one is fuller than the previous ball, slightly fuller than good length, on the fourth stump. Bennett hangs back and pokes at it, this time the edge carries nice and low to third slip, where Young takes it with a tumble. 10/1 6.4 to BJ Curran, The change in angle works for Henry! Both the Zimbabwe openers are back in the dressing room. He bowls it full on off, Curran is not anticipating it there. His weight is on the back foot but he looks to drive at it - more in reaction to the ball. Gets a thick outside edge that sits straight in third slip's hands. 24/2 26.2 to NR Welch, and it takes just two balls for Henry to provide the breakthrough. A length ball in the channel, just around off, thus making the batter play. Welch pushes at it and gets a healthy edge to second slip. 67/4 26.5 to Sikandar Raza, Short ball does it for Henry, who picks up his fourth! A nothing dismissal really. Digs it in on middle and angles it into Raza, who looks to hop and fend it away. All he manages is a glove and it lobs up for Blundell to take an easy diving catch. Zimbabwe slipping fast. 69/5 56.5 to NT Nyamhuri, Brutal bouncer to get a five-wicket haul for Henry! Absolutely nothing that Nyamhuri could do about it. The bumper is on middle, aimed at the batter's head. He takes his eyes off it and looks to fend, gets it off the shoulder of the blade. Young at third slip stands still and takes the skier. 143/8 60.3 to B Muzarabani, Henry closes out the innings with a six-wicket haul! Sees Muzarabani make room, follows him up with a length ball and cramps him for room. He looks to turn it across the line but only gets a leading edge towards cover, where Santner runs in and pulls off a diving catch. Zimbabwe shot out for 149. 149/10
Will O’Rourke	13	3	26	0	2.00	68	3	0	2	0
Nathan Smith	14	8	20	3	1.42	76	4	0	0	0
11.2 to SC Williams, Chopped on! Williams has been troubled by the angle inwards and that has brought about his downfall. Smith angles it in from a shortish length, Williams moves back and looks to steer it to third. But the nip back makes the ball take the inside edge and knock the leg bail off. Zimbabwe slide in trouble. 31/3 50.1 to CR Ervine, full and angling towards the batter from around the wicket. Ervine misses the flick and gets hit on the pads. An appeal for lbw, the umpire takes his time before raising the finger. Was it heading down? Perhaps. But there's no DRS, so Ervine has to walk back. 123/6 52.5 to TE Tsiga, Smith strikes back. A length ball from wide of the crease, and it keeps coming in with the angle. Tsiga looks to defend but gets beaten on the inside edge and is hit on the back leg, not too high. No hesitation in the umpire's mind that this was going to hit the stumps. 136/7
Mitchell Santner	16	4	46	0	2.87	72	5	0	0	0
Michael Bracewell	2	0	12	0	6.00	9	3	0	0	0

New Zealand 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Will Young	c Welch b Muzarabani	41	70	116	4	0	58.57

Devon Conway	c Bennett b Chivanga	88	170	247	12	0	51.76

Henry Nicholls	c Bennett b Muzarabani	34	56	85	6	0	60.71

Rachin Ravindra	c Ervine b Sikandar Raza	2	10	12	0	0	20.00

Daryl Mitchell	b Nyamhuri	80	119	224	5	1	67.22

Tom Blundell †	c Williams b Chivanga	2	6	9	0	0	33.33

Michael Bracewell	c †Tsiga b Muzarabani	9	23	24	1	0	39.13

Mitchell Santner (c)	c & b Masekesa	19	30	42	1	0	63.33

Nathan Smith	retired hurt	22	79	98	1	0	27.84
Matt Henry	b Williams	5	10	10	1	0	50.00

Will O’Rourke	not out	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 4, w 1)	5
Total	96.1 Ov (RR: 3.19)	307
Fall of wickets: 1-92 (Will Young, 26.1 ov), 2-158 (Henry Nicholls, 44.4 ov), 3-163 (Rachin Ravindra, 47.4 ov), 4-177 (Devon Conway, 54.5 ov), 5-181 (Tom Blundell, 56.6 ov), 6-200 (Michael Bracewell, 62.4 ov), 7-233 (Mitchell Santner, 71.2 ov), 7-294* (Nathan Smith, retired not out), 8-307 (Matt Henry, 95.2 ov), 9-307 (Daryl Mitchell, 96.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Blessing Muzarabani	26	5	73	3	2.80	120	9	0	0	0
26.1 to WA Young, and a wicket very first ball. But did it carry to Welch at short leg? He himself isn't convinced and signals for TV umpire. Was a short ball from Muzarabani that had Young hoping and fending it towards short leg. Welch was a bit deeper than usual and had to take a couple of steps before putting in a dive to his left. Replay suggests he clearly took it above the ground, with hands under the ball. An easy decision for the third umpire and Young walks back. 92/1 44.4 to HM Nicholls, Muzarabani breaks through and this is not good for Nicholls! Once again he backs away to slash it hard over gully, this time he was cramped for room. Muzarabani follows him with a back-of-a-length ball and it doesn't rise as much as Nicholls expected it to. Slaps it straight to Bennett, who makes no mistake at gully. A chance provided to Nicholls because of Latham's injury and he doesn't make it count with a big one. 158/2 62.4 to MG Bracewell, Muzarabani picks up another! Bracewell departs! It was short of length at the stumps. Bracewell went for the pull only to top edge it high up in the air. Tsiga calls for it and for a moment it looked like he had misjudged it. In the end, he had to put a full-stretch dive to take the catch near short fine leg. New Zealand 200 for 6, only 51 ahead. 200/6 See all photos
Tanaka Chivanga	18	3	51	2	2.83	82	7	0	1	0
54.5 to DP Conway, and that extra bounce does the trick! It was a short of length outside off. Not too wide but Conway looked to cut uppishly. The ball got big on him and he could hit it only at head height towards gully where Bennett made no mistake. 177/4 56.6 to TA Blundell, in the air and Chivanga has his second. Was a short ball, just outside off. Blundell went for the pull but ended up lobbing it towards deep square leg where Williams took a simple catch. 181/5 See all photos
Newman Nyamhuri	16.1	2	64	1	3.95	64	7	1	0	0
96.1 to DJ Mitchell, A perfect yorker from Nyamhuri to end New Zealand's innings! Mitchell walks across to scoop it away but misses and sees the stumps shattered. New Zealand bowled out for 307 with Smith not to bat further. 307/9
Sikandar Raza	20	2	63	1	3.15	83	6	0	0	0
47.4 to R Ravindra, Taken on second attempt, Raza is delighted! Tossed up full around off, Ravindra lunges forward and looks to defend with hard hands. The ball goes off the outside edge to Ervine's hand at first slip, but he fumbles and then dives to his left to take it on the rebound. Raza's probing line pays off. Zimbabwe strike twice in four overs. 163/3
Sean Williams	7	1	23	1	3.28	27	1	0	0	0
95.2 to MJ Henry, Knocked him over! This was coming, wasn't it? Williams bowls one full and straight in line of the stumps. Looks like the arm ball. Henry prods forward to defend for the turn but there is none. It goes through bat and bad and hits leg stump. 307/8
Vincent Masekesa	9	1	29	1	3.22	30	1	0	0	0
71.2 to MJ Santner, Soft, soft dismissal! Santner cannot believe what he has done. Sees the flight, charges down to smother it. But he is not towards the pitch of it and ends up chipping it straight back to Masekesa for the simplest of catches. In a spell where he has dished out a lot of full tosses, the legspinner picks up his first wicket, even if it was not with his best ball. New Zealand lead by 84. 233/7 See all photos

Zimbabwe 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Brian Bennett	c †Blundell b O'Rourke	18	21	36	4	0	85.71

Ben Curran	c O'Rourke b Henry	11	26	31	2	0	42.30

Nick Welch	c †Blundell b O'Rourke	4	32	44	0	0	12.50

Vincent Masekesa	c Ravindra b O'Rourke	2	40	58	0	0	5.00

Sean Williams	c †Blundell b Santner	49	66	89	6	0	74.24

Craig Ervine (c)	c †Blundell b Henry	22	53	76	3	0	41.50

Sikandar Raza	c Ravindra b Henry	5	22	28	1	0	22.72

Tafadzwa Tsiga †	c Conway b Santner	27	83	100	2	0	32.53

Newman Nyamhuri	b Santner	1	9	11	0	0	11.11

Blessing Muzarabani	c sub (AY Patel) b Santner	19	38	50	3	0	50.00

Tanaka Chivanga	not out	0	13	14	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 1)	7
Total	67.1 Ov (RR: 2.45)	165
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Ben Curran, 6.6 ov), 2-29 (Brian Bennett, 7.5 ov), 3-34 (Nick Welch, 17.5 ov), 4-53 (Vincent Masekesa, 21.5 ov), 5-110 (Sean Williams, 39.1 ov), 6-110 (Craig Ervine, 40.3 ov), 7-119 (Sikandar Raza, 46.5 ov), 8-126 (Newman Nyamhuri, 49.3 ov), 9-162 (Blessing Muzarabani, 63.3 ov), 10-165 (Tafadzwa Tsiga, 67.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matt Henry	21	5	51	3	2.42	99	6	0	0	0
6.6 to BJ Curran, The bouncer does the trick and Henry's wicket-taking spree continues. Curran never looked to be in. He was forever expecting the short ball this innings and defending those unconvincingly. Now looks to take on the pull shot and top edges it towards fine leg. O'Rourke runs to his left, has his eyes on the ball and pouches it safely. Zimbabwe lose one early and are still 133 behind. 25/1 40.3 to CR Ervine, an absolute corker! As a batter, you just pray you don't get too many of those. And when they come, you're somehow able to keep them out. Unfortunately, Ervine hasn't been able to this time. This is full, hits the seam and nips away late from middle-and-off to have him get the thinnest of nicks through to the keeper.. 110/6 46.5 to Sikandar Raza, goes straight up, and that will be that for Raza today! Oh dear - Raza will not want to look back on that. This is just the trap that had been laid, and Raza has walked willingly into it. Dug in outside off and Raza thinks he can slam this over mid wicket. The ball gets onto him much quicker than he anticipates, though, and all he manages is a tame splice that Ravindra gobbles up with glee at mid wicket. Zimbabwe seven down now!. 119/7
Will O’Rourke	10	4	28	3	2.80	49	5	0	0	0
7.5 to BJ Bennett, Nicked behind! Zimbabwe lose their openers. O'Rourke pitches it up, slightly fuller than good length. Bennett is not fully forward after what happened the previous ball. Has a tame poke at it, only to edge it behind to Blundell. One-way traffic continues, with respect to Zimbabwe's batting. 29/2 17.5 to NR Welch, nicked and gone! The full ball does it for Welch! O'Rourke finally goes full and immediately reaps the rewards. Welch, having watched several shortish and back of a length deliveries go, thinks this is there for the drive through extra cover, given the slight width. He goes at it with his hands (and without much footwork) and all he manages is a nick through to the keeper. Welch walks back disappointed, and NZ are on the board relatively early on day three!. 34/3 21.5 to V Masekesa, off the glove, and into the palms of short leg! Well, there is variable bounce on display now, and this one rears up off a shortish length on middle and leg. Masekesa does not know what to do with it and does not have much time to react either. Fends at it in hope, and the ball lobs up for Ravindra to complete the grab rather comfortably. The night-watcher departs as well, and O'Rourke has two wickets to show for his morning toil!. 53/4
Michael Bracewell	15	2	42	0	2.80	67	6	0	0	0
Mitchell Santner	17.1	6	27	4	1.57	85	3	0	0	0
39.1 to SC Williams, what an unfortunate way to be dismissed! It's the tickle down leg that has accounted for Williams with a half-century looming. Santner fires this quickly into middle and leg, there's some bite off the pitch, he looks to nudge it to fine leg and gets a faint tickle through to the keeper. Super catch that.. 110/5 49.3 to NT Nyamhuri, off stump flattened, and that is an absolute corker! Tossed up beautifully on a length on off stump and this drifts in before gripping in the surface and straightening. Nyamhuri plays for the angle (or the original line) and misses the ball by a fair distance as it spins away. Off stump is left in a heap soon after, and Santner has his second in the second innings!. 126/8 63.3 to B Muzarabani, the skier has been taken this time, and the irritating 36-run stand from NZ's point of view is over! Couldn't resist temptation as Muzarabani goes after this flighted delivery, ends up slicing it to Ajaz who takes it well at cover.. 162/9 67.1 to TE Tsiga, the top-edge has been taken at point! Santner threw this up generously, Tsiga looks to slog-sweep this time, the slice descends on Conway who fumbles briefly but holds onto it off the second attempt. New Zealand need eight runs to win, and guess what? That'll be tea. . 165/10
Daryl Mitchell	4	1	10	0	2.50	18	1	0	0	0

New Zealand 2nd Innings (T: 8 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Devon Conway	b Nyamhuri	4	6	2	1	0	66.66

Will Young	not out	0	6	7	0	0	0.00
Henry Nicholls	not out	4	2	4	1	0	200.00
Extras		0
Total	2.2 Ov (RR: 3.42)	8/1
Did not bat: Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell †, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, Will O’Rourke
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Devon Conway, 0.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Newman Nyamhuri	1.2	0	8	1	6.00	6	2	0	0	0
0.6 to DP Conway, chopped on! Advances down the wicket to flat-bat this over mid-off, but is cramped for room and ends up getting a thick inside edge onto the middle stump. 4/1 See all photos
Sean Williams	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	0	0

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Close of Play

Wed, 30 Jul - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 92/0 (Will Young 41*, Devon Conway 51*, 26 ov)

Thu, 31 Jul - day 2 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 31/2 (Nick Welch 2*, Vincent Masekesa 0*, 13 ov)

Fri, 01 Aug - day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 8/1 (2.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Zimbabwe 1st innings
Drinks: Zimbabwe - 31/3 in 13.0 overs (NR Welch 4, CR Ervine 0)
Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 23.1 overs (139 balls), Extras 6
Lunch: Zimbabwe - 67/4 in 26.2 overs (CR Ervine 13)
Drinks: Zimbabwe - 96/5 in 42.0 overs (CR Ervine 24, TE Tsiga 16)
Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 43.1 overs (259 balls), Extras 8
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 132 balls (CR Ervine 25, TE Tsiga 19, Ex 6)
Tea: Zimbabwe - 138/7 in 55.0 overs (NT Nyamhuri 6, V Masekesa 1)
Innings Break: Zimbabwe - 149/10 in 60.3 overs (TL Chivanga 0)
New Zealand 1st innings
Drinks: New Zealand - 45/0 in 12.0 overs (WA Young 21, DP Conway 24)
New Zealand: 50 runs in 13.4 overs (82 balls), Extras 0
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls (WA Young 22, DP Conway 28, Ex 0)
DP Conway: 50 off 83 balls (8 x 4)
End Of Day: New Zealand - 92/0 in 26.0 overs (WA Young 41, DP Conway 51)

Day 2

New Zealand: 100 runs in 29.1 overs (175 balls), Extras 1
Drinks: New Zealand - 125/1 in 38.0 overs (DP Conway 71, HM Nicholls 12)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 88 balls (DP Conway 25, HM Nicholls 24, Ex 1)
New Zealand: 150 runs in 42.1 overs (253 balls), Extras 1
Lunch: New Zealand - 174/3 in 52.0 overs (DP Conway 87, DJ Mitchell 9)
New Zealand: 200 runs in 62.2 overs (374 balls), Extras 3
Drinks: New Zealand - 209/6 in 66.0 overs (DJ Mitchell 24, MJ Santner 6)
New Zealand: 250 runs in 75.4 overs (454 balls), Extras 3
Tea: New Zealand - 254/7 in 79.0 overs (DJ Mitchell 48, NG Smith 8)
New ball taken at 80.1 overs
DJ Mitchell: 50 off 85 balls (4 x 4)
8th Wicket: 50 runs in 101 balls (DJ Mitchell 30, NG Smith 19, Ex 1)
Drinks: New Zealand - 294/7 in 92.3 overs (DJ Mitchell 73, NG Smith 22)
NG Smith retired hurt at 294/7 (22, 92.6 overs)
New Zealand: 300 runs in 94.2 overs (566 balls), Extras 5
Innings Break: New Zealand - 307/9 in 96.1 overs (W O'Rourke 0)
Zimbabwe 2nd innings
End Of Day: Zimbabwe - 31/2 in 13.0 overs (NR Welch 2, V Masekesa 0)

Day 3

Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 21.2 overs (128 balls), Extras 4
Drinks: Zimbabwe - 76/4 in 27.0 overs (SC Williams 24, CR Ervine 13)
Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 35.6 overs (216 balls), Extras 4
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 85 balls (SC Williams 28, CR Ervine 22, Ex 0)
Lunch: Zimbabwe - 114/6 in 42.0 overs (Sikandar Raza 4, TE Tsiga 0)
Drinks: Zimbabwe - 143/8 in 57.0 overs (TE Tsiga 16, B Muzarabani 8)
Zimbabwe: 150 runs in 60.4 overs (364 balls), Extras 7
Tea: Zimbabwe - 165/10 in 67.1 overs (TL Chivanga 0)

Match Details

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Toss	Zimbabwe, elected to bat first
Series	New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe
Season	2025
Player Of The Match	Matt Henry
Series result	New Zealand led the 2-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 2597
Hours of play (local time)	10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days	30,31 July,1 August 2025 - day (5-day match)
Umpires	Alex Wharf Asif Yaqoob
TV Umpire	Langton Rusere
Reserve Umpire	Iknow Chabi
Match Referee	Ranjan Madugalle