South Africa v Zimbabwe, Bulawayo

South Africa 418/9 & 369/10

Zimbabwe 251/10 & 208/10

South Africa won by 328 runs

South Africa v Zimbabwe 2025 · 1st Test Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Bulawayo 28 Jun 2025 – 1 Jul 2025

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — South Africa had it tougher than Zimbabwe.

South Africa

0.93× -7%

Zimbabwe

1.04× +4%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, South Africa led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

LG Pretorius South Africa

157 +319

C Bosch South Africa

136 +283

PWA Mulder South Africa

164 +231

SC Williams Zimbabwe

163 +220

CR Ervine Zimbabwe

85 +102

Best bowling

Top match figures

C Bosch5/43

PWA Mulder4/50

TL Chivanga4/83

WP Masakadza4/98

Top score

153

LG Pretorius · South Africa

Biggest stand

108

7th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–18

3 wkts for 18 · Zimbabwe

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 328 runs

Length4 days

South Africa

418 /9 (90.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
T de Zorzi	c BJ Bennett b TL Chivanga	0	16	0	0	0.00
MP Breetzke	c BJ Bennett b TL Chivanga	13	45	1	0	28.89
PWA Mulder	run out (B Muzarabani)	17	47	1	0	36.17
DG Bedingham	c CR Ervine b TL Chivanga	0	3	0	0	0.00
LG Pretorius	c WP Masakadza b TL Chivanga	153	160	11	4	95.62
D Brevis	c TL Chivanga b B Muzarabani	51	41	3	4	124.39
K Verreynne	c CR Ervine b WP Masakadza	10	16	2	0	62.50
C Bosch*	not out	100	124	10	0	80.65
KA Maharaj	c BJ Bennett b V Masekesa	21	30	1	2	70.00
Codi Yusuf	c SC Williams b B Muzarabani	27	49	5	0	55.10
KT Maphaka*	not out	9	12	0	1	75.00

Extras 17 (lb 14, nb 3)

Total 418/9 (90.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Muzarabani	20.0	7	59	2	2.95
WP Masakadza	30.0	2	109	1	3.63
TL Chivanga	16.0	2	83	4	5.19
V Masekesa	13.0	1	97	1	7.46
BJ Bennett	9.0	0	46	0	5.11
W Madhevere	2.0	0	10	0	5.00

Fall of wickets

1-3 (T de Zorzi, 5.4)·2-21 (MP Breetzke, 12.6)·3-23 (DG Bedingham, 14.2)·4-55 (PWA Mulder, 22.4)·5-150 (D Brevis, 36.5)·6-181 (K Verreynne, 41.4)·7-289 (LG Pretorius, 64.2)·8-330 (KA Maharaj, 73.2)·9-389 (Codi Yusuf, 84.6)

Zimbabwe

251 /10 (67.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
BJ Bennett*	not out	19	28	4	0	67.86
T Kaitano	c T de Zorzi b Codi Yusuf	0	1	0	0	0.00
NR Welch	c K Verreynne b Codi Yusuf	4	5	1	0	80.00
SC Williams	st K Verreynne b KA Maharaj	137	164	16	0	83.54
CR Ervine	st K Verreynne b KA Maharaj	36	90	4	0	40.00
W Madhevere	lbw b PWA Mulder	15	25	0	1	60.00
PS Masvaure	c K Verreynne b PWA Mulder	7	9	0	0	77.78
TE Tsiga	c Codi Yusuf b PWA Mulder	9	8	2	0	112.50
WP Masakadza	c K Verreynne b Codi Yusuf	4	23	1	0	17.39
V Masekesa*	not out	11	43	1	0	25.58
B Muzarabani	b PWA Mulder	0	8	0	0	0.00
TL Chivanga	c KT Maphaka b KA Maharaj	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 9 (lb 6, w 2, nb 1)

Total 251/10 (67.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Codi Yusuf	14.0	2	42	3	3.00
KT Maphaka	12.0	1	52	0	4.33
PWA Mulder	16.0	2	50	4	3.12
C Bosch	9.0	1	31	0	3.44
KA Maharaj	16.4	1	70	3	4.20

Fall of wickets

1-5 (T Kaitano, 0.5)·2-23 (NR Welch, 4.1)·3-119 (CR Ervine, 33.4)·4-167 (W Madhevere, 42.5)·5-185 (PS Masvaure, 46.3)·6-201 (TE Tsiga, 48.6)·7-217 (WP Masakadza, 54.6)·8-249 (SC Williams, 65.2)·9-250 (B Muzarabani, 66.6)·10-251 (TL Chivanga, 67.4)

South Africa

369 /10 (82.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MP Breetzke	c W Madhevere b TL Chivanga	1	6	0	0	16.67
T de Zorzi	c SC Williams b TL Chivanga	31	35	3	0	88.57
PWA Mulder	c T Kaitano b W Madhevere	147	206	17	2	71.36
DG Bedingham	c SC Williams b WP Masakadza	35	39	4	1	89.74
LG Pretorius	b V Masekesa	4	6	0	0	66.67
D Brevis	b V Masekesa	3	9	0	0	33.33
K Verreynne	c CR Ervine b WP Masakadza	36	56	3	0	64.29
KA Maharaj	b WP Masakadza	51	70	4	1	72.86
C Bosch	b WP Masakadza	36	41	4	0	87.80
Codi Yusuf*	not out	8	17	1	0	47.06
KT Maphaka	b B Muzarabani	8	14	0	1	57.14

Extras 9 (lb 5, w 2, nb 2)

Total 369/10 (82.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Muzarabani	11.5	1	38	1	3.21
TL Chivanga	16.0	0	76	2	4.75
WP Masakadza	22.0	0	98	4	4.45
W Madhevere	10.0	1	35	1	3.50
V Masekesa	23.0	1	117	2	5.09

Fall of wickets

1-1 (MP Breetzke, 1.2)·2-64 (T de Zorzi, 18.1)·3-136 (DG Bedingham, 32.1)·4-141 (LG Pretorius, 33.5)·5-155 (D Brevis, 37.1)·6-259 (PWA Mulder, 58.6)·7-259 (K Verreynne, 59.3)·8-351 (C Bosch, 77.4)·9-352 (KA Maharaj, 79.1)·10-369 (KT Maphaka, 82.5)

Zimbabwe

208 /10 (66.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
T Kaitano	c LG Pretorius b C Bosch	12	62	0	0	19.35
PS Masvaure	c PWA Mulder b Codi Yusuf	12	76	1	0	15.79
NR Welch	c T de Zorzi b C Bosch	0	1	0	0	0.00
SC Williams	c K Verreynne b C Bosch	26	18	5	0	144.44
CR Ervine	c T de Zorzi b C Bosch	49	77	7	0	63.64
W Madhevere	c K Verreynne b Codi Yusuf	0	8	0	0	0.00
TE Tsiga	c C Bosch b Codi Yusuf	0	4	0	0	0.00
WP Masakadza	c PWA Mulder b KA Maharaj	57	92	9	0	61.96
V Masekesa	b C Bosch	3	10	0	0	30.00
B Muzarabani*	not out	32	29	4	2	110.34
TL Chivanga	st K Verreynne b D Brevis	1	22	0	0	4.55

Extras 16 (b 4, lb 5, w 6, nb 1)

Total 208/10 (66.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Codi Yusuf	9.0	3	22	3	2.44
PWA Mulder	7.0	2	13	0	1.86
KT Maphaka	10.0	3	28	0	2.80
KA Maharaj	24.0	7	71	1	2.96
C Bosch	12.0	2	43	5	3.58
D Brevis	4.2	1	22	1	5.08

Fall of wickets

1-32 (T Kaitano, 18.2)·2-32 (NR Welch, 18.3)·3-64 (SC Williams, 24.2)·4-68 (PS Masvaure, 28.1)·5-72 (W Madhevere, 30.3)·6-82 (TE Tsiga, 32.2)·7-165 (CR Ervine, 52.5)·8-173 (V Masekesa, 56.1)·9-181 (WP Masakadza, 59.4)·10-208 (TL Chivanga, 66.2)