South Africa v Zimbabwe, Bulawayo

South Africa 626/5

Zimbabwe 170/10 & 220/10

South Africa won by 236 runs

South Africa v Zimbabwe 2025 · 2nd Test Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Bulawayo 6–8 Jul 2025

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — South Africa had it tougher than Zimbabwe.

South Africa

0.93× -7%

Zimbabwe

1.03× +3%

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

PWA Mulder South Africa

367 +443

SC Williams Zimbabwe

94 +164

DG Bedingham South Africa

82 +86

LG Pretorius South Africa

78 +82

CR Ervine Zimbabwe

66 +75

Best bowling

Top match figures

C Bosch4/38

P Subrayen4/42

S Muthusamy3/77

Codi Yusuf2/20

Top score

367*

PWA Mulder · South Africa

Biggest stand

217

4th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–7

3 wkts for 7 · Zimbabwe

Match facts

TossZimbabwe, field

ResultSouth Africa won by 236 runs

Length3 days

South Africa

626 /5 (114.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
T de Zorzi	c NR Welch b TL Chivanga	10	30	2	0	33.33
L Senokwane	lbw b WP Masakadza	3	36	0	0	8.33
PWA Mulder*	not out	367	334	49	4	109.88
DG Bedingham	lbw b TL Chivanga	82	101	7	0	81.19
LG Pretorius	c WP Masakadza b K Matigimu	78	87	7	3	89.66
D Brevis	c C Madande b K Matigimu	30	35	4	0	85.71
K Verreynne*	not out	42	62	5	1	67.74

Extras 14 (lb 12, w 1, nb 1)

Total 626/5 (114.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Muzarabani	26.0	4	133	0	5.12
TL Chivanga	24.0	3	112	2	4.67
K Matigimu	21.3	1	124	2	5.77
WP Masakadza	33.0	2	184	1	5.58
D Myers	2.3	0	14	0	5.60
W Madhevere	7.0	0	47	0	6.71

Fall of wickets

1-11 (T de Zorzi, 9.1)·2-24 (L Senokwane, 13.5)·3-208 (DG Bedingham, 50.2)·4-425 (LG Pretorius, 81.1)·5-513 (D Brevis, 96.4)

Zimbabwe

170 /10 (43.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
T Kaitano	c K Verreynne b Codi Yusuf	0	1	0	0	0.00
NR Welch	c Zubayr Hamza b Codi Yusuf	10	24	1	0	41.67
D Myers	c K Verreynne b C Bosch	1	6	0	0	16.67
W Madhevere	b PWA Mulder	25	51	2	0	49.02
CR Ervine	c Codi Yusuf b PWA Mulder	17	30	2	0	56.67
TE Tsiga	c D Brevis b S Muthusamy	12	24	1	0	50.00
SC Williams*	not out	83	55	7	2	150.91
WP Masakadza	c PWA Mulder b P Subrayen	3	23	0	0	13.04
K Matigimu	b P Subrayen	0	7	0	0	0.00
B Muzarabani	c KT Maphaka b P Subrayen	5	14	1	0	35.71
TL Chivanga	c KT Maphaka b P Subrayen	10	25	1	1	40.00

Extras 4 (lb 2, nb 2)

Total 170/10 (43.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Codi Yusuf	7.0	1	20	2	2.86
C Bosch	7.0	1	27	1	3.86
PWA Mulder	6.0	2	20	2	3.33
S Muthusamy	13.0	2	59	1	4.54
P Subrayen	10.0	1	42	4	4.20

Fall of wickets

1-0 (T Kaitano, 0.1)·2-4 (D Myers, 1.4)·3-15 (NR Welch, 6.5)·4-51 (CR Ervine, 16.5)·5-56 (W Madhevere, 18.6)·6-82 (TE Tsiga, 23.5)·7-109 (WP Masakadza, 30.3)·8-121 (K Matigimu, 32.5)·9-135 (B Muzarabani, 36.4)·10-170 (TL Chivanga, 42.6)

Zimbabwe

220 /10 (77.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Myers	b C Bosch	11	28	2	0	39.29
T Kaitano	c D Brevis b S Muthusamy	40	76	5	0	52.63
NR Welch	c PWA Mulder b S Muthusamy	55	126	3	2	43.65
SC Williams	b PWA Mulder	11	10	2	0	110.00
CR Ervine	c K Verreynne b C Bosch	49	95	6	0	51.58
W Madhevere	lbw b Codi Yusuf	5	9	0	0	55.56
TE Tsiga	c L Senokwane b Codi Yusuf	1	20	0	0	5.00
WP Masakadza*	not out	17	62	3	0	27.42
K Matigimu	b C Bosch	0	3	0	0	0.00
B Muzarabani	c L Senokwane b C Bosch	0	11	0	0	0.00
TL Chivanga	c PWA Mulder b S Muthusamy	22	26	3	1	84.62

Extras 9 (b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 1)

Total 220/10 (77.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Codi Yusuf	17.0	3	38	2	2.24
C Bosch	19.0	8	38	4	2.00
PWA Mulder	8.0	1	24	1	3.00
P Subrayen	14.0	3	36	0	2.57
S Muthusamy	19.3	2	77	3	3.95

Fall of wickets

1-31 (D Myers, 9.2)·2-64 (T Kaitano, 23.2)·3-103 (SC Williams, 28.5)·4-153 (NR Welch, 49.6)·5-166 (W Madhevere, 52.3)·6-177 (TE Tsiga, 58.3)·7-182 (CR Ervine, 64.1)·8-182 (K Matigimu, 64.4)·9-184 (B Muzarabani, 68.5)·10-220 (TL Chivanga, 77.3)