Zimbabwe v New Zealand, Bulawayo

Zimbabwe 149/10 & 165/10

New Zealand 307/9 & 8/1

New Zealand won by 9 wickets

New Zealand v Zimbabwe 2025 · 1st Test Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Bulawayo 30 Jul 2025 – 1 Aug 2025

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — New Zealand had it tougher than Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe

1.10× +10%

New Zealand

1.03× +3%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, New Zealand led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

DJ Mitchell New Zealand

80 +208

DP Conway New Zealand

92 +141

CR Ervine Zimbabwe

61 +73

TE Tsiga Zimbabwe

57 +72

SC Williams Zimbabwe

51 +62

Best bowling

Top match figures

MJ Henry6/39

MJ Santner4/27

NG Smith3/20

W O'Rourke3/28

Top score

DP Conway · New Zealand

Biggest stand

1st wkt · New Zealand

Worst collapse

3–13

3 wkts for 13 · Zimbabwe

Match facts

TossZimbabwe, bat

ResultNew Zealand won by 9 wickets

Length3 days

Zimbabwe

149 /10 (60.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
BJ Bennett	c WA Young b MJ Henry	6	11	1	54.55
BJ Curran	c WA Young b MJ Henry	13	20	1	65.00
NR Welch	c MG Bracewell b MJ Henry	27	68	4	39.71
SC Williams	b NG Smith	2	13	0	15.38
CR Ervine	lbw b NG Smith	39	116	6	33.62
Sikandar Raza	c TA Blundell b MJ Henry	2	3	0	66.67
TE Tsiga	lbw b NG Smith	30	78	5	38.46
NT Nyamhuri	c WA Young b MJ Henry	9	20	1	45.00
V Masekesa	run out (DP Conway)	7	22	0	31.82
B Muzarabani	c MJ Santner b MJ Henry	1	8	0	12.50
TL Chivanga*	not out	0	4	0	0.00

Extras 13 (b 4, lb 2, w 7)

Total 149/10 (60.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MJ Henry	15.3	4	39	6	2.52
W O'Rourke	13.0	3	26	0	2.00
NG Smith	14.0	8	20	3	1.43
MJ Santner	16.0	4	46	0	2.88
MG Bracewell	2.0	0	12	0	6.00

Fall of wickets

1-10 (BJ Bennett, 2.6)·2-24 (BJ Curran, 6.4)·3-31 (SC Williams, 11.2)·4-67 (NR Welch, 26.2)·5-69 (Sikandar Raza, 26.5)·6-123 (CR Ervine, 50.1)·7-136 (TE Tsiga, 52.5)·8-143 (NT Nyamhuri, 56.5)·9-149 (V Masekesa, 59.2)·10-149 (B Muzarabani, 60.3)

New Zealand

307 /9 (96.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
WA Young	c NR Welch b B Muzarabani	41	70	4	0	58.57
DP Conway	c BJ Bennett b TL Chivanga	88	170	12	0	51.76
HM Nicholls	c BJ Bennett b B Muzarabani	34	56	6	0	60.71
R Ravindra	c CR Ervine b Sikandar Raza	2	10	0	0	20.00
DJ Mitchell	b NT Nyamhuri	80	119	5	1	67.23
TA Blundell	c SC Williams b TL Chivanga	2	6	0	0	33.33
MG Bracewell	c TE Tsiga b B Muzarabani	9	23	1	0	39.13
MJ Santner	c & b V Masekesa	19	30	1	0	63.33
NG Smith*	not out	22	79	1	0	27.85
MJ Henry	b SC Williams	5	10	1	0	50.00
W O'Rourke*	not out	0	4	0	0	0.00

Extras 5 (lb 4, w 1)

Total 307/9 (96.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Muzarabani	26.0	5	73	3	2.81
TL Chivanga	18.0	3	51	2	2.83
NT Nyamhuri	16.1	3	64	1	3.96
Sikandar Raza	20.0	2	63	1	3.15
SC Williams	7.0	1	23	1	3.29
V Masekesa	9.0	1	29	1	3.22

Fall of wickets

1-92 (WA Young, 26.1)·2-158 (HM Nicholls, 44.4)·3-163 (R Ravindra, 47.4)·4-177 (DP Conway, 54.5)·5-181 (TA Blundell, 56.6)·6-200 (MG Bracewell, 62.4)·7-233 (MJ Santner, 71.2)·8-307 (MJ Henry, 95.2)·9-307 (DJ Mitchell, 96.1)

Zimbabwe

165 /10 (67.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
BJ Bennett	c TA Blundell b W O'Rourke	18	21	4	85.71
BJ Curran	c W O'Rourke b MJ Henry	11	26	2	42.31
V Masekesa	c R Ravindra b W O'Rourke	2	40	0	5.00
NR Welch	c TA Blundell b W O'Rourke	4	32	0	12.50
SC Williams	c TA Blundell b MJ Santner	49	66	6	74.24
CR Ervine	c TA Blundell b MJ Henry	22	53	3	41.51
Sikandar Raza	c R Ravindra b MJ Henry	5	22	1	22.73
TE Tsiga	c DP Conway b MJ Santner	27	83	2	32.53
NT Nyamhuri	b MJ Santner	1	9	0	11.11
B Muzarabani	c AY Patel b MJ Santner	19	38	3	50.00
TL Chivanga*	not out	0	13	0	0.00

Extras 7 (b 6, lb 1)

Total 165/10 (67.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MJ Henry	21.0	5	51	3	2.43
W O'Rourke	10.0	4	28	3	2.80
MG Bracewell	15.0	2	42	0	2.80
MJ Santner	17.1	7	27	4	1.57
DJ Mitchell	4.0	1	10	0	2.50

Fall of wickets

1-25 (BJ Curran, 6.6)·2-29 (BJ Bennett, 7.5)·3-34 (NR Welch, 17.5)·4-53 (V Masekesa, 21.5)·5-110 (SC Williams, 39.1)·6-110 (CR Ervine, 40.3)·7-119 (Sikandar Raza, 46.5)·8-126 (NT Nyamhuri, 49.3)·9-162 (B Muzarabani, 63.3)·10-165 (TE Tsiga, 67.1)

New Zealand

8 /1 (2.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
DP Conway	b NT Nyamhuri	4	6	1	66.67
WA Young*	not out	0	6	0	0.00
HM Nicholls*	not out	4	2	1	200.00

Extras 0

Total 8/1 (2.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
NT Nyamhuri	1.2	0	8	1	6.00
SC Williams	1.0	1	0	0	0.00

Fall of wickets

1-4 (DP Conway, 0.6)