Zimbabwe v New Zealand, Bulawayo

Zimbabwe 125/10 & 117/10

New Zealand 601/3

New Zealand won by 359 runs

New Zealand v Zimbabwe 2025 · 2nd Test Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Bulawayo 7–9 Aug 2025

How hard each side found the batting

Even conditions — a fairly typical match for batting, both sides much alike.

Zimbabwe

1.06× +6%

New Zealand

1.03× +3%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

How New Zealand's lead moved across the match.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

DP Conway New Zealand

153 +188

R Ravindra New Zealand

165 +185

HM Nicholls New Zealand

150 +167

WA Young New Zealand

74 +98

NR Welch Zimbabwe

58 +76

Best bowling

Top match figures

ZGF Foulkes5/37

MJ Henry5/40

ZGF Foulkes4/38

MJ Henry2/16

Top score

165*

R Ravindra · New Zealand

Biggest stand

162

1st wkt · New Zealand

Worst collapse

3–11

3 wkts for 11 · Zimbabwe

Match facts

TossZimbabwe, bat

ResultNew Zealand won by 359 runs

Length3 days

Zimbabwe

125 /10 (48.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
BJ Bennett	c WA Young b MJ Henry	0	9	0	0.00
BRM Taylor	c MJ Santner b MJ Henry	44	107	6	41.12
NR Welch	lbw b MJ Henry	11	31	2	35.48
SC Williams	c WA Young b ZGF Foulkes	11	13	1	84.62
CR Ervine	c WA Young b ZGF Foulkes	7	28	1	25.00
Sikandar Raza	c R Ravindra b ZGF Foulkes	5	14	1	35.71
TE Tsiga*	not out	33	54	4	61.11
T Gwandu	lbw b ZGF Foulkes	0	2	0	0.00
V Masekesa	b MJ Henry	1	9	0	11.11
B Muzarabani	b MJ Henry	3	5	0	60.00
TL Chivanga	c MJ Santner b MJ Fisher	4	22	1	18.18

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

Total 125/10 (48.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MJ Henry	15.0	3	40	5	2.67
JA Duffy	10.0	0	24	0	2.40
ZGF Foulkes	16.0	5	38	4	2.38
MJ Fisher	6.5	2	16	1	2.34
MJ Santner	1.0	0	4	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-1 (BJ Bennett, 2.3)·2-30 (NR Welch, 14.1)·3-43 (SC Williams, 17.5)·4-67 (CR Ervine, 28.1)·5-83 (BRM Taylor, 33.2)·6-83 (Sikandar Raza, 34.1)·7-83 (T Gwandu, 34.3)·8-94 (V Masekesa, 37.6)·9-100 (B Muzarabani, 39.5)·10-125 (TL Chivanga, 48.5)

New Zealand

601 /3 (130.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
DP Conway	b B Muzarabani	153	245	18	0	62.45
WA Young	b T Gwandu	74	101	11	0	73.27
JA Duffy	c BJ Bennett b V Masekesa	36	55	6	0	65.45
HM Nicholls*	not out	150	245	15	0	61.22
R Ravindra*	not out	165	139	21	2	118.71

Extras 23 (lb 18, nb 5)

Total 601/3 (130.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Muzarabani	24.0	5	101	1	4.21
TL Chivanga	17.0	3	94	0	5.53
T Gwandu	19.0	0	131	1	6.89
SC Williams	14.0	1	37	0	2.64
V Masekesa	19.0	0	104	1	5.47
Sikandar Raza	26.0	3	73	0	2.81
BJ Bennett	11.0	0	43	0	3.91

Fall of wickets

1-162 (WA Young, 34.6)·2-235 (JA Duffy, 52.2)·3-345 (DP Conway, 82.3)

Zimbabwe

117 /10 (28.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
BJ Bennett	b MJ Henry	0	3	0	0	0.00
NR Welch*	not out	47	71	7	0	66.20
BRM Taylor	c WA Young b MJ Henry	7	12	1	0	58.33
SC Williams	c & b JA Duffy	9	6	2	0	150.00
CR Ervine	c ZGF Foulkes b MJ Fisher	17	31	2	0	54.84
Sikandar Raza	c DP Conway b ZGF Foulkes	4	2	1	0	200.00
TE Tsiga	c TA Blundell b ZGF Foulkes	5	12	1	0	41.67
V Masekesa	b ZGF Foulkes	4	14	1	0	28.57
T Gwandu	b ZGF Foulkes	0	4	0	0	0.00
B Muzarabani	c MJ Santner b ZGF Foulkes	8	11	0	1	72.73
TL Chivanga	c DP Conway b JA Duffy	0	4	0	0	0.00

Extras 16 (b 4, lb 10, w 1, nb 1)

Total 117/10 (28.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MJ Henry	7.0	3	16	2	2.29
JA Duffy	7.1	3	28	2	3.91
ZGF Foulkes	9.0	2	37	5	4.11
MJ Fisher	5.0	0	22	1	4.40

Fall of wickets

1-0 (BJ Bennett, 0.3)·2-11 (BRM Taylor, 4.1)·3-24 (SC Williams, 5.5)·4-49 (CR Ervine, 14.5)·5-54 (Sikandar Raza, 15.2)·6-64 (TE Tsiga, 17.5)·7-78 (V Masekesa, 21.5)·8-86 (T Gwandu, 23.3)·9-98 (B Muzarabani, 25.6)·10-117 (TL Chivanga, 28.1)