ZIM vs NZ 1st Test Highlights

Samira Vishwas

Tezzbuzz|02-08-2025

ZIM vs NZ 1st Test Highlights: Craig Ervine-led Zimbabwe Squared off against Mitchell Santner-led New Zealand in the first test between July 30 and August 30 at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo.

Match New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe 2025
Match No Zimbabwe vs New Zealand, 1st Test
Date July 30 – Aug 01, 2025
Toss Zimbabwe won the toss and opted to bat
Venue Queen Sports Club, Bulawayo
Result New Zealand won by 9 Wickets

ZIM vs NZ 1st Test Playing 11

Zimbabwe

Ben Curran, Brian Bennett, Nick Welch, Sean Williams, Craig Ervine (c), Sikandar Raza, Tafadzwa Tsiga (wk), Newman Nyamhuri, Vincent Masekesa, Blessing Muzarabani, Tanaka Chivanga

New Zealand

Devon Conway, Will Young, Henry Nicholls, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wk), Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, William ORourke

ZIM vs NZ 1st Test Scoreboard

Team Scoreboard
Zimbabwe 149 & 165
New Zealand 307 & 8/1

ZIM vs NZ 1st Test Highlights

Day 01

  • Batting first, Zimbabwe went on score 149 runs off with Craig Ervine and Tafadzwa Tsiga were the only scorers for Zimbabwe. Matt Henry picked a six wicket haul while Nathan Smith picked three wickets.
  • Starting their first innings, New Zealand went on to score 92 runs by the end of day 01.

Day 02

  • Conway and Daryl Mitchell were the scorers for New Zealand 88 and 80 runs and Young’s 41 runs has helped the side to score 307 runs.
  • Muzarabani went on to pick three wickets while Tanaka picked two wickets. Other bowlers Newman, Raza, Williams and Vincent Masekesa picked one wicket each.
  • Starting their second innings, Zimbabwe went on to score 31/2 by the end of day 02.

Day 03

  • Resumed the innings, Zimbabwe went on to score 165 runs where Matt Henry, Will O’Rourke picked three wickets each while Santner completed the deal with four dismissals.
  • With 8 runs to win, New Zealand started their second innings, where they won the game by 9 wickets.

ZIM vs NZ 1st Test Scorecard

Zimbabwe 1st innings

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
Nick Welch c Bracewell b Henry 27 68 104 4 0 39.7
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
Vincent Masekesa run out (Conway/†Blundell) 7 22 24 0 0 31.81
Blessing Muzarabani c Santner b Henry 1 8 16 0 0 12.5
Tanaka Chivanga not out 0 4 6 0 0 0

New Zealand Bowling

Bowling O M R W ECON WD NB
Matt Henry 15.3 3 39 6 2.51 0 0
Will O’Rourke 13 3 26 0 2 2 0
Nathan Smith 14 8 20 3 1.42 0 0
Mitchell Santner 16 4 46 0 2.87 0 0
Michael Bracewell 2 0 12 0 6 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
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
Will O’Rourke not out 0 4 4 0 0 0

Zimbabwe Bowling

Bowling O M R W ECON WD NB
Blessing Muzarabani 26 5 73 3 2.8 0 0
Tanaka Chivanga 18 3 51 2 2.83 1 0
Newman Nyamhuri 16.1 2 64 1 3.95 0 0
Sikandar Raza 20 2 63 1 3.15 0 0
Sean Williams 7 1 23 1 3.28 0 0
Vincent Masekesa 9 1 29 1 3.22 0 0

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 42.3
Nick Welch c †Blundell b O’Rourke 4 32 44 0 0 12.5
Vincent Masekesa c Ravindra b O’Rourke 2 40 58 0 0 5
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 41.5
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
Tanaka Chivanga not out 0 13 14 0 0 0

New Zealand Bowling

Bowling O M R W ECON WD NB
Matt Henry 21 5 51 3 2.42 0 0
Will O’Rourke 10 4 28 3 2.8 0 0
Michael Bracewell 15 2 42 0 2.8 0 0
Mitchell Santner 17.1 6 27 4 1.57 0 0
Daryl Mitchell 4 1 10 0 2.5 0 0

New Zealand 2nd Batting

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
Henry Nicholls not out 4 2 4 1 0 200

Zimbabwe Bowling

Bowling O M R W ECON WD NB
Newman Nyamhuri 1.2 0 8 1 6 0 0
Sean Williams 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

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Player of the Match

Matt Henry | New Zealand That’s probably the nature of playing international cricket, you’re chopping and changing between formats and have to trust the work put in beforehand. It was great the way we could exploit it on day one and set the platform. They’ll both get checked out today. Great to be back here playing Test cricket.