New Zealand VS Zimbabwe, 1st Test, New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe, 2025 - Live Cricket Score, ball by ball Commentary

1st Test, New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe, 2025

NEW ZEALAND BEAT ZIMBABWE BY 9 WICKETS
MATCH ENDED

Zimbabwe
149/10 (60.3) & 165/10 (67.1)

VS

New Zealand
307/10 (96.1) & 8/1 (2.2)

Match Information Desktop Scorecard

Toss	Zimbabwe elected to bat
Match Status	New Zealand beat Zimbabwe by 9 wickets Match Ended
Umpires	Alex Wharf (ENG), Asif Yaqoob (PAK) and Langton Rusere (ZIM)
Man of the Match	Matt Henry

Zimbabwe (149/10 in 60.3 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Brian Bennett c Will Young b Matt Henry	6	11	1	0	55
Ben Curran c Will Young b Matt Henry	13	20	1	0	65
Nick Welch c Michael Bracewell b Matt Henry	27	68	4	0	40
Sean Williams b Nathan Smith	2	13	0	0	15
Craig Ervine lbw b Nathan Smith	39	116	6	0	34
Sikandar Raza c Tom Blundell b Matt Henry	2	3	0	0	67
Tafadzwa Tsiga lbw b Nathan Smith	30	78	5	0	38
Newman Nyamhuri c Will Young b Matt Henry	9	20	1	0	45
Vincent Masekesa run out (Devon Conway / Tom Blundell)	7	22	0	0	32
Blessing Muzarabani c Mitchell Santner b Matt Henry	1	8	0	0	13
Tanaka Chivanga not out	0	4	0	0	0

Extras	(b 4, lb 2, w 7, nb 0)				13
Total	(Wicket 10, Overs 60.3)				149
(2.46 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Matt Henry	15.3	3	39	6	2.51
Will O'Rourke	13	3	26	0	2.00
Nathan Smith	14	8	20	3	1.42
Mitchell Santner	16	4	46	0	2.87
Michael Bracewell	2	0	12	0	6.00

New Zealand (307/10 in 96.1 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Will Young c Nick Welch b Blessing Muzarabani	41	70	4	0	59
Devon Conway c Brian Bennett b Tanaka Chivanga	88	170	12	0	52
Henry Nicholls c Brian Bennett b Blessing Muzarabani	34	56	6	0	61
Rachin Ravindra c Craig Ervine b Sikandar Raza	2	10	0	0	20
Daryl Mitchell b Newman Nyamhuri	80	119	5	1	67
Tom Blundell c Sean Williams b Tanaka Chivanga	2	6	0	0	33
Michael Bracewell c Tafadzwa Tsiga b Blessing Muzarabani	9	23	1	0	39
Mitchell Santner c & b Vincent Masekesa	19	30	1	0	63
Nathan Smith retired out	22	79	1	0	28
Matt Henry b Sean Williams	5	10	1	0	50
Will O'Rourke not out	0	4	0	0	0

Extras	(b 0, lb 4, w 1, nb 0)				5
Total	(Wicket 10, Overs 96.1)				307
(3.19 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Blessing Muzarabani	26	5	73	3	2.80
Tanaka Chivanga	18	3	51	2	2.83
Newman Nyamhuri	16.1	2	64	1	3.95
Sikandar Raza	20	2	63	1	3.15
Sean Williams	7	1	23	1	3.28
Vincent Masekesa	9	1	29	1	3.22

Zimbabwe (165/10 in 67.1 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Brian Bennett c Tom Blundell b Will O'Rourke	18	21	4	0	86
Ben Curran c Will O'Rourke b Matt Henry	11	26	2	0	42
Nick Welch c Tom Blundell b Will O'Rourke	4	32	0	0	13
Vincent Masekesa c Rachin Ravindra b Will O'Rourke	2	40	0	0	5
Sean Williams c Tom Blundell b Mitchell Santner	49	66	6	0	74
Craig Ervine c Tom Blundell b Matt Henry	22	53	3	0	42
Sikandar Raza c Rachin Ravindra b Matt Henry	5	22	1	0	23
Tafadzwa Tsiga c Devon Conway b Mitchell Santner	27	83	2	0	33
Newman Nyamhuri b Mitchell Santner	1	9	0	0	11
Blessing Muzarabani c sub Ajaz Patel b Mitchell Santner	19	38	3	0	50
Tanaka Chivanga not out	0	13	0	0	0

Extras	(b 6, lb 1, w 0, nb 0)				7
Total	(Wicket 10, Overs 67.1)				165
(2.46 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Matt Henry	21	5	51	3	2.42
Will O'Rourke	10	4	28	3	2.80
Michael Bracewell	15	2	42	0	2.80
Mitchell Santner	17.1	6	27	4	1.57
Daryl Mitchell	4	1	10	0	2.50

New Zealand (8/1 in 2.2 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Devon Conway b Newman Nyamhuri	4	6	1	0	67
Will Young not out	0	6	0	0	0
Henry Nicholls not out	4	2	1	0	200

Extras	(b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 0)				0
Total	(Wicket 1, Overs 2.2)				8
(3.43 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Newman Nyamhuri	1.2	0	8	1	6.00
Sean Williams	1	1	0	0	0.0

Team Sqaud

Zimbabwe

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

New

Devon Conway, Will Young, Henry Nicholls, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (w), Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, Will O'Rourke