ZIM vs NZ Scorecard, New Zealand vs Zimbabwe, 1st Test, 30 July, 2025, Queens Sports Club

New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe | July 30, 2025, 01:30 PM | Queens Sports Club

Completed

Zimbabwe

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

New Zealand

307/10 (96.1 ov) & 8/1 (2.2 ov)

New Zealand won by 9 wickets

Player of the Match

Matt Henry - New Zealand

4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 w 4 0 0 0 0

Commentary Scorecard Squad Stats

Zimbabwe 1st Inning Inning

149/10 (60.3 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Brian Bennett c W Young b M Henry	6	11	1	0	54.55
Ben Curran c W Young b M Henry	13	20	1	0	65.00
Nick Welch c MG Bracewell b M Henry	27	68	4	0	39.71
Sean Williams b N Smith	2	13	0	0	15.38
Craig Ervine lbw b N Smith	39	116	6	0	33.62
Sikandar Raza c TA Blundell b M Henry	2	3	0	0	66.67
Tafadzwa Tsiga lbw b N Smith	30	78	5	0	38.46
Newman Nyamhuri c W Young b M Henry	9	20	1	0	45.00
Vincent Masekesa runout (TA Blundell / D Conway)	7	22	0	0	31.82
Blessing Muzarabani c M Santner b M Henry	1	8	0	0	12.50
Tanaka Chivanga Not out	0	4	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 4, lb 2, w 7, nb 0, p 0)	13
TOTAL (2.46 RUNS PER OVER)	149/10 (60.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

10-1 (Brian Bennett, 2.6 ov), 24-2 (Ben Curran, 6.4 ov), 31-3 (Sean Williams, 11.2 ov), 67-4 (Nick Welch, 26.2 ov), 69-5 (Sikandar Raza, 26.5 ov), 123-6 (Craig Ervine, 50.1 ov), 136-7 (Tafadzwa Tsiga, 52.5 ov), 143-8 (Newman Nyamhuri, 56.5 ov), 149-9 (Vincent Masekesa, 59.2 ov), 149-10 (Blessing Muzarabani, 60.3 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Dots	WD	ECO
Matt Henry	15.3	3	39	6	73	0	2.52
William O Rourke	13	3	26	0	68	2	2.00
Nathan Smith	14	8	20	3	76	0	1.43
Mitchell Santner	16	4	46	0	72	0	2.88
Michael Bracewell	2	0	12	0	9	0	6.00

New Zealand 1st Inning Inning

307/10 (96.1 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Devon Conway c B Bennett b TL Chivanga	88	170	12	0	51.76
Will Young c N Welch b B Muzarabani	41	70	4	0	58.57
Henry Nicholls c B Bennett b B Muzarabani	34	56	6	0	60.71
Rachin Ravindra c C Ervine b S Raza	2	10	0	0	20.00
Daryl Mitchell b N Nyamhuri	80	119	5	1	67.23
Tom Blundell c S Williams b TL Chivanga	2	6	0	0	33.33
Michael Bracewell c TE Tsiga b B Muzarabani	9	23	1	0	39.13
Mitchell Santner c & b Vincent Masekesa	19	30	1	0	63.33
Nathan Smith Retired out	22	79	1	0	27.85
Matt Henry b S Williams	5	10	1	0	50.00
William O Rourke Not out	0	4	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 4, w 1, nb 0, p 0)	5
TOTAL (3.19 RUNS PER OVER)	307/10 (96.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

92-1 (Will Young, 26.1 ov), 158-2 (Henry Nicholls, 44.4 ov), 163-3 (Rachin Ravindra, 47.4 ov), 177-4 (Devon Conway, 54.5 ov), 181-5 (Tom Blundell, 56.6 ov), 200-6 (Michael Bracewell, 62.4 ov), 233-7 (Mitchell Santner, 71.2 ov), 307-9 (Matt Henry, 95.2 ov), 307-10 (Daryl Mitchell, 96.1 ov), 294-8 (Nathan Smith, 92.6 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Dots	WD	ECO
Blessing Muzarabani	26	5	73	3	120	0	2.81
Tanaka Chivanga	18	3	51	2	82	1	2.83
Newman Nyamhuri	16.1	2	64	1	64	0	3.96
Sikandar Raza	20	2	63	1	83	0	3.15
Sean Williams	7	1	23	1	27	0	3.29
Vincent Masekesa	9	1	29	1	30	0	3.22

Zimbabwe 2nd Inning Inning

165/10 (67.1 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Brian Bennett c TA Blundell b WO Rourke	18	21	4	0	85.71
Ben Curran c WO Rourke b M Henry	11	26	2	0	42.31
Nick Welch c TA Blundell b WO Rourke	4	32	0	0	12.50
Vincent Masekesa c R Ravindra b WO Rourke	2	40	0	0	5.00
Sean Williams c TA Blundell b M Santner	49	66	6	0	74.24
Craig Ervine c TA Blundell b M Henry	22	53	3	0	41.51
Sikandar Raza c R Ravindra b M Henry	5	22	1	0	22.73
Tafadzwa Tsiga c D Conway b M Santner	27	83	2	0	32.53
Newman Nyamhuri b M Santner	1	9	0	0	11.11
Blessing Muzarabani c (sub AY Patel) b M Santner	19	38	3	0	50.00
Tanaka Chivanga Not out	0	13	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 6, lb 1, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	7
TOTAL (2.46 RUNS PER OVER)	165/10 (67.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

25-1 (Ben Curran, 6.6 ov), 29-2 (Brian Bennett, 7.5 ov), 34-3 (Nick Welch, 17.5 ov), 53-4 (Vincent Masekesa, 21.5 ov), 110-5 (Sean Williams, 39.1 ov), 110-6 (Craig Ervine, 40.3 ov), 119-7 (Sikandar Raza, 46.5 ov), 126-8 (Newman Nyamhuri, 49.3 ov), 162-9 (Blessing Muzarabani, 63.3 ov), 165-10 (Tafadzwa Tsiga, 67.1 ov)