28/07Result
1st Test, New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, Jul 28-31 2016
New Zealand won by an inns & 117 runs
Player of the Match
Ross Taylor
Ross TaylorNew Zealand
28/07Result
1st Test, New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, Jul 28-31 2016
New Zealand won by an inns & 117 runs
Player of the Match
Ross Taylor
Ross TaylorNew Zealand

4.00pm Who would've have thought at 72 for 8 that we'd see Zimbabwe batting for nearly 90 minutes into the final session? Going by what transpired, I can safely tell you Donald Tiripano will make many more runs in his Test career. Certainly looked extremely accomplished for a No. 10 batsman. Credit must also go to debutant Prince Masvaure for showing the kind of application he did. Played late, played straight for most parts. Exhibited tremendous technique and a solid temperament. But the moment belongs to Wagner, whose hostile spell has given New Zealand the edge. We should have 10 overs or so, barring bad light. Join us in a bit

77.5
W
Wagner to Chinouya, OUT, that's the end of that. Career-best for Neil Wagner. So there won't be a half-century for Tiripano. Coming back to the delivery, this one was angled in at length from wide of the crease, the ball reverses ever-so-slightly to beat Chinouya's outside edge as he's squared up and clip the top of middle stump. Wagner leads his team off the park, but you have to admit Zimbabwe have made New Zealand toil in the last two hours of proceedings.

MT Chinouya b Wagner 1 (14m 12b 0x4 0x6) SR: 8.33

77.4
0
Wagner to Chinouya, no run, not enough to get the batsman playing, too full and well outside off, around the fifth stump, watched through to the keeper
77.3
0
Wagner to Chinouya, no run, beaten by the late movement, once again it was a length ball that was angled in
77.2
0
Wagner to Chinouya, no run, beaten hands down. Too full, this one straightens after pitching, Chinouya was once again playing inside the line of that delivery
77.1
0
Wagner to Chinouya, no run, angles a full delivery outside off from round the stumps, Chinouya plays inside the line to see that through to the keeper

END OF OVER:
77 | 1 Run | ZIM: 164/9

  • Donald Tiripano49 (162b)
  • Michael Chinouya1 (7b)
  • Tim Southee17-8-28-2
  • Neil Wagner20-8-41-5
76.6
0
Southee to Tiripano, no run, punched to mid-off, will have to face a nervous wait to see if his partner survives another over or somehow turns the strike to give him shot at a Test fifty
76.5
1
Southee to Chinouya, 1 run, off the mark in Test cricket through a thick inside edge towards fine leg
76.4
0
Southee to Chinouya, no run, banged in short, but the ball is sliding down leg, not in the right area to trouble the No. 11
76.3
0
Southee to Chinouya, no run, turns it to the leg side with his chest facing the slip cordon, nearly.
76.2
0
Southee to Chinouya, no run, short ball on off stump, he keeps it out by getting his gloves out of the way, Watling takes it on the bounce
76.1
0
Southee to Chinouya, no run, floats it full on the stumps, Chinouya somehow manages to keep that out

END OF OVER:
76 | 6 Runs | ZIM: 163/9

  • Donald Tiripano49 (161b)
  • Michael Chinouya0 (2b)
  • Neil Wagner20-8-41-5
  • Tim Southee16-8-27-2
75.6
0
Wagner to Tiripano, no run, banged in short, he looks to pull but the ball gets big on him, whizzes through to the keeper

Seems like a good atmosphere has built up at Queens. Zimbabwe fans have started their famous song 'One more, one more', Firdose tells me

75.5
0
Wagner to Tiripano, no run, gets forward and shows the full face of the bat as he defends
75.4
4
Wagner to Tiripano, FOUR, width and put away. Uppish but there's no one at gully, and it races away into the third man boundary. He ensured he threw his bat at that with full conviction
75.3
0
Wagner to Tiripano, no run, angled into middle from wide of the crease, eased back down the pitch
75.2
0
Wagner to Tiripano, no run, short ball on middle, he ducks under it
75.1
2
Wagner to Tiripano, 2 runs, is Tiripano giving himself the license to go for it now? Sees the width and throws his bat at that one, hits it inside-out over cover, scoots back for the second

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