07/08Result
2nd Test, New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, Aug 7-9 2025
New Zealand won by an inns & 359 runs
Player of the Match
Devon ConwayNew Zealand
07/08Result
2nd Test, New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, Aug 7-9 2025
New Zealand won by an inns & 359 runs
Player of the Match
Devon ConwayNew Zealand

  • Zimbabwe 1st Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    BJ Bennett
    0
    9
    10
    0
    0
    0
    2.3 it takes just nine balls for Henry to strike. Full on off stump, forcing Bennett to play this time who can manage only an outside edge as the ball shapes away. Second slip had to lunge forward to gobble it up as it was dying down 1/1
    BRM Taylor
    44
    107
    143
    6
    0
    41.12
    33.2 a soft dismissal in the end and Henry has his third. Was a length ball outside off, and Taylor looked to force it off the back foot. Ended up chipping it straight to Santner at extra cover 83/5
    NR Welch
    11
    31
    48
    2
    0
    35.48
    14.1 the move pays off! Was full around middle and kept going with the angle. Welch looked to drive but got beaten on the inside edge and was hit on the front pad. An appeal for lbw and up goes the finger. Henry finally has his man 30/2
    SC Williams
    11
    13
    19
    1
    0
    84.61
    17.5 reward for persistence! First wicket for Foulkes and it's an absolute beauty. Bowls full and just outside off, Williams pushes at it without any feet movement, it's a feeble push and the ball flies off the edge to third slip where Will Young takes a superb catch diving to his right. 43/3
    CR Ervine (c)
    7
    28
    42
    1
    0
    25
    28.1 well, well, well! The last over before lunch and Zimbabwe lose one against the run of play. Ervine has had his struggles outside off this morning but can't resist temptation to drive as Foulkes bowls one full and across and the thick edge is well pouched at second slip. 67/4
    Sikandar Raza
    5
    14
    24
    1
    0
    35.71
    34.1 the leg-side trap works. Short of length at the body. Raza was moving towards the off side and ends up helping it into the hands of leg slip. Zimbabwe struggling at 83 for 6 83/6
    TE Tsiga †
    not out
    33
    54
    77
    4
    0
    61.11
    T Gwandu
    0
    2
    2
    0
    0
    0
    34.3 Gwandu doesn't last long. Foulkes gets two in three balls. This was full and angling towards middle stump. Gwandu was stuck on the crease after the short ball and fails to get his bat down in time. Gets pinged on the back pad low, and the umpire has no doubt whatsoever 83/7
    V Masekesa
    1
    9
    16
    0
    0
    11.11
    37.6 Henry picks up his fourth. A length ball around off, moving away just enough to beat the bat and hit the top of off. Masekesa made things worse for himself by playing down the wrong line 94/8
    B Muzarabani
    3
    5
    8
    0
    0
    60
    39.5 That's yet another five-for for Henry. Full and straight. Muzarabani once again backs away, exposing his stumps. He pushes at the ball but fails to connect and loses his middle and leg stump 100/9
    TL Chivanga
    4
    22
    43
    1
    0
    18.18
    48.5 that's the end of that! The 25-run stand is over as Fischer has his first Test wicket. Chivanga is enticed to drive but there's no feet, just ends up chipping it straight to mid-off. Tame dismissal. 125/10
    Extras
    6 (b 1, lb 2, nb 1, w 2)
    TOTAL
    125 all out (48.5 Overs, RR: 2.55, 220 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Brian Bennett, 2.3 ov), 2-30 (Nick Welch, 14.1 ov), 3-43 (Sean Williams, 17.5 ov), 4-67 (Craig Ervine, 28.1 ov), 5-83 (Brendan Taylor, 33.2 ov), 6-83 (Sikandar Raza, 34.1 ov), 7-83 (Trevor Gwandu, 34.3 ov), 8-94 (Vincent Masekesa, 37.6 ov), 9-100 (Blessing Muzarabani, 39.5 ov), 10-125 (Tanaka Chivanga, 48.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    MJ Henry1534052.6610
    JA Duffy1002402.401
    ZG Foulkes1653842.3710
    MJ Fisher6.511612.3400
    MJ Santner1040400

  • New Zealand 1st Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    DP Conway
    153
    245
    337
    18
    0
    62.44
    82.3 Oh, misjudgment and Conway's off stump has been flattened. Muzarabani gets the short of a good length ball to deck back sharply from just outside off. Conway shoulders arms, and the ball ricochets off his midriff and thuds into off stump. End of a solid knock as the Zimbabwe fielders go up to Conway to shake his hand. He walks back for 153. 345/3
    WA Young
    74
    101
    142
    11
    0
    73.26
    34.6 the leg-stump is flattened! Young looks to fetch the pull from outside off but is cramped for room and is a split-second late on the pull, ends up chopping on. 162/1
    JA Duffy
    36
    55
    69
    6
    0
    65.45
    52.2 Dragged down and that is a super catch from Bennett at short mid wicket. That was dragged down on off, Duffy latches onto the pull and gets a good chunk of it. Bennett reacts quickly and snaps this up to his right. Zimbabwe finally have something to celebrate this morning. 235/2
    HM Nicholls
    not out
    150
    245
    305
    15
    0
    61.22
    R Ravindra
    not out
    165
    139
    197
    21
    2
    118.7
    Extras
    23 (lb 18, nb 5)
    TOTAL
    601/3d (130 Overs, RR: 4.62, 535 minutes)
    Did not bat: DJ Mitchell, TA Blundell †, MJ Santner (c), ZG Foulkes, MJ Henry, MJ Fisher
    Fall of wickets: 1-162 (Will Young, 34.6 ov), 2-235 (Jacob Duffy, 52.2 ov), 3-345 (Devon Conway, 82.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    B Muzarabani24510114.201
    TL Chivanga1739405.5204
    T Gwandu19013116.8900
    SC Williams1413702.6400
    V Masekesa19010415.4700
    Sikandar Raza2637302.800
    BJ Bennett1104303.900

  • Zimbabwe 2nd Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    BJ Bennett
    0
    3
    2
    0
    0
    0
    0.3 Through him! Matt Henry's brilliant series continues! Two deliveries that went away from Bennett, and now he brings in this full delivery that beats Bennett's drive and uproots his middle stump 0/1
    BRM Taylor
    7
    12
    19
    1
    0
    58.33
    4.1 Edged to second slip! Henry gets his second as Taylor is stuck at the crease thanks to this length ball that just shapes away. Taylor pushes at it late and gets a thick edge and Will Young makes no mistake! 11/2
    NR Welch
    not out
    47
    71
    136
    7
    0
    66.19
    SC Williams
    9
    6
    7
    2
    0
    150
    5.5 Jacob Duffy has his first Test wicket! Zimbabwe are crashing down like a house of cards! The extra bounce does the trick again. Length ball around middle and leg, Williams was looking to turn it leg side but it goes straight up off the leading edge and Duffy has enough time to coolly settle under that 24/3
    CR Ervine (c)
    17
    31
    43
    2
    0
    54.83
    14.5 Edged and New Zealand continue to strike. Goes fuller in length outside off stump, inviting Ervine for a drive. He takes the bait and attempts a drive on the up. Can only manage a thick outside edge that is taken neatly by third slip moving to his right 49/4
    Sikandar Raza
    4
    2
    2
    1
    0
    200
    15.2 Raza's horror series continues and it is the short ball that does him in again. Banged in short around off stump. Raza is in no position and just about fends at it, and ends up splicing a simple catch to Conway at gully. Zimbabwe are sliding... swiftly. 54/5
    TE Tsiga †
    5
    12
    11
    1
    0
    41.66
    17.5 There's the edge, there's the wicket and Zimbabwe are in tatters. Absolute gem from Foulkes. Gets the length ball to angle in around off stump and then straightens it after pitching. Tsiga plays at it, gets a thick outside edge and Blundell does the rest. 64/6
    V Masekesa
    4
    14
    18
    1
    0
    28.57
    21.5 The off stump takes a beating and Foulkes has another. Inswinger that lands outside off and shapes back into Masekesa sharply. He plays all around it and the ball goes onto hit the top of off stump 78/7
    T Gwandu
    0
    4
    8
    0
    0
    0
    23.3 The middle stump has been flattened! Foulkes gets the ball to shape back sharply into Gwandu and he's got no answers to that. Goes for an on-the-up drive, is nowhere near it and the ball seams back sharply in between bat and pad to give Foulkes his fourth wicket 86/8
    B Muzarabani
    8
    11
    12
    0
    1
    72.72
    25.6 Muzarabani's fun is over and Foulkes has five on debut. These are the best-ever figures for a New Zealand bowler on Test debut. Goes short again and Muzarabani has another cross-batted swipe. This time he gets a top-edge and deep square leg takes a simple catch 98/9
    TL Chivanga
    0
    4
    12
    0
    0
    0
    28.1 Edged and snaffled at gully! Duffy's second Test wicket does wrap it up. This time he has kept his foot behind the line and New Zealand win by an innings and 359 runs, their biggest Test win! This was a full ball in the channel outside off, Chivanga looked to fend and the thick edge flew straight to the fielder. 117/10
    Extras
    16 (b 4, lb 10, nb 1, w 1)
    TOTAL
    117 all out (28.1 Overs, RR: 4.15, 140 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Brian Bennett, 0.3 ov), 2-11 (Brendan Taylor, 4.1 ov), 3-24 (Sean Williams, 5.5 ov), 4-49 (Craig Ervine, 14.5 ov), 5-54 (Sikandar Raza, 15.2 ov), 6-64 (Tafadzwa Tsiga, 17.5 ov), 7-78 (Vincent Masekesa, 21.5 ov), 8-86 (Trevor Gwandu, 23.3 ov), 9-98 (Blessing Muzarabani, 25.6 ov), 10-117 (Tanaka Chivanga, 28.1 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    MJ Henry731622.2800
    JA Duffy7.122823.911
    ZG Foulkes923754.1100
    MJ Fisher502214.400

Match Details

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Series

New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe

Toss

Zimbabwe , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

New ZealandDevon Conway

Player Of The Series

New ZealandMatt Henry

Series result

New Zealand won the 2-match series 2-0

Match number

Test no. 2599

Season

2025

Hours of play (local time)

10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00

Match days

7,8,9 August 2025 (5-day match)

Test debut

undefinedJacob DuffyundefinedZakary FoulkesundefinedMatthew Fisher

Umpires

PakistanAsif YaqoobEnglandAlex Wharf

TV Umpires

ZimbabweIknow Chabi

Reserve Umpire

ZimbabweLangton Rusere

Match Referee

Sri LankaRanjan Madugalle

Close of Play

  • Thu, 7 Aug - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 174/1 (DP Conway 79*, JA Duffy 8*, 39 ov)
  • Fri, 8 Aug - day 2 - New Zealand 1st innings 601/3 (HM Nicholls 150*, R Ravindra 165*, 130 ov)
  • Sat, 9 Aug - day 3 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 117 (28.1 ov) - end of match

Match Notes

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Zimbabwe 3rd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0BRM TaylorBJ Bennett
2nd11BRM TaylorNR Welch
3rd13SC WilliamsNR Welch
4th25CR ErvineNR Welch
5th5Sikandar RazaNR Welch
6th10NR WelchTE Tsiga
7th14NR WelchV Masekesa
8th8NR WelchT Gwandu
9th12NR WelchB Muzarabani
10th19NR WelchTL Chivanga