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New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe, 2025, Zimbabwe vs New Zealand, 1st Test, Day 1, Match Update, New Zealand Trail By 57 Runs

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New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe, 2025, Zimbabwe vs New Zealand, 1st Test, Day 1, Match Update, New Zealand Trail By 57 Runs

Zimbabwe 149

New Zealand 92/0

New Zealand Trail By 57 Runs

Zimbabwe1st 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	65.00
Nick Welch	c Bracewell b Henry	27	68	104	4	0	39.70
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	45.00
Vincent Masekesa	run out (Conway/†Blundell)	7	22	24	0	0	31.81
Blessing Muzarabani	c Santner b Henry	1	8	16	0	0	12.50
Tanaka Chivanga	not out	0	4	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, w 7)	13
Total	60.3 Ov (RR: 2.46)	149

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	2.00	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	6.00	0	0

New Zealand1st Innings

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Will Young	not out	41	69	4	0	59.42
Devon Conway	not out	51	87	8	0	58.62
Extras		0
Total	26 Ov (RR: 3.53)	92/0

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Blessing Muzarabani	8	3	25	0	3.12	0	0
Tanaka Chivanga	4	0	23	0	5.75	0	0
Newman Nyamhuri	6	2	18	0	3.00	0	0
Sikandar Raza	5	1	13	0	2.60	0	0
Sean Williams	2	0	11	0	5.50	0	0
Vincent Masekesa	1	0	2	0	2.00	0	0

Match Flow

Day 1

Drinks: Zimbabwe - 31/3 in 13.0 overs (NR Welch 4, CR Ervine 0)
Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 23.1 overs (139 balls), Extras 6
Lunch: Zimbabwe - 67/4 in 26.2 overs (CR Ervine 13)
Drinks: Zimbabwe - 96/5 in 42.0 overs (CR Ervine 24, TE Tsiga 16)
Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 43.1 overs (259 balls), Extras 8
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 132 balls (CR Ervine 25, TE Tsiga 19, Ex 6)
Tea: Zimbabwe - 138/7 in 55.0 overs (NT Nyamhuri 6, V Masekesa 1)
Innings Break: Zimbabwe - 149/10 in 60.3 overs (TL Chivanga 0)
Drinks: New Zealand - 45/0 in 12.0 overs (WA Young 21, DP Conway 24)
New Zealand: 50 runs in 13.4 overs (82 balls), Extras 0
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls (WA Young 22, DP Conway 28, Ex 0)
DP Conway: 50 off 83 balls (8 x 4)
End Of Day: New Zealand - 92/0 in 26.0 overs (WA Young 41, DP Conway 51)