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New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe, 2025, Zimbabwe vs New Zealand, 1st Test, Day 2, Match Update, Zimbabwe Trail By 127 Runs

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New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe, 2025, Zimbabwe vs New Zealand, 1st Test, Day 2, Match Update, Zimbabwe Trail By 127 Runs

Zimbabwe 149 & 31/2

New Zealand 307

Zimbabwe Trail By 127 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	M	4s	6s	SR
Will Young	c Welch b Muzarabani	41	70	116	4	0	58.57
Devon Conway	c Bennett b Chivanga	88	170	247	12	0	51.76
Henry Nicholls	c Bennett b Muzarabani	34	56	85	6	0	60.71
Rachin Ravindra	c Ervine b Sikandar Raza	2	10	12	0	0	20.00
Daryl Mitchell	b Nyamhuri	80	119	224	5	1	67.22
Tom Blundell †	c Williams b Chivanga	2	6	9	0	0	33.33
Michael Bracewell	c †Tsiga b Muzarabani	9	23	24	1	0	39.13
Mitchell Santner (c)	c & b Masekesa	19	30	42	1	0	63.33
Nathan Smith	retired hurt	22	79	98	1	0	27.84
Matt Henry	b Williams	5	10	10	1	0	50.00
Will O’Rourke	not out	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 4, w 1)	5
Total	96.1 Ov (RR: 3.19)	307

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Blessing Muzarabani	26	5	73	3	2.80	0	0
Tanaka Chivanga	18	3	51	2	2.83	1	0
Newman Nyamhuri	16.1	2	64	1	3.95	0	0
Sikandar Raza	20	2	63	1	3.15	0	0
Sean Williams	7	1	23	1	3.28	0	0
Vincent Masekesa	9	1	29	1	3.22	0	0

Zimbabwe2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Brian Bennett	c †Blundell b O'Rourke	18	21	4	0	85.71
Ben Curran	c O'Rourke b Henry	11	26	2	0	42.30
Nick Welch	not out	2	18	0	0	11.11
Vincent Masekesa	not out	0	13	0	0	0.00
Extras		0
Total	13 Ov (RR: 2.38)	31/2

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Matt Henry	4	0	11	1	2.75	0	0
Will O’Rourke	4	1	18	1	4.50	0	0
Michael Bracewell	3	2	1	0	0.33	0	0
Mitchell Santner	2	1	1	0	0.50	0	0

Match Flow

Day 2

New Zealand: 100 runs in 29.1 overs (175 balls), Extras 1
Drinks: New Zealand - 125/1 in 38.0 overs (DP Conway 71, HM Nicholls 12)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 88 balls (DP Conway 25, HM Nicholls 24, Ex 1)
New Zealand: 150 runs in 42.1 overs (253 balls), Extras 1
Lunch: New Zealand - 174/3 in 52.0 overs (DP Conway 87, DJ Mitchell 9)
New Zealand: 200 runs in 62.2 overs (374 balls), Extras 3
Drinks: New Zealand - 209/6 in 66.0 overs (DJ Mitchell 24, MJ Santner 6)
New Zealand: 250 runs in 75.4 overs (454 balls), Extras 3
Tea: New Zealand - 254/7 in 79.0 overs (DJ Mitchell 48, NG Smith 8)
New ball taken at 80.1 overs
DJ Mitchell: 50 off 85 balls (4 x 4)
8th Wicket: 50 runs in 101 balls (DJ Mitchell 30, NG Smith 19, Ex 1)
Drinks: New Zealand - 294/7 in 92.3 overs (DJ Mitchell 73, NG Smith 22)
NG Smith retired hurt at 294/7 (22, 92.6 overs)
New Zealand: 300 runs in 94.2 overs (566 balls), Extras 5
Innings Break: New Zealand - 307/9 in 96.1 overs (W O'Rourke 0)
End Of Day: Zimbabwe - 31/2 in 13.0 overs (NR Welch 2, V Masekesa 0)