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New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe, 2025, Zimbabwe vs New Zealand, 1st Test, Day 3, Match Result, New Zealand Won By 9 Wickets

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New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe, 2025, Zimbabwe vs New Zealand, 1st Test, Day 3, Match Result, New Zealand Won By 9 Wickets

Zimbabwe 149 & 165

New Zealand 307 & 8/1

New Zealand Won By 9 Wickets

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	M	4s	6s	SR
Brian Bennett	c †Blundell b O'Rourke	18	21	36	4	0	85.71
Ben Curran	c O'Rourke b Henry	11	26	31	2	0	42.30
Nick Welch	c †Blundell b O'Rourke	4	32	44	0	0	12.50
Vincent Masekesa	c Ravindra b O'Rourke	2	40	58	0	0	5.00
Sean Williams	c †Blundell b Santner	49	66	89	6	0	74.24
Craig Ervine (c)	c †Blundell b Henry	22	53	76	3	0	41.50
Sikandar Raza	c Ravindra b Henry	5	22	28	1	0	22.72
Tafadzwa Tsiga †	c Conway b Santner	27	83	100	2	0	32.53
Newman Nyamhuri	b Santner	1	9	11	0	0	11.11
Blessing Muzarabani	c sub (AY Patel) b Santner	19	38	50	3	0	50.00
Tanaka Chivanga	not out	0	13	14	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 1)	7
Total	67.1 Ov (RR: 2.45)	165

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Matt Henry	21	5	51	3	2.42	0	0
Will O’Rourke	10	4	28	3	2.80	0	0
Michael Bracewell	15	2	42	0	2.80	0	0
Mitchell Santner	17.1	6	27	4	1.57	0	0
Daryl Mitchell	4	1	10	0	2.50	0	0

New Zealand2nd Innings (Target:- 8 Runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Devon Conway	b Nyamhuri	4	6	2	1	0	66.66
Will Young	not out	0	6	7	0	0	0.00
Henry Nicholls	not out	4	2	4	1	0	200.00
Extras		0
Total	2.2 Ov (RR: 3.42)	8/1

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Newman Nyamhuri	1.2	0	8	1	6.00	0	0
Sean Williams	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0

Match Flow

Day 3

Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 21.2 overs (128 balls), Extras 4
Drinks: Zimbabwe - 76/4 in 27.0 overs (SC Williams 24, CR Ervine 13)
Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 35.6 overs (216 balls), Extras 4
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 85 balls (SC Williams 28, CR Ervine 22, Ex 0)
Lunch: Zimbabwe - 114/6 in 42.0 overs (Sikandar Raza 4, TE Tsiga 0)
Drinks: Zimbabwe - 143/8 in 57.0 overs (TE Tsiga 16, B Muzarabani 8)
Zimbabwe: 150 runs in 60.4 overs (364 balls), Extras 7
Tea: Zimbabwe - 165/10 in 67.1 overs (TL Chivanga 0)