Zimbabwe vs New Zealand Summary
Zimbabwe vs New Zealand, 2nd Test, Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, 07 August 2025 - Summary
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New Zealand beat Zimbabwe by an innings and 359 runs
Match Ended - New Zealand beat Zimbabwe by an innings and 359 runs
Over 
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Over 
24th 
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Over 
25th 
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6
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Over 
26th 
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Over 
27th 
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  = 12     | 
Over 
28th 
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Devon Conway

Devon Conway

Player Of
The Match

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CRR: 4.15

Commentary

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23.1
0
Zakary Foulkes to Trevor Gwandu
Just outside the off stump, on a good length, Trevor solidly blocks it out.
23.2
0
Zakary Foulkes to Trevor Gwandu
On a length, outside off, Trevor Gwandu leans forward and fends it down.
23.3
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Zakary Foulkes to Trevor Gwandu
OUT! TIMBER! Zakary Foulkes has his fourth wicket! The debutant is now just a wicket away from what will be his maiden five-wicket haul in the format. Pitched up, moving back in off the deck, Gwandu leans ahead and goes for the big drive. Leaves a yawning gap between the bat and the pad. The ball nips back in and goes past the inside edge to uproot the middle pole.
23.4
0
Zakary Foulkes to Blessing Muzarabani
Nagging length, outside off, Blessing Muzarabani gives it a watchful leave.
23.5
0
Zakary Foulkes to Blessing Muzarabani
At the stumps, full in length, Blessing Muzarabani eases it back to the bowler.
23.6
0
Zakary Foulkes to Blessing Muzarabani
HOW DID THAT MISS THE STUMPS? Spears in on a good length, shapes away from the batter, and beats the outside edge and goes just above the off stump on the way to the keeper as Blessing pushes at the delivery.
24.1
2
Jacob Duffy to Nick Welch
Shaping away, on a length, Welch presses forward and caresses it to the right of deep point for a couple of runs.
24.2
0
Jacob Duffy to Nick Welch
On the pads, lands it on a length, Nick Welch looks to clip that away fine down the leg side but misses, as the ball hits him on the thigh and rolls down to fine leg for a leg bye.
24.3
0
Jacob Duffy to Blessing Muzarabani
On off, on a back of a length, Blessing Muzarabani pats it down on the off side.
24.4
0
Jacob Duffy to Blessing Muzarabani
Fuller this time, shaping into the batter, on the pads, Blessing Muzarabani stays at the crease and looks to play that away without any footwork, ending up wearing on the front pad.
24.5
0
Jacob Duffy to Blessing Muzarabani
Serves it on a good length, on off, Blessing Muzarabani plays it on the rise to the left of the bowler. Jacob Duffy cuts it off on his follow-through.
24.6
0
Jacob Duffy to Blessing Muzarabani
Bowls on a shorter length, angling on the thigh pad, Blessing Muzarabani does well to flick that away to deep fine for a single off the last delivery.
25.1
0
Zakary Foulkes to Nick Welch
This is on a hard length, a bit of lift off the deck, around off, Nick tries to get closer to the line and fend it down. Gets beaten on the outside edge.
25.2
1
Zakary Foulkes to Nick Welch
Overpitched delivery, on off, Nick Welch drives it firmly towards the left of mid off to set off for a quick single.
25.3
0
Zakary Foulkes to Blessing Muzarabani
Banged into the deck, at the bodyline of the batter, Blessing Muzarabani ducks under it.
25.4
6
Zakary Foulkes to Blessing Muzarabani
SIX! Where did that come from? Dishes it on a shorter length, down the hips. Blessing Muzarabani uses his height and rides on top of the bounce and flat bats to go over the deep mid-wicket fence for a huge six.
25.5
2
Zakary Foulkes to Blessing Muzarabani
High but not long enough! On a length, on middle, Blessing clears his front leg and swings for the hills. Gets height but not the distance and it lands in front of the fence in the mid-wicket region. Two runs taken.
25.6
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Zakary Foulkes to Blessing Muzarabani
OUT! CAUGHT! Five wickets for Zakary Foulkes on Test debut! Foulkes goes into the surface, over middle, Blessing clears his front leg and tries to take on the short ball. The ball gets big on him and a top edge is found. It gets skied towards deep square leg where Mitchell Santner runs to his left and takes a safe catch. Foulkes has 9 wickets in the game and these are now the best figures for a debutant from New Zealand on Test debut.
26.1
0
Jacob Duffy to Nick Welch
On a good length, on off, Welch taps it down on the off side.
26.2
0
Jacob Duffy to Nick Welch
Bowls it on a good length, outside off, Nick Welch looks to heave that away on the leg side, but fails to make any connection. Tom Blundell gets a hand on it with a dive to his left.
26.3
4
Jacob Duffy to Nick Welch
FOUR! Punished! Short and wide on off, Nick Welch stands tall and cracks it to the left of deep point for a single. This brings up the 100 for Zimbabwe!
26.4
0
Jacob Duffy to Nick Welch
Wide! Bangs it too short and wide down the leg side, Nick Welch does not bother to play that, and Tom Blundell does well behind the stumps to get a hand on it. A bye is taken, as the ball rolls past behind him.
26.4
1
Jacob Duffy to Nick Welch
On a length, on off, Welch backs away to go big on the off side. Slices it across to the left of cover for a single.
26.5
0
Jacob Duffy to Tanaka Chivanga
At the stumps, on the fuller side, Tanaka Chivanga blocks it out.
26.6
0
Jacob Duffy to Tanaka Chivanga
Taken at short leg and that's that for Zimbabwe! Or is it? The front foot is being checked. The celebrations will have to wait as Jacob Duffy has overstepped. NO BALL given. Angled into the right-hander, on middle and leg, on a length, Tanaka gets forward for the block but the ball kicks up a bit and nips back to rap him on the glove. It deflects off the glove and goes straight into the waiting hands of the man at short leg.
26.6
0
Jacob Duffy to Tanaka Chivanga
Bowls it on a length, outside off, Tanaka Chivanga lets it go past.
27.1
0
Zakary Foulkes to Nick Welch
Full and outside off, Nick Welch lets it go.
27.2
0
Zakary Foulkes to Nick Welch
Errs in the line this time! Bowls it short, sprays down leg, Nick Welch shuffles across and shapes to pull that away, but changes his mind in the end and leaves.
27.3
0
Zakary Foulkes to Nick Welch
Around the off stump, on a good length, Welch gets closer to the line and blocks it out.
27.4
4
Zakary Foulkes to Nick Welch
FOUR! Straight over the bowler's head! Keeps it on a full length, in the hitting arc of Nick Welch, at the stumps, as he swats that away uppishly with the full face of the blade to long on fence. The ball drops just inside the boundary rope for four runs.
27.5
4
Zakary Foulkes to Nick Welch
FOUR! Agricultural! On a length, outside the off stump, Welch walks down the track and across his stumps. Nick has a hack across the line and drags it off the inner half to the left of the diving mid-wicket fielder for a boundary.
27.6
4
Zakary Foulkes to Nick Welch
FOUR! Make that three in a row for Nick Welch! Foulkes bowls a slower one, lands it on a length, around off. Nick Welch picks the slower one, and he gets on one knee to sweep that across in the gap between deep square leg and deep mid-wicket.
28.1
W
Jacob Duffy to Tanaka Chivanga
OUT! TAKEN! Jacob Duffy's foot is behind the line this time and it is all over for Zimbabwe! Bowls it on a good length, around the off stump, Tanaka jabs at the ball with hard hands as he looks to go back past the bowler. Gets an outside edge that goes quickly to gully. Devon Conway gets both hands over his head and takes a sharp catch at gully. Zimbabwe have been bowled out for 117. New Zealand win by an innings and 359 runs!