New Zealand in Zimbabwe, 2 Test Series, 2025 |1st Test |7/30/2025 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
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4
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BATSMAN
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B
4s
6s
SR
Sean Williams
17
14
2
0
121.43
Craig Ervine (C) *
12
17
2
0
70.59
BOWLERS
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M
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W
ECON
Matt Henry *
9.6
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34
1
3.54
Will O'Rourke
10
4
28
3
2.80
Commentary
24.6
0
Matt Henry to Craig Ervine, No run.
24.5
1
Matt Henry to Sean Williams, In the air but falls safely!
24.4
1
Matt Henry to Craig Ervine, Hard length and around middle, Craig Ervine swivels and pulls it to deep square leg for one.
24.3
0
Matt Henry to Craig Ervine, Short-pitched, around middle, Craig Ervine rides the bounce and blocks it.
24.2
0
Matt Henry to Craig Ervine, Back of a length and around off, Craig presses back and drops it down beside the pitch on the off side.
24.1
4
Matt Henry to Craig Ervine, FOUR! Splendid shot! Full and around off, Craig Ervine comes forward and presents a full face of the bat. He plays it with soft hands and with great balance. Beats the diving bowler to his left and also the mid on is wide. The ball races away to long on fence for a boundary.
END OF OVER 24 | 1 Runs & 0 Wkt | ZIM 62/4
23.6
1
Will O'Rourke to Craig Ervine, Brings this one back, on a length and around middle, a bit faster also than the previous one, Craig Ervine gets a bit surprised but plays out with a straight bat. The ball goes off the inner half of the bat to deep fine leg. A single taken.
23.5
0
Will O'Rourke to Craig Ervine, On a good length and over off, Craig Ervine presses back and defends it.
23.4
0
Will O'Rourke to Craig Ervine, Pitches it up this time and around off, Craig Ervine comes forward and looks to defend it but gets it off the inner half of the bat towards short leg.
23.3
0
Will O'Rourke to Craig Ervine, Short of a length and outside off, moving away, Craig Ervine lets it go again.
23.2
0
Will O'Rourke to Craig Ervine, Back of a length and just outside off, Craig Ervine presses back and holds his bat close to his body to leave it.
23.1
0
Will O'Rourke to Craig Ervine, On a length and just outside off, Craig lets it go.
END OF OVER 23 | 7 Runs & 0 Wkt | ZIM 61/4
22.6
2
Matt Henry to Sean Williams, Short of a length and around middle, Sean Williams swivels on his toes, and pulls it down to deep mid-wicket. The deep square leg fielder moves to his right and cuts it off but both batters take two runs.
22.5
1
Matt Henry to Craig Ervine, On a good length and on the pads again, Ervine tucks it towards square leg for one.
22.4
0
Matt Henry to Craig Ervine, On the pads, pushed back to the bowler off the front foot.
22.3
4
Matt Henry to Craig Ervine, FOUR! This is a brilliant shot! A tad full delivery and around off, Craig Ervine plants his front leg forward, gets to the pitch of the ball, and drives it to the right of mid on for a boundary.
22.2
0
Matt Henry to Craig Ervine, Full and around off, moving away from there, Craig Ervine comes forward again and looks to push it but gets beaten on the outside edge.
22.1
0
Matt Henry to Craig Ervine, FALLS SHORT! A bit fuller and around off, angling away, Craig Ervine comes forward to defend it but gets an outside edge that goes towards the second slip but falls down ahead of the fielder there, who gets his left hand on it and the ball has been grabbed by third slip.
END OF OVER 22 | 12 Runs & 1 Wkt | ZIM 54/4
21.6
1
Will O'Rourke to Craig Ervine, Angling in, full and around off, Craig nudges it towards square leg and gets one run to open his account.
The skipper, Craig Ervine, comes out to bat at number six.
21.5
W
Will O'Rourke to Vincent Masekesa, OUT! CAUGHT! Will O'Rourke gets his third, and Zimbabwe are four down! O'Rourke bowls it on the shorter side and gets it to angle into the body of the batter, around middle. Vincent Masekesa gets cramped up as the ball follows him. He tries to get away from it by bringing his bat in front of his left shoulder but gets a bit late. The ball hits him on the gloves and lobs up towards short leg. Rachin Ravindra is alert over there as he moves forward, full stretch and plucks it just above the ground. A pretty good catch with good reflexes and the nightwatchman has to walk back.
21.4
0
Will O'Rourke to Vincent Masekesa, Full and outside off, dabbed down to backward point off the back foot.