NZ vs zim: Zimbabwe pile due to Matte Henry’s deadly bowling, New Zealand won the first Test in two and a half days and took a 1-0 lead
NZ vs Zim 1st Test Highlights: New Zealand defeated Zimbabwe in two and a half days against Zimbabwe, defeating Zimbabwe, Matt Henry was the hero of the match with 9 wickets. After New Zealand gained 158 runs in the first innings, Zimbabwe did not get relief even in the second innings, Matt Henry, Santner and O’Rurek also cleaned Zimbabwe’s batsmen in the second innings. New Zealand easily took a 1-0 lead in the series by achieving the target of just 8 runs in the second innings.
New Zealand took a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series in just two and a half days in the first Test match played against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo against Zimbabwe on Friday, 1 August. In this match played at the Queen Sports Club, fast bowler Matt Henry was the hero of New Zealand who took a total of 9 wickets in the match.
From the beginning of the match, New Zealand started tightening Zimbabwe. On the first day, Zimbabwe’s first innings was reduced to just 149 runs, in which Henry took 6/39 and Nathan Smith took 3 wickets.
In response, New Zealand scored 307 runs in the second innings in the second innings thanks to the brilliant innings of Devon Conway (88) and Daril Mitchell (80) and took a big lead of 158 runs in the first innings.
On the third day on Friday, Zimbabwe started playing ahead 31/2 but could not stand in front of New Zealand’s bowling once again. Sean Williams definitely played a militant innings of 49 runs but the entire team was reduced to 165 runs. Will O’Rurek took 3 wickets and Santner took 4 wickets, while Henry also completed a total of 9 wickets in the match with 3 wickets in the second innings.
New Zealand got a target of only 8 runs to win in his second innings, which he achieved by losing one wicket.
