f63010 t2590	Zimbabwe v South Africa
	South Africa in Zimbabwe 2025 (1st Test)
Venue	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo on 28th, 29th, 30th June, 1st July 2025 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to bat
Result	South Africa won by 328 runs
Umpires	RK Illingworth (England), J Madanagopal (India)
TV umpire	F Mutizwa
Referee	RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire	L Rusere
Close of play day 1	South Africa (1) 418/9 (Bosch 100*, Maphaka 9*; 90 overs)
Close of play day 2	South Africa (2) 49/1 (de Zorzi 22*, Mulder 25*; 13 overs)
Close of play day 3	Zimbabwe (2) 32/1 (Masvaure 5*; 18.2 overs)
Player of the Match	LG Pretorius
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3, Innings 4

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
T de Zorzi	c Bennett b Chivanga	0	16	22	-	-	16
MP Breetzke	c Bennett b Chivanga	13	45	53	1	-	37
PWA Mulder	run out (Muzarabani)	17	47	70	1	-	35
DG Bedingham	c Ervine b Chivanga	0	3	5	-	-	3
LG Pretorius	c Masakadza b Chivanga	153	160	198	11	4	78
DT Brevis	c Chivanga b Muzarabani	51	41	65	3	4	20
+K Verreynne	c Ervine b Masakadza	10	16	19	2	-	12
C Bosch	not out	100	124	180	10	-	66
*KA Maharaj	c Bennett b Masekesa	21	30	34	1	2	23
CE Yusuf	c Williams b Muzarabani	27	49	42	5	-	40
KT Maphaka	not out	9	12	25	-	1	9
Extras	(14 lb, 3 nb)	17
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 90 overs)	418
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (de Zorzi, 5.4 ov), 2-21 (Breetzke, 12.6 ov), 3-23 (Bedingham, 14.2 ov), 4-55 (Mulder, 22.3 ov), 5-150 (Brevis, 36.5 ov), 6-181 (Verreynne, 41.4 ov), 7-289 (Pretorius, 64.2 ov), 8-330 (Maharaj, 73.2 ov), 9-389 (Yusuf, 84.6 ov)

Zimbabwe bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Muzarabani	20	7	59	2	-	1	96	9	-
Masakadza	30	2	109	1	-	-	107	7	1
Chivanga	16	2	83	4	-	2	58	8	1
Masekesa	13	1	97	1	-	-	39	7	6
Bennett	9	0	46	0	-	-	29	3	2
Madhevere	2	0	10	0	-	-	8	-	1

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Zimbabwe first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
BJ Bennett	retired hurt	19	28	35	4	-	21
T Kaitano	c de Zorzi b Yusuf	0	1	3	-	-	1
NR Welch	c Verreynne b Yusuf	4	5	15	1	-	4
SC Williams	st Verreynne b Maharaj	137	164	264	16	-	89
*CR Ervine	st Verreynne b Maharaj	36	90	106	4	-	69
WN Madhevere	lbw b Mulder	15	25	36	-	1	18
PS Masvaure	c Verreynne b Mulder	7	9	19	-	-	3
+TE Tsiga	c Yusuf b Mulder	9	8	10	2	-	5
WP Masakadza	c Verreynne b Yusuf	4	23	25	1	-	22
VR Masekesa	not out	11	43	55	1	-	36
B Muzarabani	b Mulder	0	8	6	-	-	8
LT Chivanga	c Maphaka b Maharaj	0	3	2	-	-	3
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	9
Total	(all out, 67.4 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Kaitano, 0.5 ov), 2-23 (Welch, 4.1 ov), 3-119 (Ervine, 33.4 ov), 4-167 (Madhevere, 42.5 ov), 5-185 (Masvaure, 46.3 ov), 6-201 (Tsiga, 48.6 ov), 7-217 (Masakadza, 54.6 ov), 8-249 (Williams, 65.2 ov), 9-250 (Muzarabani, 66.6 ov), 10-251 (Chivanga, 67.4 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Yusuf	14	2	42	3	-	1	60	5	-
Maphaka	12	1	52	0	1	-	50	9	-
Mulder	16	2	50	4	1	-	67	5	-
Bosch	9	1	31	0	-	-	41	4	-
Maharaj	16.4	1	70	3	-	-	60	6	1

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South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
MP Breetzke	c Madhevere b Chivanga	1	6	5	-	-	5
T de Zorzi	c Williams b Chivanga	31	35	79	3	-	18
PWA Mulder	c Kaitano b Madhevere	147	206	233	17	2	134
DG Bedingham	c Williams b Masakadza	35	39	50	4	1	22
LG Pretorius	b Masekesa	4	6	5	-	-	4
DT Brevis	b Masekesa	3	9	13	-	-	6
+K Verreynne	c Ervine b Masakadza	36	56	87	3	-	34
C Bosch	b Masakadza	36	41	67	4	-	20
*KA Maharaj	b Masakadza	51	70	71	4	1	46
CE Yusuf	not out	8	17	23	1	-	12
KT Maphaka	b Muzarabani	8	14	18	-	1	11
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	9
Total	(all out, 82.5 overs)	369
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Breetzke, 1.2 ov), 2-64 (de Zorzi, 18.1 ov), 3-136 (Bedingham, 32.1 ov), 4-141 (Pretorius, 33.5 ov), 5-155 (Brevis, 37.1 ov), 6-259 (Mulder, 58.6 ov), 7-259 (Verreynne, 59.3 ov), 8-351 (Bosch, 77.4 ov), 9-352 (Maharaj, 79.1 ov), 10-369 (Maphaka, 82.5 ov)

Zimbabwe bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Muzarabani	11.5	1	38	1	1	1	53	3	1
Chivanga	16	0	76	2	1	1	59	10	-
Masakadza	22	0	98	4	-	-	82	7	3
Madhevere	10	1	35	1	-	-	41	4	-
Masekesa	23	1	117	2	-	-	75	12	1

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Zimbabwe second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
T Kaitano	c Pretorius b Bosch	12	62	71	-	-	54
PS Masvaure	c Mulder b Yusuf	12	76	98	1	-	68
NR Welch	c de Zorzi b Bosch	0	1	1	-	-	1
SC Williams	c Verreynne b Bosch	26	18	21	5	-	9
*CR Ervine	c de Zorzi b Bosch	49	77	107	7	-	52
WN Madhevere	c Verreynne b Yusuf	0	8	8	-	-	8
+TE Tsiga	c Bosch b Yusuf	0	4	7	-	-	4
WP Masakadza	c Mulder b Maharaj	57	92	102	9	-	69
VR Masekesa	b Bosch	3	10	10	-	-	8
B Muzarabani	not out	32	29	37	4	2	20
LT Chivanga	st Verreynne b Brevis	1	22	23	-	-	21
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 6 w)	16
Total	(all out, 66.2 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-32 (Kaitano, 18.2 ov), 2-32 (Welch, 18.3 ov), 3-64 (Williams, 24.2 ov), 4-68 (Masvaure, 28.1 ov), 5-72 (Madhevere, 30.3 ov), 6-82 (Tsiga, 32.2 ov), 7-165 (Ervine, 52.5 ov), 8-173 (Masekesa, 56.1 ov), 9-181 (Masakadza, 59.4 ov), 10-208 (Chivanga, 66.2 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Yusuf	9	3	22	3	-	-	44	2	-
Mulder	7	2	13	0	-	-	36	2	-
Maphaka	10	3	28	0	1	1	48	3	-
Maharaj	24	7	71	1	-	-	113	10	1
Bosch	12	2	43	5	1	-	54	6	-
Brevis	4.2	0	22	1	-	-	18	3	1

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> Zimbabwe full substitute: PS Masvaure for BJ Bennett (after 27 overs of the Zimbabwe first innings) (concussion)
--> Day 1 Lunch: South Africa (1) 90/4 (Pretorius 44*, Brevis 10*; 28 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: South Africa (1) 248/6 (Pretorius 128*, Bosch 22*; 59 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Zimbabwe (1) 94/2 (Williams 45*, Ervine 24*; 27 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Zimbabwe (1) 212/6 (Williams 114*, Masakadza 4*; 54 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: South Africa (2) 185/5 (Mulder 104*, Verreynne 5*; 43 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: South Africa (2) 336/7 (Bosch 32*, Maharaj 40*; 74 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Zimbabwe (2) 150/6 (Ervine 41*, Masakadza 43*; 49 overs)
--> South Africa first innings: 50 in 21.6 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 100 in 29.2 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 150 in 36.2 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 200 in 47.4 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 250 in 59.6 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 300 in 67.4 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 350 in 77.6 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 400 in 87.6 overs
--> Zimbabwe first innings: 50 in 12.1 overs
--> Zimbabwe first innings: 100 in 29.6 overs
--> Zimbabwe first innings: 150 in 37.3 overs
--> Zimbabwe first innings: 200 in 48.4 overs
--> Zimbabwe first innings: 250 in 66.2 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 50 in 13.3 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 100 in 23.5 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 150 in 36.1 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 200 in 45.5 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 250 in 56.3 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 300 in 67.2 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 350 in 77.1 overs
--> Zimbabwe second innings: 50 in 20.5 overs
--> Zimbabwe second innings: 100 in 36.1 overs
--> Zimbabwe second innings: 150 in 48.3 overs
--> Zimbabwe second innings: 200 in 65.2 overs
--> LG Pretorius made his debut in Test matches
--> DT Brevis made his debut in Test matches
--> CE Yusuf made his debut in Test matches
--> MP Breetzke made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MP Breetzke made his last appearance in Test matches
--> KA Maharaj made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> KA Maharaj made his last appearance in Test matches
--> KT Maphaka made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> KT Maphaka made his last appearance in Test matches
--> PS Masvaure made his last appearance in Test matches
--> PS Masvaure made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> LG Pretorius (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> LG Pretorius (1) 50 in 53 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> LG Pretorius (1) 100 in 112 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes
--> LG Pretorius (1) passed his previous highest score of 120 in First-Class matches
--> LG Pretorius (1) 150 in 157 balls with 11 fours and 4 sixes
--> LG Pretorius (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> DT Brevis (1) 50 in 38 balls with 3 fours and 4 sixes
--> C Bosch (1) 50 in 77 balls with 5 fours
--> C Bosch (1) passed his previous highest score of 81 in First-Class matches
--> C Bosch (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> C Bosch (1) passed his previous highest score of 81 in Test matches
--> C Bosch (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> C Bosch (1) 100 in 124 balls with 10 fours
--> SC Williams (1) 50 in 74 balls with 6 fours
--> SC Williams (1) 100 in 122 balls with 12 fours
--> SC Williams (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 114
--> PWA Mulder (2) 50 in 89 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> PWA Mulder (2) 100 in 149 balls with 13 fours and 1 six
--> PWA Mulder (2) passed his previous highest score of 105 in Test matches
--> PWA Mulder (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 107
--> C Bosch (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> KA Maharaj (2) 50 in 64 balls with 4 fours and 1 six
--> CR Ervine (2) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> WP Masakadza (2) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Test matches
--> WP Masakadza (2) 50 in 68 balls with 8 fours
--> B Muzarabani (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> VR Masekesa made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> DT Brevis made his debut in Zimbabwe in First-Class matches
--> KT Maphaka made his debut in Zimbabwe in First-Class matches
--> KT Maphaka made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> LG Pretorius made his debut in Zimbabwe in First-Class matches
--> C Bosch made his debut in Zimbabwe in First-Class matches
--> C Bosch made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> DG Bedingham made his debut in Zimbabwe in First-Class matches
--> DG Bedingham made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> K Verreynne made his debut in Zimbabwe in First-Class matches
--> K Verreynne made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> MP Breetzke made his debut in Zimbabwe in First-Class matches
--> MP Breetzke made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> PWA Mulder made his debut in Zimbabwe in First-Class matches
--> PWA Mulder made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> T de Zorzi made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> CE Yusuf made his debut in Zimbabwe in First-Class matches
--> KA Maharaj made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> LT Chivanga achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed LG Pretorius in the South Africa first innings (previous best was 3-39)
--> KA Maharaj reached 200 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed CR Ervine, his 1st wicket in the Zimbabwe first innings
--> PWA Mulder reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed TE Tsiga, his 3rd wicket in the Zimbabwe first innings
--> WP Masakadza reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed C Bosch, his 3rd wicket in the South Africa second innings
--> WP Masakadza achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed KA Maharaj in the South Africa second innings (previous best was 3-21)
--> C Bosch achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed VR Masekesa in the Zimbabwe second innings (previous best was 4-63)
--> C Bosch achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the Zimbabwe second innings
--> C Bosch achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Zimbabwe second innings (previous best was 5-69)
--> LG Pretorius (28) and DT Brevis (21) added 50 in 46 balls for the South Africa 5th wicket in the first innings
--> LG Pretorius (32) and C Bosch (18) added 50 in 85 balls for the South Africa 7th wicket in the first innings
--> LG Pretorius (69) and C Bosch (34) added 100 in 130 balls for the South Africa 7th wicket in the first innings
--> C Bosch (26) and CE Yusuf (19) added 50 in 61 balls for the South Africa 9th wicket in the first innings
--> SC Williams (33) and CR Ervine (16) added 50 in 90 balls for the Zimbabwe 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> T de Zorzi (24) and PWA Mulder (25) added 50 in 78 balls for the South Africa 2nd wicket in the second innings
--> PWA Mulder (31) and DG Bedingham (19) added 50 in 51 balls for the South Africa 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> PWA Mulder (38) and K Verreynne (12) added 50 in 58 balls for the South Africa 6th wicket in the second innings
--> PWA Mulder (68) and K Verreynne (34) added 100 in 120 balls for the South Africa 6th wicket in the second innings
--> C Bosch (19) and KA Maharaj (27) added 50 in 53 balls for the South Africa 8th wicket in the second innings
--> CR Ervine (14) and WP Masakadza (38) added 50 in 55 balls for the Zimbabwe 7th wicket in the second innings
--> BJ Bennett retired hurt in the Zimbabwe first innings having scored 19 (team score 28/2)

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