TestNo. 2590Men

South Africa v Zimbabwe

South Africa won by 328 runs

South Africa tour of Zimbabwe, Match 128 June 2025 to 1 July 2025Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

South Africabatted first

418/9d & 36982.5 ov

Zimbabwe

251 & 20866.2 ov

South Africa won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match LG Pretorius

South Africa innings

418/9d90 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
T de Zorzi	c BJ Bennett b TL Chivanga	0	16	0	0	0.0
MP Breetzke	c BJ Bennett b TL Chivanga	13	45	1	0	28.9
PWA Mulder	run out (B Muzarabani)	17	47	1	0	36.2
DG Bedingham	c CR Ervine b TL Chivanga	0	3	0	0	0.0
LG Pretorius	c WP Masakadza b TL Chivanga	153	160	11	4	95.6
D Brevis	c TL Chivanga b B Muzarabani	51	41	3	4	124.4
K Verreynne	c CR Ervine b WP Masakadza	10	16	2	0	62.5
C Bosch	not out	100*	124	10	0	80.6
KA Maharaj	c BJ Bennett b V Masekesa	21	30	1	2	70.0
Codi Yusuf	c SC Williams b B Muzarabani	27	49	5	0	55.1
KT Maphaka	not out	9*	12	0	1	75.0
Extras	lb 14, nb 3	17
Total	9 wickets, 90 overs, run rate 4.64	418

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 420

1-3 T de Zorzi2-21 MP Breetzke3-23 DG Bedingham4-55 PWA Mulder5-150 D Brevis6-181 K Verreynne7-289 LG Pretorius8-330 KA Maharaj9-389 Codi Yusuf

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
B Muzarabani	20	7	59	2	2.95	92	9	0	1
WP Masakadza	30	2	109	1	3.63	107	7	1	0
TL Chivanga	16	2	83	4	5.19	57	8	1	2
V Masekesa	13	1	97	1	7.46	39	7	6	0
BJ Bennett	9	0	46	0	5.11	29	3	2	0
W Madhevere	2	0	10	0	5.00	6	0	1	0

Zimbabwe innings

25167.4 ov

Zimbabwe batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
BJ Bennett	retired hurt	19*	28	4	0	67.9
T Kaitano	c T de Zorzi b Codi Yusuf	0	1	0	0	0.0
NR Welch	c K Verreynne b Codi Yusuf	4	5	1	0	80.0
SC Williams	st K Verreynne b KA Maharaj	137	164	16	0	83.5
CR Ervine	st K Verreynne b KA Maharaj	36	90	4	0	40.0
W Madhevere	lbw b PWA Mulder	15	25	0	1	60.0
PS Masvaure	c K Verreynne b PWA Mulder	7	9	0	0	77.8
TE Tsiga	c Codi Yusuf b PWA Mulder	9	8	2	0	112.5
WP Masakadza	c K Verreynne b Codi Yusuf	4	23	1	0	17.4
V Masekesa	not out	11*	43	1	0	25.6
B Muzarabani	b PWA Mulder	0	8	0	0	0.0
TL Chivanga	c KT Maphaka b KA Maharaj	0	3	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 6, w 2, nb 1	9
Total	all out, 67.4 overs, run rate 3.71	251

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 420

1-5 T Kaitano2-23 NR Welch3-119 CR Ervine4-167 W Madhevere5-185 PS Masvaure6-201 TE Tsiga7-217 WP Masakadza8-249 SC Williams9-250 B Muzarabani10-251 TL Chivanga

Bowling to Zimbabwe
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
Codi Yusuf	14	2	42	3	3.00	59	5	0	0	1
KT Maphaka	12	1	52	0	4.33	48	9	0	1	0
PWA Mulder	16	2	50	4	3.13	67	5	0	1	0
C Bosch	9	1	31	0	3.44	41	4	0	0	0
KA Maharaj	16.4	1	70	3	4.20	60	6	1	0	0

South Africa innings

36982.5 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
MP Breetzke	c W Madhevere b TL Chivanga	1	6	0	0	16.7
T de Zorzi	c SC Williams b TL Chivanga	31	35	3	0	88.6
PWA Mulder	c T Kaitano b W Madhevere	147	206	17	2	71.4
DG Bedingham	c SC Williams b WP Masakadza	35	39	4	1	89.7
LG Pretorius	b V Masekesa	4	6	0	0	66.7
D Brevis	b V Masekesa	3	9	0	0	33.3
K Verreynne	c CR Ervine b WP Masakadza	36	56	3	0	64.3
C Bosch	b WP Masakadza	36	41	4	0	87.8
KA Maharaj	b WP Masakadza	51	70	4	1	72.9
Codi Yusuf	not out	8*	17	1	0	47.1
KT Maphaka	b B Muzarabani	8	14	0	1	57.1
Extras	lb 5, w 2, nb 2	9
Total	all out, 82.5 overs, run rate 4.45	369

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 420

1-1 MP Breetzke2-64 T de Zorzi3-136 DG Bedingham4-141 LG Pretorius5-155 D Brevis6-259 PWA Mulder7-259 K Verreynne8-351 C Bosch9-352 KA Maharaj10-369 KT Maphaka

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
B Muzarabani	11.5	1	38	1	3.21	53	3	1	1	1
TL Chivanga	16	0	76	2	4.75	59	10	0	1	1
WP Masakadza	22	0	98	4	4.45	82	7	3	0	0
W Madhevere	10	1	35	1	3.50	41	4	0	0	0
V Masekesa	23	1	117	2	5.09	73	12	1	0	0

Zimbabwe innings

20866.2 ov

Zimbabwe batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
T Kaitano	c LG Pretorius b C Bosch	12	62	0	0	19.4
PS Masvaure	c PWA Mulder b Codi Yusuf	12	76	1	0	15.8
NR Welch	c T de Zorzi b C Bosch	0	1	0	0	0.0
SC Williams	c K Verreynne b C Bosch	26	18	5	0	144.4
CR Ervine	c T de Zorzi b C Bosch	49	77	7	0	63.6
W Madhevere	c K Verreynne b Codi Yusuf	0	8	0	0	0.0
TE Tsiga	c C Bosch b Codi Yusuf	0	4	0	0	0.0
WP Masakadza	c PWA Mulder b KA Maharaj	57	92	9	0	62.0
V Masekesa	b C Bosch	3	10	0	0	30.0
B Muzarabani	not out	32*	29	4	2	110.3
TL Chivanga	st K Verreynne b D Brevis	1	22	0	0	4.5
Extras	b 4, lb 5, w 6, nb 1	16
Total	all out, 66.2 overs, run rate 3.14	208

Did not batBJ Bennett

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 420

1-32 T Kaitano2-32 NR Welch3-64 SC Williams4-68 PS Masvaure5-72 W Madhevere6-82 TE Tsiga7-165 CR Ervine8-173 V Masekesa9-181 WP Masakadza10-208 TL Chivanga

Bowling to Zimbabwe
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
Codi Yusuf	9	3	22	3	2.44	44	2	0	0	0
PWA Mulder	7	2	13	0	1.86	34	2	0	0	0
KT Maphaka	10	3	28	0	2.80	48	3	0	1	1
KA Maharaj	24	7	71	1	2.96	113	10	1	0	0
C Bosch	12	2	43	5	3.58	54	6	0	1	0
D Brevis	4.2	0	22	1	5.08	18	3	1	0	0

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Player of the match

LG PretoriusSouth Africa

153off 160 balls, 11 fours and 4 sixes, strike rate 95.6

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2590
Competition: South Africa tour of Zimbabwe
Toss: South Africa, chose to bat
Umpires: J Madanagopal and RK Illingworth
TV umpire: F Mutizwa
Match referee: RS Madugalle
Season: 2025

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 23 / 6°C, dry
Day 2: 24 / 11°C, dry
Day 3: 22 / 11°C, dry
Day 4: 22 / 10°C, dry

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