1st Test, South Africa tour of Zimbabwe 2025

SOUTH AFRICA BEAT ZIMBABWE BY 328 RUNS
MATCH ENDED

South Africa
418/9 (90.0) & 369/10 (82.5)

VS
Zimbabwe
251/10 (67.4) & 208/10 (66.2)
Match Information Desktop Scorecard
Toss South Africa elected to bat
Match Status South Africa beat Zimbabwe by 328 runs
Match Ended
Umpires Jayaraman Madanagopal (IND), Richard Illingworth (ENG) and Forster Mutizwa (ZIM)
Man of the Match Lhuan-dre Pretorius
South Africa (418/9 in 90.0 ovs)
Batting R B 4s 6s SR
Tony de Zorzi
c Brian Bennett b Tanaka Chivanga 		0 16 0 0 0
Matthew Breetzke
c Brian Bennett b Tanaka Chivanga 		13 45 1 0 29
Wiaan Mulder
run out (Blessing Muzarabani) 		17 47 1 0 36
David Bedingham
c Craig Ervine b Tanaka Chivanga 		0 3 0 0 0
Lhuan-dre Pretorius
c Wellington Masakadza b Tanaka Chivanga 		153 160 11 4 96
Dewald Brevis
c Tanaka Chivanga b Blessing Muzarabani 		51 41 3 4 124
Kyle Verreynne
c Craig Ervine b Wellington Masakadza 		10 16 2 0 63
Corbin Bosch
not out 		100 124 10 0 81
Keshav Maharaj
c Brian Bennett b Vincent Masekesa 		21 30 1 2 70
Codi Yusuf
c Sean Williams b Blessing Muzarabani 		27 49 5 0 55
Kwena Maphaka
not out 		9 12 0 1 75
Extras (b 0, lb 14, w 0, nb 3) 17
Total (Wicket 9, Overs 90.0) 418
(4.64 runs per over)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Blessing Muzarabani 20 7 59 2 2.95
Wellington Masakadza 30 2 109 1 3.63
Tanaka Chivanga 16 2 83 4 5.18
Vincent Masekesa 13 1 97 1 7.46
Brian Bennett 9 0 46 0 5.11
Wessly Madhevere 2 0 10 0 5.00
Zimbabwe (251/10 in 67.4 ovs)
Batting R B 4s 6s SR
Brian Bennett
retired hurt 		19 28 4 0 68
Takudzwanashe Kaitano
c Tony de Zorzi b Codi Yusuf 		0 1 0 0 0
Nick Welch
c Kyle Verreynne b Codi Yusuf 		4 5 1 0 80
Sean Williams
st Kyle Verreynne b Keshav Maharaj 		137 164 16 0 84
Craig Ervine
st Kyle Verreynne b Keshav Maharaj 		36 90 4 0 40
Wessly Madhevere
lbw b Wiaan Mulder 		15 25 0 1 60
Prince Masvaure
c Kyle Verreynne b Wiaan Mulder 		7 9 0 0 78
Tafadzwa Tsiga
c Codi Yusuf b Wiaan Mulder 		9 8 2 0 113
Wellington Masakadza
c Kyle Verreynne b Codi Yusuf 		4 23 1 0 17
Vincent Masekesa
not out 		11 43 1 0 26
Blessing Muzarabani
b Wiaan Mulder 		0 8 0 0 0
Tanaka Chivanga
c Kwena Maphaka b Keshav Maharaj 		0 3 0 0 0
Extras (b 0, lb 6, w 2, nb 1) 9
Total (Wicket 10, Overs 67.4) 251
(3.71 runs per over)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Codi Yusuf 14 2 42 3 3.00
Kwena Maphaka 12 1 52 0 4.33
Wiaan Mulder 16 2 50 4 3.12
Corbin Bosch 9 1 31 0 3.44
Keshav Maharaj 16.4 1 70 3 4.20
South Africa (369/10 in 82.5 ovs)
Batting R B 4s 6s SR
Matthew Breetzke
c Wessly Madhevere b Tanaka Chivanga 		1 6 0 0 17
Tony de Zorzi
c Sean Williams b Tanaka Chivanga 		31 35 3 0 89
Wiaan Mulder
c Takudzwanashe Kaitano b Wessly Madhevere 		147 206 17 2 71
David Bedingham
c Sean Williams b Wellington Masakadza 		35 39 4 1 90
Lhuan-dre Pretorius
b Vincent Masekesa 		4 6 0 0 67
Dewald Brevis
b Vincent Masekesa 		3 9 0 0 33
Kyle Verreynne
c Craig Ervine b Wellington Masakadza 		36 56 3 0 64
Corbin Bosch
b Wellington Masakadza 		36 41 4 0 88
Keshav Maharaj
b Wellington Masakadza 		51 70 4 1 73
Codi Yusuf
not out 		8 17 1 0 47
Kwena Maphaka
b Blessing Muzarabani 		8 14 0 1 57
Extras (b 0, lb 5, w 2, nb 2) 9
Total (Wicket 10, Overs 82.5) 369
(4.45 runs per over)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Blessing Muzarabani 11.5 1 38 1 3.21
Tanaka Chivanga 16 0 76 2 4.75
Wellington Masakadza 22 0 98 4 4.45
Wessly Madhevere 10 1 35 1 3.50
Vincent Masekesa 23 1 117 2 5.08
Zimbabwe (208/10 in 66.2 ovs)
Batting R B 4s 6s SR
Takudzwanashe Kaitano
c Lhuan-dre Pretorius b Corbin Bosch 		12 62 0 0 19
Prince Masvaure
c Wiaan Mulder b Codi Yusuf 		12 76 1 0 16
Nick Welch
c Tony de Zorzi b Corbin Bosch 		0 1 0 0 0
Sean Williams
c Kyle Verreynne b Corbin Bosch 		26 18 5 0 144
Craig Ervine
c Tony de Zorzi b Corbin Bosch 		49 77 7 0 64
Wessly Madhevere
c Kyle Verreynne b Codi Yusuf 		0 8 0 0 0
Tafadzwa Tsiga
c Corbin Bosch b Codi Yusuf 		0 4 0 0 0
Wellington Masakadza
c Wiaan Mulder b Keshav Maharaj 		57 92 9 0 62
Vincent Masekesa
b Corbin Bosch 		3 10 0 0 30
Blessing Muzarabani
not out 		32 29 4 2 110
Tanaka Chivanga
st Kyle Verreynne b Dewald Brevis 		1 22 0 0 5
Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 6, nb 1) 16
Total (Wicket 10, Overs 66.2) 208
(3.14 runs per over)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Codi Yusuf 9 3 22 3 2.44
Wiaan Mulder 7 2 13 0 1.85
Kwena Maphaka 10 3 28 0 2.80
Keshav Maharaj 24 7 71 1 2.95
Corbin Bosch 12 2 43 5 3.58
Dewald Brevis 4.2 0 22 1 5.07
Team Sqaud
South

Tony de Zorzi, Matthew Breetzke, Wiaan Mulder, David Bedingham, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Dewald Brevis, Kyle Verreynne (w), Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj (c), Codi Yusuf, Kwena Maphaka

Zimbabwe

Brian Bennett, Takudzwanashe Kaitano, Nick Welch, Sean Williams, Craig Ervine (c), Wessly Madhevere, Tafadzwa Tsiga (w), Wellington Masakadza, Vincent Masekesa, Blessing Muzarabani, Tanaka Chivanga, Prince Masvaure