Zimbabwe and New Zealand: The second match of the 2-match Test series being played between Zimbabwe and New Zealand is being played at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. In this match, the complete dominance of the Kiwi team has been seen in the two days of play so far. On the other hand, a big feat was seen for the third time in the history (history) of Test cricket in the second day’s play. Three batsmen of the New Zealand team have managed to score more than 150 runs in the first innings so far, which has happened only for the third time in a single innings in the history of Test cricket so far.
150 plus runs were seen from the bats of these three players of the New Zealand team
If we talk about the second day of the second Test match being played in Bulawayo, then in New Zealand’s first innings, Devon Conway scored 153 runs, while at the end of the day’s play, Rachin Ravindra had scored 165 runs and Henry Nicholls had also completed his 150 runs. While the New Zealand team has done this feat for the first time in its Test cricket history, it has been seen only for the third time in Tests. Before this, the last time this feat was achieved in Test cricket was 39 years ago.
When three batsmen scored 150 plus runs in an innings in Test cricket
England team – vs Australia (year 1938, The Oval)
Indian team – vs Sri Lanka (year 1986, Kanpur)
New Zealand team – vs Zimbabwe (year 2025, Bulawayo)
The Kiwi team has achieved a huge lead of 476 runs
When the second day’s play ended, by that time the New Zealand team had scored 601 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in their first innings, in which they had gained a huge lead of 476 runs on the basis of the first innings. In such a situation, the result of this match can be seen coming on the third day’s play. In this match, host Zimbabwe was reduced to just 125 runs in their first innings.
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