Fast bowler Matt Henry picked a six-wicket haul to restrict Zimbabwe to 149 runs on day 01 of the first test at Bulawayo.
His 6/39 has powered New Zealand’s dominance against Zimbabwe in the first test. He went on to surpass former Kiwi pacer Kyle Mills (327) on the overall list of wicket-takers for the Black Caps across formats.
The 33-year-old is now the sixth leading wicket-taker for New Zealand in international cricket after Tim Southee (776), Daniel Vettori (696), Trent Boult (611), Sir Richard Hadlee (589), and Chris Cairns (419).
The Blackcaps are set to play a two-match test series in the New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe, where the visitors showed utter dominance at Bulawayo.
Matt Henry 6-39 v Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
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After batting first, Zimbabwe went on to lose wickets at regular intervals with Matt Henry dismissing the top order. Meanwhile Smith dismissed Sean Williams and Craig Ervine for 2 and 39 runs.
With Tafadzwa Tsiga 30 runs, Zimbabwe went on to score 149 runs losing all 10 wickets. Apart from Henry, Nathan Smith went on to pick 3 wickets.
Starting their innings, New Zealand openers Will Young and Devon Conway went on to forge a solid 92 partnership, as Will Young (41) and Conway (51) remained unbeaten at Stumps.
The first test marked the Test captaincy debut for Mitchell Santner, who has settled into the white-ball role rather successfully, having taken New Zealand to the Champions Trophy final earlier this year and T20I Tri-series respectively.
