{"id":156924,"date":"2025-08-16T17:30:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T17:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=156924"},"modified":"2025-08-16T17:30:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T17:30:41","slug":"bulawayo-one-feast-two-massacres-by-firdose-moonda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/bulawayo-one-feast-two-massacres-by-firdose-moonda\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulawayo!@#! \u2026 One Feast. Two Massacres!-by Firdose Moonda"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bulawayo!@#! \u2026 One Feast. Two Massacres!-by Firdose Moonda<\/span><\/h2>\n

Source:<\/strong>Thuppahis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

ESPNcricinfo,\u00a0August 2025\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>where\u00a0 the headline reads\u00a0\u201cNew Zealand script their biggest win after Foulkes and Co flatten Zimbabwe\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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After New Zealand declared overnight, with a lead of 476, Zimbabwe were bowled out in 28.1 overs in an extended first session \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\u00a0\u00a0New Zealand<\/b>\u00a0601 for 3 decl (Ravindra 165*, Conway 153, Nicholls 150*) beat\u00a0Zimbabwe<\/b>\u00a0125 (Taylor 44, Henry 5-40, Foulkes 4-38) and 117 (Welch 47*, Foulkes 5-37) by an innings and 359 runs<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Zakary Foulkes picked up the best figures by a New Zealand player on Test debut as New Zealand recorded their biggest Test win. Their innings and 359 run victory over Zimbabwe emphasised the massive gulf between the two sides as Zimbabwe capitulated for their fourth-lowest score against New Zealand to suffer their heaviest defeat in the format.<\/span><\/p>\n

After New Zealand declared overnight, with a lead of 476, Zimbabwe were bowled out in 28.1 overs in an extended first session. They have now lost their last six Tests and have been dismissed for under 170 in all four innings in this series. New Zealand finished their tour of Zimbabwe unbeaten, after winning all their matches in the T20I tri-series including the final, and both Tests.<\/span>
\nFoulkes, who was called into the XI after injuries to Nathan Smith and Will O\u2019Rourke, showed the wealth of New Zealand\u2019s bowling depth with an incisive eight-over spell headlined by devastating inswing. He ensured Zimbabwe had no let up after Matt Henry and Jacob Duffy made the opening incisions and that stand-in captain Mitchell Santner was not required at all.<\/span><\/p>\n

For Zimbabwe<\/strong>, technical questions over their batting remain.\u00a0Their inability to cope with the moving ball, or genuine pace was exposed, more so when the two are in operation together.<\/strong>\u00a0As has been the case throughout this series, only one batter made a score of note \u2013\u00a0Nick Welch<\/a>\u2018s 47 \u2013 there was only one other player who got into double figures and a highest partnership of just 25.<\/span><\/div>\n
The damage started as early as the third ball when Brian Bennett walked straight into the trap set for him. After two balls that moved away, Henry brought the ball back into him. Bennett played down the wrong line and his middle stump was uprooted. Brendan Taylor scored the first runs when he guided Duffy\u2019s delivery between point and gully but only lasted until the fifth over as he was caught in the crease to a fuller ball from Henry and edged to second slip.<\/span><\/div>\n
Duffy, also on debut, found some extra bounce and Sean Williams could only get a leading edge as he tried to turn him leg-side. The ball went high and gave Duffy enough time to take the catch off his own bowling for his first Test wicket.<\/span><\/div>\n
Welch and Craig Ervine showed some fight against the short ball before Ervine pushed at a full ball from Matthew Fisher and edged to third slip. He was dismissed in almost identical fashion in the first innings which suggests a pattern that Zimbabwe need to address. Similarly, Sikandar Raza\u2019s glaring problem against the short ball continued. For the fourth time in the series, Raza was undone by one, this time as he fended off a delivery from Foulkes and was caught at gully. Raza was brought back into the squad after missing the South Africa Tests for the MLC and recorded scores of 2, 5, 5 and 4.<\/span><\/div>\n

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