Zimbabwe vs New Zealand, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Matt Henry to Muzarabani, out Caught by Santner!! Matt Henry has blown away Zimbabwe for a paltry total of 149. Fantastic spell, lovely figures by the NZ pacer. Short of a length delivery around middle and leg, shapes away slightly as Muzarabani looks to nudge it away. A leading edge is induced and it flies towards cover. Santner is quick to move across as he completes an impressive diving catch. Six wickets in the innings for Matt Henry! He has been the star for the Blackcaps today. Muzarabani c Santner b Matt Henry 1(8)

Santner to Vincent Masekesa, out Vincent Masekesa Run Out!! That's a brainfade moment for Vincent Masekesa. Pushes this towards cover-point and sets off for a single despite the fielder charging to gather the ball. The non-striker sends him back, but Vincent Masekesa is late to get back in. The throw comes towards the keeper and he takes off the bails with the batter well short. Vincent looks disappointed, but it was his mistake. There was never a single available. Vincent Masekesa run out (Conway/Blundell) 7(22)

Matt Henry to Newman Nyamhuri, out Caught by Will Young!! Five wickets for Henry! He continues to impress in this Test. Goes short, goes quick and the batter gets surprised. Newman Nyamhuri looks to fend it away, it comes off the glove, thuds into the helmet and lobs towards the fielder at slip. Has been a fine spell by Matt Henry. Clearly the pick of the bowlers today. Impeccable lines, impeccable lengths and the results are there to see. Newman Nyamhuri c Will Young b Matt Henry 9(20) [4s-1]

Nathan Smith to Tafadzwa Tsiga, out Lbw!! Length delivery, angled in, slams the pads and has been given out. That skidded through, the ball sruck him on the move and the finger went up. No reviews and Zimbabwe have lost their 7th. Nathan is on fire. He has nipped out Tafadzwa Tsiga now. So, both set batters are gone. Tafadzwa Tsiga lbw b Nathan Smith 30(78) [4s-5]

Nathan Smith to Tafadzwa Tsiga, FOUR, banged in, short ball, the batter hopped back and pulled it wide of the man at deep square. That was hit hard and into the gap

Santner to Newman Nyamhuri, FOUR, slaps the ball wide of the man at cover point and gets it into the gap. The ball races away for a four. That was well timed and placed

Nathan Smith to Tafadzwa Tsiga, FOUR, banged in short, angled in, Tafadzwa Tsiga gets on top of the bounce and pulls it wide of the man at square leg for a four

Nathan Smith to Ervine, out Lbw!! Was it going down leg? Was a length delivery, angled in, Ervine looked to clip and misses. The umpire thought it was going on to hit the sticks and gave it out. That was a length delivery, Ervine played around it to miss the line of the ball. The resistance has finally ended but I guess Ervine would feel a little unlucky there. There was angle on that delivery and the middle and off sticks were visible with the ball still having to travel a fair distance. Ervine lbw b Nathan Smith 39(116) [4s-6]

Nathan Smith to Ervine, FOUR, fuller length delivery, at the sticks, Ervine clips the ball wide of the man at mid-on for a four. That was eased down the ground

William ORourke to Tafadzwa Tsiga, byes, FOUR, and byes! The keeper failed to nab it. Was too short, the batter looks to pull and misses. The keeper had no chance

William ORourke to Tafadzwa Tsiga, no run, dropped by the man at gully! That was short, wide, slashed, the man at gully got two hands to it but dropped it. Was hit hard but the fielder was a little late on it

Santner to Ervine, FOUR, flatter one, outside off, Ervine looks to defend and gets an edge. The ball goes off the edge and the slip fielder gets a and on it but fails to grab it. That flew quickly off the edge

William ORourke to Tafadzwa Tsiga, FOUR, streaky and four, banged in short by O'Rourke and Tsiga is hurried onto the pull, catches the glove and lobs over the keeper's head for a boundary

Santner to Ervine, FOUR, a gentle start from Santner, tossed up and sliding down leg - Ervine helps it on its way with a fine sweep, rolls away to the ropes

Nathan Smith to Tafadzwa Tsiga, FOUR, beautifully played, overpitched by Smith - Tsiga leans forward, presents the full face of the bat and then drives it straight of mid-off

Matt Henry to Tafadzwa Tsiga, FOUR, tad too straight from Henry, on the pads and it's helped on its way with the flick, runs away to the long leg boundary

Matt Henry to Raza, out Caught by Blundell!! Wicket on either side of lunch and Zimbabwe are in tatters now - banged in short and it climbed onto the right-hander, Raza was hopping across awkwardly on the tuck, the ball popped up off the glove and lobbed straight up, a simple catch to Blundell as he ran forward and Zimbabwe have now lost five. He was done in by the extra bounce and ended up in no man's land. Raza c Blundell b Matt Henry 2(3)

Matt Henry to Nick Welch, out Caught by Michael Bracewell!! A superb bowling change by the NZ captain. Matt Henry comes back into the attack and breaks the partnership. Strikes at the stroke of lunch. Short of a length delivery around off, kicks up after hitting the deck and takes the batter by surprise. He plays it on the rise, an outside edge is induced and Bracewell at second slip completes the formalities. Henry takes his third wicket of the morning session. Nick Welch c Michael Bracewell b Matt Henry 27(68) [4s-4]

Santner to Ervine, FOUR, tossed up delivery around off, Ervine goes for the reverse sweep and a misfield by the fielder towards deep backward point results in a boundary

Michael Bracewell to Nick Welch, FOUR, loopy delivery around off, Nick Welch brings out the reverse sweep and finds the deep point boundary this time. Michael Bracewell proving to be expensive as he's conceding quite a few boundaries

Michael Bracewell to Nick Welch, FOUR, swept away again! Floated around middle and leg, Nick Welch goes down on his knee and sweeps it away to the long leg boundary

Santner to Nick Welch, FOUR, 50 up for Zimbabwe! Nick Welch goes down on his knee and sweeps the floated delivery through mid-wicket for a boundary

Michael Bracewell to Ervine, FOUR, swept away! A flighted delivery around middle and leg, Ervine goes down on his knee and puts it away to the deep backward square leg boundary. A handy partnership building between these two as they are trying to steady the ship

William ORourke to Ervine, FOUR, Ervine finally opens his account! William ORourke goes full on off and Ervine drives it through mid-off with some lovely timing. He walked in to bat in the 12th over. Gets off the mark in the 19th

William ORourke to Nick Welch, FOUR, short ball by William ORourke, Nick Welch plays it on the rise and carves it uppishly through gully and third slip. Three fielders chase it, but fails to stop the boundary

Nathan Smith to Williams, out Bowled!! Chopped on! That's a body blow for Zimbabwe as they lose their best batter of the season. Smith shortened the length and got it to angle back into the left-hander, Williams was staying leg-sided as he looked to work it onto the off-side, cramped for room, the bat comes down at an angle, finds the inside edge and crashes into the leg-stump. Zimbabwe find themselves three wickets down inside the first hour of the Test. Williams b Nathan Smith 2(13)

Matt Henry to Ben Curran, out Caught by Will Young!! Edged and caught! Switching to round the wicket has brought immediate results for Henry, but this is a poor shot from Curran. Was full and just outside off, but his feet hardly moved as he drove, gets a thick outside edge and it flies through to Young at third slip - a simple catch and Zimbabwe have lost both openers. Ben Curran c Will Young b Matt Henry 13(20) [4s-1]

Matt Henry to Ben Curran, FOUR, cracking shot, fraction short and just outside off - Curran picks the length early, swivels across and then thumps the pull through mid-wicket, rolls away to the ropes

Matt Henry to Brian Bennett, out Caught by Will Young!! Edged and caught! Henry finds the edge and this time the fielder is found - on a good length and in that channel just outside off, draws Bennett forward and them straightens to find the outside edge, it went low and was dying onto third slip, the fielder diving in front, ensuring that he got both hands under and holds on with ease. That's the early wicket New Zealand were searching for - Will Young, the fielder. Brian Bennett c Will Young b Matt Henry 6(11) [4s-1]

Matt Henry to Brian Bennett, FOUR, edged and four, first boundary of the series, on a good length and in that channel just outside off - drew Bennett into the push, but he did so with soft hands and the ball went all along the ground