Aug 7 (Reuters) – New Zealand didn’t take lengthy to realize the higher hand over Zimbabwe on the primary day of the second check, skittling out their hosts for 125 earlier than reaching 174-1 in reply in Bulawayo on Thursday.
Opener Devon Conway (79) and nightwatchman Jacob Duffy (8) have been unbeaten at stumps as New Zealand led by 49 runs.
Conway and Will Younger placed on 162 for the primary wicket earlier than Younger chopped on a supply from Trevor Gwandu to be bowled for 74 simply earlier than the shut.
Matt Henry, man of the match in New Zealand’s complete first check win, bagged one other five-wicket haul with 5-40 in 15 overs whereas debutant Zakary Foulkes took 4-38 after Zimbabwe received the toss.
Brendan Taylor high scored for Zimbabwe with 44, falling simply when he appeared on the right track for a profitable return to the crew on the age of 39.
He was again after serving a three-and-a-half-year ban for breaching anti-corruption and anti-doping guidelines and earlier than the match spoke of overcoming alcohol and drug dependancy to revive his check profession, which started 21 years in the past.
“How good is it that three years in the past, I could not get away from bed and now I’m right here doing what I like, and that is representing Zimbabwe?” Taylor mentioned in an emotional tv interview earlier than the primary day’s play.
“I used to be at nighttime depths of the abyss and attempting to simply get by means of this whole and incomprehensible demoralisation of life. It was extremely troublesome.”
He was the fifth Zimbabwe wicket to fall when a ball from Henry appeared to face up on him and he steered a simple catch to Mitchell Santner at additional cowl.
Wicketkeeper Tafadzwa Tsiga made the one different vital contribution with an unbeaten 33.
Quick bowler Foulkes was one in all three debutants for the Kiwis, whose captain Tom Latham failed a health check on a shoulder harm, with Santner deputising for a second successive match.
New Zealand received final week’s first check, additionally on the Queens Sports activities Membership, by 9 wickets. (Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape City; Enhancing by Ed Osmond)
