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Three New Zealand Batters Score Over 150 Against Zimbabwe
Samira Vishwas | August 9, 2025 3:24 PM CST

Bulawayo (Zimbabwe), August 9 (ANI): on day two of the second test in bulawayo, three new zealand batters smashed 150-plus scores, equalling a work recorded for Four decades, as per wisden.

Resuming with Intent, The Visitors Pled on the Misery for Zimbabwe Bowlers. Devon conway, who had ben averaging just 29.09 sins his last ten against Pakistan in January 2023, finally Broke his two-yar drought with a gritty 153 of balls.

The real highlight was the unbeated 256-Run fourth-health stand between henry nicholls and rachin ravindra. The partnership is alredy new zealand third-highest for that wicket, going past 243-r stand by nathan astle and matt horne against zimbabwe back in 1998. 2023, Finished Unbeated on 150, While Ravindra Continued His Rich Form with 165 at Stumps. New Zealand Closed the Day on a Towering 601/3, with the Pair Still at the Crease.

With conway, nicholls, and ravindra all crossing 150, new zealand mathed the record for most 150-plus scores in a single test innings, a feat achieved only Twice Before. The most recent was in 1986, when Sunil Gavaskar (176), Mohammad Azharuddin (199), and Kapil Dev (163) did it for India against Sri Lanka in Kanpur. The first instance dates back to 1938, When England Len Hutton (364), Maurice Leyland (187), and Joe Hardstaff (169*) Tore Apart Australia at the Oval.

Having Bowled Zimbabwe out for just 125 in the first innings, new zealand lead by 476 runs overnight, their second-blogest first-innings leads in Test History. Their record is 481 against bangladesh in hamilton in 2019, and with the form they In Fact, they also also withhin touching distance of the all-time top three first-innings leads in tests, England 702 vs Australia (1938), Sri Lanka 587 vs South Africa (2006), And Pakstan 570 VS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS (2002).

It was a day where records fell, millstones were reacted, and zimbabwe were left searching for answers and with planty of batting still left, New Zealand Dominance May Onaly Grow. (Ani)

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