Zimbabwe vs New Zealand | Test Series | First Test | 30 July 2025 - 03 August 2025

[Pat_Bee]

Should bring old raz dawg on with his variations testing last 20 minutes or so.

[Googly]

Newman passes the eye test in terms of talent. No doubt about it.

Two jaffers but no consistency. We are in deep shit here.

[Pat_Bee]

This is coltart’s fault

[Googly]

I'll help u two with that one. Blessing has been great. If you dont know where to bowl by now and cant execute its a lack of skill.

[Googly]

You cant salivate over a punch half volley.
Eeish this is annoying to watch and listen to.

[Googly]

That was a lot more out than Ervine's shocker.

[TapsC2]

Newman passes the eye test in terms of talent. No doubt about it.

Two jaffers but no consistency. We are in deep shit here.

True. The consistency will come if he stays around the national team I guess. He has this ability to bowl a threatening delivery maybe every 12-15 deliveries. Needs to work on cutting that down. I don't remember Blessing or Ngarava being this threatening when they were his age.

[secretzimbo]

I’m not overly expecting us to beat teams like NZ or SA but this consistently losing matches before the end of day 1 is getting quite nauseating.

[TapsC2]

And obviously less bad balls.

Have zero expectations for this series. This version of NZ is better than the proteas team we played. It's going to be tough

[Googly]

Raza giving it a bit of air and it's turning. Decent over.