2025 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series

2025 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series
Date	14–26 July 2025
Location	Zimbabwe
Result	New Zealand won the series
Player of the series	Matt Henry (NZ)
Teams   New Zealand   South Africa   Zimbabwe Captains Mitchell Santner Rassie van der Dussen Sikandar Raza Most runs Tim Seifert (196) Dewald Brevis (133) Brian Bennett (113) Most wickets Matt Henry (10) Lungi Ngidi (5) Richard Ngarava (8)
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The 2025 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament held from 14 to 26 July 2025 in Zimbabwe. ^[1] It was a tri-nation series involving Zimbabwe, South Africa and New Zealand cricket teams, with the matches played in Twenty20 International (T20I) format. ^{[2] [3]} All the matches were played at the Harare Sports Club in a double round-robin format. ^[4]

Squads

New Zealand [5]	South Africa [6]	Zimbabwe [7]
Mitchell Santner (c) Finn Allen Michael Bracewell Mark Chapman Devon Conway Jacob Duffy Zak Foulkes Mitchell Hay Matt Henry Bevon Jacobs Adam Milne Daryl Mitchell James Neesham Will O'Rourke Glenn Phillips Rachin Ravindra Tim Robinson Tim Seifert (wk) Ish Sodhi	Rassie van der Dussen (c) Corbin Bosch Dewald Brevis Nandre Burger Gerald Coetzee Reeza Hendricks Rubin Hermann (wk) George Linde Kwena Maphaka Senuran Muthusamy Lungi Ngidi Nqaba Peter Lhuan-dre Pretorius (wk) Andile Simelane	Sikandar Raza (c) Brian Bennett Ryan Burl Trevor Gwandu Clive Madande (wk) Wessly Madhevere Tinotenda Maposa Wellington Masakadza Vincent Masekesa Tony Munyonga Tashinga Musekiwa Blessing Muzarabani Dion Myers Richard Ngarava Newman Nyamhuri Tafadzwa Tsiga (wk)

On 9 July, Finn Allen was ruled out of the series due to a foot injury. ^{[8] [9]} On 13 July, Devon Conway, Mitchell Hay, James Neesham and Tim Robinson were added into the squad for the series. ^{[10] [11]} On 18 July, Glenn Phillips was ruled out of the series due to right groin injury. ^[12]

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	New Zealand	4	4	0	0	8	2.200	Advanced to the final
2	South Africa	4	2	2	0	4	0.012
3	Zimbabwe (H)	4	0	4	0	0	−2.253

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[13]
(H) Host

Fixtures

1st T20I

14 July 2025 13:00 Scorecard

Zimbabwe   141/6 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 142/5 (15.5 overs)
Sikandar Raza 54* (38) George Linde 3/10 (3 overs)		Rubin Hermann 45 (37) Richard Ngarava 3/35 (4 overs)

South Africa won by 5 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Langton Rusere (Zim) Player of the match: Dewald Brevis (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Corbin Bosch, Rubin Hermann and Lhuan-dre Pretorius (SA) all made their T20I debuts.

2nd T20I

16 July 2025 13:00 Scorecard

New Zealand   173/5 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 152 (18.2 overs)
Tim Robinson 75* (57) Kwena Maphaka 2/38 (4 overs)		Dewald Brevis 35 (18) Jacob Duffy 3/20 (4 overs)

New Zealand won by 21 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Percival Sizara (Zim) Player of the match: Tim Robinson (NZ)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Bevon Jacobs (NZ) and Senuran Muthusamy (SA) both made their T20I debuts.

3rd T20I

18 July 2025 13:00 Scorecard

Zimbabwe   120/7 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand 122/2 (13.5 overs)
Wessly Madhevere 36 (32) Matt Henry 3/26 (4 overs)		Devon Conway 59* (40) Tinotenda Maposa 1/17 (2 overs)

New Zealand by 8 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Forster Mutizwa (Zim) and Langton Rusere (Zim) Player of the match: Devon Conway (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

4th T20I

20 July 2025 13:00 Scorecard

Zimbabwe   144/6 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 145/3 (17.2 overs)
Brian Bennett 61 (43) Corbin Bosch 2/16 (4 overs)		Rubin Hermann 63 (36) Tinotenda Maposa 2/38 (4 overs)

South Africa won by 7 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Forster Mutizwa (Zim) and Percival Sizara (Zim) Player of the match: Rubin Hermann (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

5th T20I

22 July 2025 13:00 Scorecard

South Africa   134/8 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand 135/3 (15.5 overs)
Reeza Hendricks 41 (37) Adam Milne 2/21 (4 overs)		Tim Seifert 66* (48) Senuran Muthusamy 2/24 (4 overs)

New Zealand won by 7 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Langton Rusere (Zim) and Percival Sizara (Zim) Player of the match: Tim Seifert (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

6th T20I

24 July 2025 13:00 Scorecard

New Zealand   190/6 (20 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 130 (18.5 overs)
Tim Seifert 75 (45) Richard Ngarava 4/34 (4 overs)		Tony Munyonga 40 (30) Ish Sodhi 4/12 (4 overs)

New Zealand won by 60 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Forster Mutizwa (Zim) Player of the match: Ish Sodhi (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ish Sodhi (NZ) took his 150th wicket in T20Is. ^[14]

Final

26 July 2025 13:00 Scorecard

New Zealand   180/5 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 177/6 (20 overs)
Rachin Ravindra 47 (27) Lungi Ngidi 2/24 (4 overs)		Lhuan-dre Pretorius 51 (35) Matt Henry 2/19 (3 overs)

New Zealand won by 3 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Langton Rusere (Zim) Player of the match: Matt Henry (NZ)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

References

1. "Zimbabwe to host SA, New Zealand for Tests, T20I tri-series". Zimbabwe Cricket . Retrieved 27 March 2025.
2. "Zimbabwe to host South Africa and New Zealand for Tests and T20I tri-series". Cricbuzz . Retrieved 7 March 2025.
3. "Zimbabwe to host South Africa and New Zealand in multi-format contest". International Cricket Council . Retrieved 27 March 2025.
4. "Zimbabwe to host South Africa and New Zealand for Tests and T20Is in bumper summer". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 27 March 2025.
5. "Jacobs & Milne recalled for T20I Tri Series in Zimbabwe | Henry returns from injury". New Zealand Cricket . Retrieved 26 June 2025.
6. "Proteas men's squad announced for T20I Tri-Series against Zimbabwe and New Zealand". Cricket South Africa . Retrieved 26 June 2025.
7. "Zimbabwe name squad for T20I tri-series with SA, New Zealand". Zimbabwe Cricket . Retrieved 10 July 2025.
8. "Allen ruled out of Zimbabwe T20I Tri-Series". New Zealand Cricket . Retrieved 9 July 2025.
9. "New Zealand suffer injury blow for tri-series in Zimbabwe". International Cricket Council . Retrieved 9 July 2025.
10. "Conway, Hay, Neesham and Robinson called into T20 squad for Zimbabwe Tri-Series". New Zealand Cricket . Retrieved 13 July 2025.
11. "Conway replaces injured Allen; NZ add trio as additional cover for tri-series". Cricbuzz . Retrieved 13 July 2025.
12. "Phillips ruled out of Zimbabwe tour with injury | Robinson to remain as T20 cover". New Zealand Cricket . Retrieved 18 July 2025.
13. "Zimbabwe Twenty20 Tri-Series - Points Table". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 30 March 2025.
14. "Black Caps stay perfect ahead of tri-series final with 60-run win over Zimbabwe". The Post . Retrieved 24 July 2025.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo