New Zealand sign off Zimbabwe tour with record Test win
New Zealand sealed a 2-0 series win with an innings and 359 runs victory over Zimbabwe in the second Test.
A day after Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, and Henry Nicholls smashed tons to secure a massive 476-run lead in Bulawayo, the bowlers finished off the task by running through the Zimbabwe batting on the third day of the game.
This was New Zealand’s biggest win by the margin of an innings and the third-best overall.
Biggest Test Wins (by innings)
| Team | Opposition | Year | Margin of Win |
| England | Australia | 1938 | Innings and 579 runs |
| Australia | South Africa | 2002 | Innings and 360 runs |
| New Zealand | Zimbabwe | 2025 | Innings and 359 runs |
| West Indies | India | 1958 | Innings and 336 runs |
| Australia | England | 1946 | Innings and 332 runs |
New Zealand bowlers were led by debutant Zakary Foulkes who finished with 5/37 in the second innings. His overall Test figure (9/75) were also the best by a New Zealand bowler on Test debut.
Matt Henry, who had a five-for in the first innings, finished with 16 wickets in the series at an average of merely 9.12.
Henry took the Player of the Series award for his efforts with the ball, whereas Conway got the Player of the Match for his 153 in New Zealand's batting innings.
With this emphatic victory, the Kiwis under stand-in captain Mitchell Santner, secured a 2-0 series win. They had already won the first game by nine wickets.
Prior to the Test series, New Zealand had participated in a T20I triangular contest, which had also featured South Africa. The Black Caps went undefeated through the limited overs affair, winning the final against the Proteas by three runs.