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) had 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 prime scored for Zimbabwe with 44, falling simply when he regarded on the right track for a profitable return to the staff 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 couldn’t get off the bed and now I’m right here doing what I really like, and that’s representing Zimbabwe?” Taylor mentioned in an emotional tv interview earlier than the primary day’s play.
“I used to be at the hours of darkness depths of the abyss and making an attempt to only get via this complete and incomprehensible demoralisation of life. It was extremely tough.”
He was the fifth Zimbabwe wicket to fall when a ball from Henry regarded to face up on him and he steered a simple catch to Mitchell Santner at further cowl.
Wicketkeeper Tafadzwa Tsiga made the one different vital contribution with an unbeaten 33.
Quick bowler Foulkes was one among 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.