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Perth Now
8 hours ago
- Perth Now
Black Caps crush Zimbabwe inside three days
A rampant New Zealand side had wait until tea before crushing Zimbabwe by nine wickets on Friday in the first Test between the countries after a break of almost nine years. Zimbabwe avoided an innings defeat with some resistance from the tailenders as the home team was bowled out for 165 in their second innings, setting New Zealand a meagre target of eight runs. Fast bowler Newman Nyamhuri bowled Devon Conway before New Zealand reached 1-8 and finished the game inside three days at the Queens Sports Club. It is the same venue where both teams met last time in the longer format in 2016, when New Zealand won by 254 runs. The series was not part of the World Test Championship but Zimbabwe's batting woes continued in red-ball cricket. After being dismissed for 149 in the first innings and later conceding a 158-run lead, Zimbabwe's batters once again failed despite New Zealand fast bowler Nathan Smith being ruled out with an abdominal tear he picked up while batting on Thursday. Matt Henry followed his superb 6-39 in the first innings with 3-51 but was denied his first Test match haul of 10 wickets when Michael Bracewell spilt a catch of Tafadzwa Tsiga in the slips. Ajaz Patel, substituting for Smith, dropped Blessing Muzarabani and also missed a runout of Tsiga before Zimbabwe had wiped out the deficit. Captain Mitchell Santner (4-27) was the standout bowler in the second innings. Earlier, Zimbabwe slumped to 6-114 by lunch after resuming on 2-31. Sean Williams (49) and captain Craig Ervine (22) showed some resilience before both left-handers perished late in the first session. Williams was brilliantly snapped by wicketkeeper Tom Blundell down the leg side off captain Santner and Williams got a big tickle of the bat. Henry's wobble seam was finally rewarded when he found the edge of Ervine's bat in the penultimate over of the first session. Will O'Rourke (3-28) struck twice and removed Nick Welch (4) and Vincent Masekesa (2) as Zimbabwe slipped to 4-53. Sikandar Raza (5) disappointed in his comeback Test match when he top-edged a pull to Henry soon after lunch. The second Test begins at the same venue on Thursday.
West Australian
8 hours ago
- West Australian
Black Caps crush Zimbabwe inside three days
A rampant New Zealand side had wait until tea before crushing Zimbabwe by nine wickets on Friday in the first Test between the countries after a break of almost nine years. Zimbabwe avoided an innings defeat with some resistance from the tailenders as the home team was bowled out for 165 in their second innings, setting New Zealand a meagre target of eight runs. Fast bowler Newman Nyamhuri bowled Devon Conway before New Zealand reached 1-8 and finished the game inside three days at the Queens Sports Club. It is the same venue where both teams met last time in the longer format in 2016, when New Zealand won by 254 runs. The series was not part of the World Test Championship but Zimbabwe's batting woes continued in red-ball cricket. After being dismissed for 149 in the first innings and later conceding a 158-run lead, Zimbabwe's batters once again failed despite New Zealand fast bowler Nathan Smith being ruled out with an abdominal tear he picked up while batting on Thursday. Matt Henry followed his superb 6-39 in the first innings with 3-51 but was denied his first Test match haul of 10 wickets when Michael Bracewell spilt a catch of Tafadzwa Tsiga in the slips. Ajaz Patel, substituting for Smith, dropped Blessing Muzarabani and also missed a runout of Tsiga before Zimbabwe had wiped out the deficit. Captain Mitchell Santner (4-27) was the standout bowler in the second innings. Earlier, Zimbabwe slumped to 6-114 by lunch after resuming on 2-31. Sean Williams (49) and captain Craig Ervine (22) showed some resilience before both left-handers perished late in the first session. Williams was brilliantly snapped by wicketkeeper Tom Blundell down the leg side off captain Santner and Williams got a big tickle of the bat. Henry's wobble seam was finally rewarded when he found the edge of Ervine's bat in the penultimate over of the first session. Will O'Rourke (3-28) struck twice and removed Nick Welch (4) and Vincent Masekesa (2) as Zimbabwe slipped to 4-53. Sikandar Raza (5) disappointed in his comeback Test match when he top-edged a pull to Henry soon after lunch. The second Test begins at the same venue on Thursday.
The Australian
17 hours ago
- The Australian
Blake Shinn wins 2024-25 Melbourne jockeys' premiership
The last metropolitan race of the season turned out to be a metaphor of the Melbourne jockeys' premiership battle for champion rider Craig Williams. Williams put up a strong fight in the last months of the season but was unable to reel in reigning Scobie Breasley Medallist Blake Shinn, missing the opportunity to join record holder Damien Oliver on 10 Melbourne jockeys' premierships. Shinn led Williams by seven wins at the start of Wednesday's Sandown meeting but neither rider added to their tally on the final metropolitan race day of 2024/25. Williams had eight rides at Sandown but was narrowly denied a consolation win in the last race when his mount Makdane was shaded on the line by $41 outsider Superstock. • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Shinn finished the season on 74 wins to Williams' 67 but the latter topped the Melbourne prizemoney tally with his 381 mounts reaping more than $12.9m on city tracks. Daniel Stackhouse was third on 48 wins. Shinn's premiership triumph was his third in Melbourne while he is the only jockey to have won Melbourne and Sydney jockey's titles, winning the Sydney crown in 2007/08. Shinn will also claim the Victorian Jockeys' Premiership, which includes metropolitan and provincial wins after Thursday's season finale at Sale. • 'We were the common enemy': How Morrison united Victorian racing The all-powerful Ciaron Maher stable took out the Melbourne trainers' premiership with 113 wins, 44 ahead of the Ben, Will and JD Hayes team. Maher also won the national trainers' premiership with 329½ wins, 52½ in front of Chris Waller. Young jockey Tom Prebble emulated his father Brett when he claimed the Melbourne apprentices' title by one win over Jaylah Kennedy. Brett Prebble won the Melbourne apprentices' crown in the mid-1990s before embarking on a stellar career that included more than 500 wins in Hong Kong and the 2012 Melbourne Cup on Green Moon.
