New Zealand’s Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra and Henry Nicholls have helped the side to maximum control of the second match on day 02 at Queens Sports Club.

The Black Caps secured a dominant 9-wicket victory in the first test of the New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe 2025 and will be aiming to extend the win in the series.

The three batters brought up 150+ scores, helping the visitors to reach 600+ runs in the first innings. They went on to score 427 runs for two wickets by the end of day 02.

After Conway fell for 153 runs off 245 deliveries while Nicholls and Rachin Ravindra are unbeaten on 150 and 165 runs respectively.

By achieving this feat, New Zealand has joined exclusive club. Only two other teams has managed to have three players score 150 or more in the same Test innings. The first instance came in the first test between England and Australia in 1938.

Leonard Hutton (364), Maurice Leyland (187) and Joe Hardstaff (169) scored over 150 runs in an innings as England posted 903/7 at The Oval. England eventually won the match by an innings and 579 runs.

48 years later, India matched the feat in the first test against Sri Lanka in Kanpur.

However, the match ended on level terms. Over the years, Test cricket has seen multiple record-breaking knocks and innings, but no other team could achieve the feat.

New Zealand has registered a unique feat and even beat the record if any other cricketer can go on and score over 150 runs. The kiwis have plenty of time as the bowlers will be confident on bundling out Zimbabwe in the second innings to seal the series.

Apart from the trio, Will Young and Jacob Duffy scored 74 and 36 before being dismissed by Gwandu and Masekesa respectively.