ZIM vs SA Match Prediction : South Africa tour of Zimbabwe, Test, 2025, 2nd Test

South Africans are currently visiting Zimbabwe for two test matches. South Africa won the first test by a massive margin of 328 runs to take an early 1-0 lead in the series. The second test will also be played at the Queen Sports Club in Bulawayo, starting from July 6, 2025. This article will examine the betting tips, match prediction, and probable playing eleven for this contest.

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Zimbabwe vs South Africa Head-to-Head Record

South Africa and Zimbabwe have played 10 Test matches against each other. South Africa have won 9 of these encounters, while one ended in a draw. Zimbabwe have never beaten South Africa in this format.

Zimbabwe vs South Africa Live-streaming and Broadcast

This first Test will be aired on SuperSport and live-streamed on DStv app for South Africa and Zimbabwean territories. Indian viewers can follow updates on FanCode.

Live scores, ball-by-ball commentary, and in-game betting odds will be updated on ocbscores.com.

ZIM vs SA Team Previews

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has a poor record against South Africa in this format. They have lost all five of their previous meetings. In the first innings of the first test of the series, Zimbabwe bowlers could not contain the South African batters. Tanaka Chivanga was the best bowler with four wickets.

Wellington Masakadza was the top bowler for Zimbabwe in the South African second innings with four wickets. Sean Williams was the only batter to score decent runs in the Zimbabwe first innings with a 137-run knock. William Masakadza batted well in the lower order for Zimbabwe in their second innings to top-score with 57 runs.

Sean Williams will once again lead the batting charge for Zimbabwe with 747 runs from his last seven games, with an average of 57.46. Another batter doing a reasonable job for Zimbabwe is Craig Ervine. He has scored 567 runs in his previous nine tests at an average of 33.35.

Blessing Muzarabani has been the pick of the Zimbabwe bowlers with 38 wickets from his last eight games, with a strike rate of 40.84. Wellington Masakadza has also picked up 16 wickets in his previous five contests with a strike rate of 69.

Zimbabwe Expected Playing 11

Brian Bennett, Takudzwanashe Kaitano, Nick Welch, Sean Williams, Craig Ervine (c), Wessly Madhevere, Prince Masvaure, Tafadzwa Tsiga (wk), Wellington Masakadza, Vincent Masekesa, Blessing Muzarabani, Tanaka Chivanga.

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South Africa

South Africans have a terrific record against Zimbabwe in the test match format. They have won eight out of their last nine games against the Zim. They won the first contest easily with a significant margin.

Lhuan-dre-Pretorius hit a superb hundred in the first innings to bag the trophy of Player of the Match.
Corbin Bosch also hit a hundred in this innings. Wiaan Mulder picked up four wickets in the Zimbabwe first innings. He also went on to score a maiden hundred in the second innings. Bosch picked up a fifer in the Zim second innings to wrap up the test match for South Africa.

Kyle Verreynne will lead the South African batting charge in this test. He has scored 523 runs in his last ten games with an average of 40.23. Tony de Zorzi has scored 486 runs from his previous eight contests with an average of 32.4 and a strike rate of 58.41.

Wiaan Mulder will lead the South African bowling effort. He has picked up 16 wickets from his last seven games with a strike rate of 47.62. Corbin Bosch has also picked up ten victims from his previous two games with a strike rate of 28.6.

South Africa Expected Playing 11

Matthew Breetzke, Tony de Zorzi, Wiaan Mulder, David Bedingham, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Dewald Brevis, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Codi Yusuf, Kwena Maphaka.

ZIM vs SA Toss Prediction

We have seen 28 test matches played at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. The teams batting first have won six tests, while the teams batting second have managed to win 12. Ten games ended in a draw. These results indicate a sound batting track, as we saw in the first test. So, the skipper winning the coin flip will opt to field first on the first day and let the new ball do the talking.

Pitch Report and Weather Conditions

This venue is famous for being a batting-friendly one. The track provides a consistent pace and bounce, allowing the batters to score freely. The wicket is likely to hold up well throughout the test. Bowlers might get some assistance in the later stages of the contest. We are expecting bright and sunny conditions for this test. There is no possibility of getting showers, at least in the initial part of the contest.

ZIM vs SA: Who Will Win?

Although these test matches are being played in Zimbabwe, you can expect the world test champions, South Africa, to dominate the proceedings. They beat the hosts easily in the first test, and things are unlikely to be much different in the second. We will bet with South Africa men to win the contest and pocket the test series 2-0.

Bet on South Africa to win this match.

ZIM vs SA win percentage stands at 81% in favor of SA.

Todays Match Prediction: South Africa to Win.