In the Zimbabwe T20 tri-series 2025, Tim Robinson batted the best against South Africa (photo- Phil Walter/Getty Images)
In the second match of the Zimbabwe T20 Tri Series 2025, New Zealand won against South Africa, performing a bang. In this match, the aggressive batsman for New Zealand, Tim Robinson, played an important role in his team’s victory while batting. While on one hand the rest of the batsmen of both the teams had a lot of trouble batting in this pitch, Tim Robinson scored a match winning half -century for his team.
Tim Robinson played innings
Batting first in this match, New Zealand scored 173 runs losing five wickets in 20 overs. The team’s start was not so good and they lost both their openers in four overs. Tim Cifart scored 22 runs while Devon Conway returned to the pavilion on a private score of 9 runs. However, Tim Robinson handled one end and scored an unbeaten innings of 75 runs off 57 balls with the help of six fours and three sixes. He played aggressive shots against all the bowlers of South Africa during his innings. This is his best score in the International T20 format.
In this match, Deril Mitchell scored just five runs for New Zealand while James Neesham could not even open his account. Not only this, Mitchell also returned to the pavilion after scoring just two runs. After falling 5 wickets for 70 runs, Robinson shared an unbeaten 103 -run partnership for the sixth wicket with Bevan Jacobs. Jacobs scored 44 runs not out in this match. He hit a four and three sixes during his innings. For South Africa, young fast bowler Qaina Mafaka took two wickets for 38 runs in four overs.
New Zealand won the match
Chasing the target, the South Africa team collapsed for 152 runs. Stormy batsman Dewald Brevis scored 35 runs from the team but he failed to win his team. George Linde contributed 30 runs. For the New Zealand team, Matt Henry and Jacob Dafi took 3-3 wickets while Ish Sodhi took 2 wickets.
