Overview

• Tom Latham misses the second Test with a shoulder injury, leaving Mitchell Santner to captain the Black Caps for a second consecutive match
• Injuries to Will O’Rourke and Nathan Smith opened the door for uncapped seamers Zakary Foulkes, Jacob Duffy and Matthew Fisher to make their Test debuts
• Matt Henry ran through the Zimbabwe lineup with figures of 5 for 40 as New Zealand bundled the hosts out for 125 in 48.5 overs
• Brendan Taylor marked his return from a three-and-a-half-year ban by top-scoring with 44, though fellow batters offered little resistance
• New Zealand reached 174/1 by stumps on a 162-run opening stand, claiming a 49-run lead that puts them on course to sweep the series