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England in Zimbabwe Test Series - 1st Test

Zimbabwe v England

Match drawn

Zimbabwe 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GW Flower c Hussain b Silverwood 43 151 100 5 0 43.00
SV Carlisle c Crawley b Gough 0 7 3 0 0 0.00
ADR Campbell* c Silverwood b Croft 84 156 136 13 0 61.76
DL Houghton c †Stewart b Croft 34 99 60 3 1 56.66
A Flower† c †Stewart b Tufnell 112 366 331 12 0 33.83
AC Waller c Crawley b Croft 15 53 47 1 0 31.91
GJ Whittall c Atherton b Silverwood 7 37 30 1 0 23.33
PA Strang c Tufnell b Silverwood 38 106 69 7 0 55.07
HH Streak b Mullally 19 72 60 2 0 31.66
BC Strang not out 4 6 2 1 0 200.00
HK Olonga c Knight b Tufnell 0 2 4 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 4, w 3, nb 13) 20
Total (all out; 137.5 overs; 533 mins) 376 (2.72 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-3 (Carlisle), 2-130 (GW Flower), 3-136 (Campbell), 4-206 (Houghton), 5-235 (Waller), 6-252 (Whittall), 7-331 (PA Strang), 8-372 (Streak), 9-376 (A Flower), 10-376 (Olonga)
Bowling O M R W Econ
AD Mullally 23 4 69 1 3.00 (1nb, 2w)
D Gough 26 4 87 1 3.34 (5nb, 1w)
CEW Silverwood 18 5 63 3 3.50 (6nb)
RDB Croft 44 15 77 3 1.75
PCR Tufnell 26.5 4 76 2 2.83 (3nb)
England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
NV Knight lbw b Olonga 56 104 79 9 0 70.88
MA Atherton* lbw b PA Strang 16 57 43 2 0 37.20
AJ Stewart† lbw b PA Strang 48 149 123 8 0 39.02
N Hussain c BC Strang b Streak 113 357 278 14 0 40.64
GP Thorpe c Campbell b PA Strang 13 28 23 3 0 56.52
JP Crawley c †A Flower b PA Strang 112 374 297 9 1 37.71
RDB Croft lbw b Olonga 7 30 22 1 0 31.81
D Gough c GW Flower b Olonga 2 7 6 0 0 33.33
CEW Silverwood c Houghton b PA Strang 0 15 17 0 0 0.00
AD Mullally c Waller b Streak 4 45 27 1 0 14.81
PCR Tufnell not out 2 44 23 0 0 8.69
Extras (b 4, lb 4, w 1, nb 24) 33
Total (all out; 151.4 overs; 610 mins) 406 (2.67 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-48 (Atherton), 2-92 (Knight), 3-160 (Stewart), 4-180 (Thorpe), 5-328 (Hussain), 6-340 (Croft), 7-344 (Gough), 8-353 (Silverwood), 9-378 (Mullally), 10-406 (Crawley)
Bowling O M R W Econ
HH Streak 36 8 86 2 2.38 (15nb)
BC Strang 17 5 54 0 3.17 (2nb)
PA Strang 58.4 14 123 5 2.09
HK Olonga 23 2 90 3 3.91 (10nb, 1w)
GJ Whittall 10 2 25 0 2.50 (1nb)
GW Flower 7 3 20 0 2.85
Zimbabwe 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GW Flower lbw b Gough 0 17 15 0 0 0.00
SV Carlisle c Atherton b Mullally 4 14 12 1 0 33.33
ADR Campbell* b Croft 29 68 46 4 0 63.04
DL Houghton c Croft b Tufnell 37 158 117 5 0 31.62
A Flower† c Crawley b Tufnell 14 52 41 1 0 34.14
AC Waller c Knight b Gough 50 135 109 5 2 45.87
BC Strang c Mullally b Tufnell 3 10 13 0 0 23.07
GJ Whittall c Croft b Tufnell 56 185 184 5 1 30.43
PA Strang c Crawley b Croft 19 61 40 0 0 47.50
HH Streak not out 8 46 24 0 0 33.33
HK Olonga c †Stewart b Silverwood 0 6 7 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 4, lb 6, w 2, nb 2) 14
Total (all out; 101 overs; 381 mins) 234 (2.31 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-6 (Carlisle), 2-6 (GW Flower), 3-57 (Campbell), 4-82 (A Flower), 5-103 (Houghton), 6-111 (BC Strang), 7-178 (Waller), 8-209 (PA Strang), 9-233 (Whittall), 10-234 (Olonga)
Bowling O M R W Econ
D Gough 12 2 44 2 3.66 (1nb, 1w)
AD Mullally 18 5 49 1 2.72 (1w)
RDB Croft 33 9 62 2 1.87
CEW Silverwood 7 3 8 1 1.14 (1nb)
PCR Tufnell 31 12 61 4 1.96
England 2nd innings (target: 205 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
NV Knight run out (†A Flower) 96 180 117 5 1 82.05
MA Atherton* b Olonga 4 19 10 0 0 40.00
AJ Stewart† c Campbell b PA Strang 73 115 76 4 2 96.05
N Hussain c Carlisle b PA Strang 0 2 2 0 0 0.00
JP Crawley c Carlisle b Whittall 7 17 10 1 0 70.00
GP Thorpe c Campbell b Streak 2 5 3 0 0 66.66
D Gough not out 3 17 7 0 0 42.85
Extras (b 2, lb 13, w 3, nb 1) 19
Total (6 wickets; 37 overs) 204 (5.51 runs per over)
Did not bat RDB Croft, CEW Silverwood, AD Mullally, PCR Tufnell
Fall of wickets 1-17 (Atherton), 2-154 (Stewart), 3-156 (Hussain), 4-178 (Crawley), 5-182 (Thorpe), 6-204 (Knight)
Bowling O M R W Econ
HH Streak 11 0 64 1 5.81 (1nb, 2w)
HK Olonga 2 0 16 1 8.00 (1nb, 1w)
PA Strang 14 0 63 2 4.50
GW Flower 8 0 36 0 4.50
GJ Whittall 2 0 10 1 5.00
Match details
Toss Zimbabwe, who chose to bat
Series 2-match series level 0-0
Test debuts CEW Silverwood (England); AC Waller (Zimbabwe)
Player of the match NV Knight (England)
Umpires RS Dunne (New Zealand) and ID Robinson
TV umpire RB Tiffin
Match referee Hanumant Singh (India)
Close of play
Wed, 18 Dec - day 1 - Zimbabwe 1st innings 256/6 (A Flower 58*, PA Strang 0*)
Thu, 19 Dec - day 2 - England 1st innings 48/1 (NV Knight 29*)
Fri, 20 Dec - day 3 - England 1st innings 306/4 (N Hussain 101*, JP Crawley 51*)
Sat, 21 Dec - day 4 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 107/5 (AC Waller 14*, BC Strang 0*)
Sun, 22 Dec - day 5 - England 2nd innings 204/6 (37 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • General
  • Day 2
  • Day 5
  • 3 runs were needed off the final ball, but only 2 were scored.
  • After the match was completed, the official scorers reversed the run out on the final ball for NV Knight to be dismissed, rather than D Gough, since the batsmen had not get crossed.
  • First ever Test match to end drawn with the scores level
 
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Series Results
Zimbabwe v England at Harare - Dec 26-30, 1996
Match drawn
Zimbabwe v England at Bulawayo - Dec 18-22, 1996
Match drawn
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Photos

1996

England v Zimbabwe, first Test, Bulawayo, 18 - 22 December 1996

Heath Streak at the crease

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1996

England v Zimbabwe, first Test, Bulawayo, 18 - 22 December 1996

Andy Flower on his way to his first Test century

© Action Photographics

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