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Zimbabwe vs England, 1st Test at Bulawayo, Dec 18 1996 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

1st Test, Bulawayo, December 18 - 22, 1996, England tour of Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe

376 & 234

England

(T:205) 406 & 204/6

Match drawn

Player Of The Match

Nick Knight

, ENG

56 & 96

Zimbabwe 1st Innings

England 1st Innings

Zimbabwe 2nd Innings

England 2nd Innings

Match Flow

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Zimbabwe 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Grant Flower	c Hussain b Silverwood	43	100	151	5	0	43.00
Stuart Carlisle	c Crawley b Gough	0	3	7	0	0	0.00
Alistair Campbell (c)	c Silverwood b Croft	84	136	156	13	0	61.76
Dave Houghton	c †Stewart b Croft	34	60	99	3	1	56.66
Andy Flower †	c †Stewart b Tufnell	112	331	366	12	0	33.83
Andy Waller	c Crawley b Croft	15	47	53	1	0	31.91
Guy Whittall	c Atherton b Silverwood	7	30	37	1	0	23.33
Paul Strang	c Tufnell b Silverwood	38	69	106	7	0	55.07
Heath Streak	b Mullally	19	60	72	2	0	31.66
Bryan Strang	not out	4	2	6	1	0	200.00
Henry Olonga	c Knight b Tufnell	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 4, nb 13, w 3)	20
Total	137.5 Ov (RR: 2.72, 533 Mins)	376
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Stuart Carlisle), 2-130 (Grant Flower), 3-136 (Alistair Campbell), 4-206 (Dave Houghton), 5-235 (Andy Waller), 6-252 (Guy Whittall), 7-331 (Paul Strang), 8-372 (Heath Streak), 9-376 (Andy Flower), 10-376 (Henry Olonga)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Alan Mullally	23	4	69	1	3.00	-	-	-	2	1
Darren Gough	26	4	87	1	3.34	-	-	-	1	5
Chris Silverwood	18	5	63	3	3.50	-	-	-	0	6
Robert Croft	44	15	77	3	1.75	-	-	-	0	0
Phil Tufnell	26.5	4	76	2	2.83	-	-	-	0	3

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Knight	lbw b Olonga	56	79	104	9	0	70.88
Mike Atherton (c)	lbw b PA Strang	16	43	57	2	0	37.20
Alec Stewart †	lbw b PA Strang	48	123	149	8	0	39.02
Nasser Hussain	c BC Strang b Streak	113	278	357	14	0	40.64
Graham Thorpe	c Campbell b PA Strang	13	23	28	3	0	56.52
John Crawley	c †A Flower b PA Strang	112	297	374	9	1	37.71
Robert Croft	lbw b Olonga	7	22	30	1	0	31.81
Darren Gough	c GW Flower b Olonga	2	6	7	0	0	33.33
Chris Silverwood	c Houghton b PA Strang	0	17	15	0	0	0.00
Alan Mullally	c Waller b Streak	4	27	45	1	0	14.81
Phil Tufnell	not out	2	23	44	0	0	8.69
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, nb 24, w 1)	33
Total	151.4 Ov (RR: 2.67, 610 Mins)	406
Fall of wickets: 1-48 (Mike Atherton), 2-92 (Nick Knight), 3-160 (Alec Stewart), 4-180 (Graham Thorpe), 5-328 (Nasser Hussain), 6-340 (Robert Croft), 7-344 (Darren Gough), 8-353 (Chris Silverwood), 9-378 (Alan Mullally), 10-406 (John Crawley)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Heath Streak	36	8	86	2	2.38	-	-	-	0	15
Bryan Strang	17	5	54	0	3.17	-	-	-	0	2
Paul Strang	58.4	14	123	5	2.09	-	-	-	0	0
Henry Olonga	23	2	90	3	3.91	-	-	-	1	10
Guy Whittall	10	2	25	0	2.50	-	-	-	0	1
Grant Flower	7	3	20	0	2.85	-	-	-	0	0

Zimbabwe 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Grant Flower	lbw b Gough	0	15	17	0	0	0.00
Stuart Carlisle	c Atherton b Mullally	4	12	14	1	0	33.33
Alistair Campbell (c)	b Croft	29	46	68	4	0	63.04
Dave Houghton	c Croft b Tufnell	37	117	158	5	0	31.62
Andy Flower †	c Crawley b Tufnell	14	41	52	1	0	34.14
Andy Waller	c Knight b Gough	50	109	135	5	2	45.87
Bryan Strang	c Mullally b Tufnell	3	13	10	0	0	23.07
Guy Whittall	c Croft b Tufnell	56	184	185	5	1	30.43
Paul Strang	c Crawley b Croft	19	40	61	0	0	47.50
Heath Streak	not out	8	24	46	0	0	33.33
Henry Olonga	c †Stewart b Silverwood	0	7	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 2, w 2)	14
Total	101 Ov (RR: 2.31, 381 Mins)	234
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Stuart Carlisle), 2-6 (Grant Flower), 3-57 (Alistair Campbell), 4-82 (Andy Flower), 5-103 (Dave Houghton), 6-111 (Bryan Strang), 7-178 (Andy Waller), 8-209 (Paul Strang), 9-233 (Guy Whittall), 10-234 (Henry Olonga)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Darren Gough	12	2	44	2	3.66	-	-	-	1	1
Alan Mullally	18	5	49	1	2.72	-	-	-	1	0
Robert Croft	33	9	62	2	1.87	-	-	-	0	0
Chris Silverwood	7	3	8	1	1.14	-	-	-	0	1
Phil Tufnell	31	12	61	4	1.96	-	-	-	0	0

England 2nd Innings (T: 205 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Knight	run out (†A Flower)	96	117	180	5	1	82.05
Mike Atherton (c)	b Olonga	4	10	19	0	0	40.00
Alec Stewart †	c Campbell b PA Strang	73	76	115	4	2	96.05
Nasser Hussain	c Carlisle b PA Strang	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
John Crawley	c Carlisle b Whittall	7	10	17	1	0	70.00
Graham Thorpe	c Campbell b Streak	2	3	5	0	0	66.66
Darren Gough	not out	3	7	17	0	0	42.85
Extras	(b 2, lb 13, nb 1, w 3)	19
Total	37 Ov (RR: 5.51)	204/6
Did not bat: Robert Croft, Chris Silverwood, Alan Mullally, Phil Tufnell
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Mike Atherton), 2-154 (Alec Stewart), 3-156 (Nasser Hussain), 4-178 (John Crawley), 5-182 (Graham Thorpe), 6-204 (Nick Knight)

Bowling	O	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Heath Streak	11	64	1	5.81	-	-	-	2	1
Henry Olonga	2	16	1	8.00	-	-	-	1	1
Paul Strang	14	63	2	4.50	-	-	-	0	0
Grant Flower	8	36	0	4.50	-	-	-	0	0
Guy Whittall	2	10	1	5.00	-	-	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Wed, 18 Dec - day 1 - Zimbabwe 1st innings 256/6 (Andy Flower 58*, Paul Strang 0*)

Thu, 19 Dec - day 2 - England 1st innings 48/1 (Nick Knight 29*)

Fri, 20 Dec - day 3 - England 1st innings 306/4 (Nasser Hussain 101*, John Crawley 51*)

Sat, 21 Dec - day 4 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 107/5 (Andy Waller 14*, Bryan Strang 0*)

Sun, 22 Dec - day 5 - England 2nd innings 204/6 (37 ov) - end of match

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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

Match Details

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Toss	Zimbabwe, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Zimbabwe
Season	1996/97
Player Of The Match	Nick Knight
Series result	2-match series level 0-0
Match number	Test no. 1345
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Chris Silverwood Andy Waller
Umpires	Ian Robinson Steve Dunne
TV Umpire	Russell Tiffin
Match Referee	Hanumant Singh

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England Innings

Player Name		R	B
NV Knight	run out	96	117
MA Atherton	bowled	4	10
AJ Stewart	caught	73	76
N Hussain	caught	0	2
JP Crawley	caught	7	10
GP Thorpe	caught	2	3
D Gough	not out	3	7
Extras	(b 2, lb 13, nb 1, w 3)
Total	204(6 wkts; 37 ovs)

Player Name	O	R	W	Econ
HH Streak	11	64	1	5.81 (1 nb)
HK Olonga	2	16	1	8 (1 nb)
PA Strang	14	63	2	4.5
GW Flower	8	36	0	4.5
GJ Whittall	2	10	1	5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	17	Mike Atherton	Nick Knight
2nd	137	Alec Stewart	Nick Knight
3rd	2	Nasser Hussain	Nick Knight
4th	22	John Crawley	Nick Knight
5th	4	Graham Thorpe	Nick Knight
6th	22	Darren Gough	Nick Knight

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