slapped away through the slips! Crawley at third nearly closed his fingers around it, but it was fast and low, and eluded his outstretched right hand
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angling in on a full length, solid defence from Bennett
Re debutants, Paul Muchmore has crunched the numbers through the 'guru, and come up with James Kirtley! Gosh, it's been a while
outside off, shape away from back of a length, left alone
defended once more
on the back foot, and blocked into the on-side
round the wicket, full length outside off, shaping away and no stroke offered
Cook with the left-hander in his sights now
Scott : "Jimmy's first over against Zimbabwe went for 17. just saying...." Indeed... it's an auspicious start... that was Nasser's fault for not giving him a fine leg
stabbed into the on-side to end a lively over
whacked off the back foot, out through deep point! Bennett is in the mood! That was there to be hit, to be fair, back of a length and outside off, clubbed through deep third
in the channel outside off, no stroke offered there
full and fast, angled in at 85mph, a solid thump of pad as Atkinson appeals, but that was missing leg. More movement though
Adnan: "How often we see the debutant opens the bowling attack in Tests? Who else other than Sam Cook in recent times? " Well, there's been Anderson and Broad for decades, so probably not many!
back of a length, hopping off the deck and through to the keeper
tight line to the left-hander, jabbed out of the hips, a single to square leg to get off the mark
Gus Atkinson, the wily old pro of this attack... all 10 months of his Test experience
tight line, lift and movement, leaps past the splice! Plenty going on in that over, it goes for 12, but it was making stuff happen
overpitched this time and smoked through the covers! Bennett is on the bosh! That swung appreciably out of the hand, so he chased the width and nailed it
driven uppishly out of the full length, this squirts off the inside-edge of the bat, and away through midwicket. Not totally in control but gets plenty wood on it for back-to-back boundaries
inside-edge! Causing bother already, as this one just nips the other way, on a fuller tighter line, and zips past the leg stump via a fat splinter of bat!
hits the seam and that one jags away with some lively extra bounce, taken by Smith as he hops in front of first slip
Full as you would expect, angled in and punched to mid-on with a firm defensive drive
11.55am Hello again, Act 1 of this contest is done. What lies in store for the hour and a bit that remains of this morning session? Out come the players for Zimbabwe's first innings, with Bennett and Curran set to open up. And up against them, you suspect it'll be an early sighting of Sam Cook's styings, as he gets to the meaty part of his Test debut. Sure enough, he'll be taking the first over.
The heavy roller trundles off the pitch, and England have four slips in place. Play!
11.48am: So no delaying from Stokes, England adding 67 in around nine overs before pulling the plug. Harry Brook showed his range with a quick fifty, while Blessing Muzarabani and Tanaka Chivanga glossed their figures (slightly) by sharing three wickets - as many as they managed through the entirety of day one. Time to see how Zimbabwe's batters fair in good batting conditions. Andrew Miller will be with you shortly
Brook chops on! He's livid with that shot, just looking to dab a shortish delivery. Third wicket for Muzarabani... and with that, England have declared their innings. So this game is moving on
on the charge, clattered through cow, Ervine gives chase but can't quite flick it back. Four more
Trent Bridge, Nottingham | |
Toss | Zimbabwe, elected to field first |
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Season | 2025 |
Match number | Test no. 2584 |
Hours of play (local time) | 11.00 start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00 |
Match days | 22,23,24,25 May 2025 - day (4-day match) |
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