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
England vs Zimbabwe, Only Test at Nottingham, ENG v ZIM, May 22 2025 - Live Cricket Score
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Only Test, Nottingham, May 22 - 25, 2025, Zimbabwe tour of England
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Partnership: 22 Runs, 3 Ov (RR: 7.33)
Reviews Remaining: England - 3 of 3, Zimbabwe - 3 of 3
DRSMatch centre Ground time: 12:11
Scores: Ranjith P | Comms: Andrew Millerend of over 35 runs
ZIM: 22/0CRR: 7.33
Brian Bennett20 (14b 5x4)
Ben Curran1 (4b)
Sam Cook 2-0-16-0
Gus Atkinson 1-0-5-0
2.6
4
Cook to Bennett, FOUR runs
2.5
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Cook to Bennett, no run
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
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Cook to Bennett, no run
outside off, shape away from back of a length, left alone
2.3
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Cook to Ben Curran, 1 leg bye
defended once more
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Cook to Ben Curran, no run
on the back foot, and blocked into the on-side
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Cook to Ben Curran, no run
round the wicket, full length outside off, shaping away and no stroke offered
Cook with the left-hander in his sights now
end of over 25 runs
ZIM: 17/0CRR: 8.50
Brian Bennett16 (11b 4x4)
Ben Curran1 (1b)
Gus Atkinson 1-0-5-0
Sam Cook 1-0-12-0
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
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Atkinson to Bennett, no run
stabbed into the on-side to end a lively over
1.5
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Atkinson to Bennett, FOUR runs
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
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Atkinson to Bennett, no run
in the channel outside off, no stroke offered there
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Atkinson to Bennett, no run
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!
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Atkinson to Bennett, no run
back of a length, hopping off the deck and through to the keeper
1.1
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Atkinson to Ben Curran, 1 run
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
end of over 112 runs
ZIM: 12/0CRR: 12.00
Brian Bennett12 (6b 3x4)
Ben Curran0 (0b)
Sam Cook 1-0-12-0
0.6
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Cook to Bennett, no run
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
0.5
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Cook to Bennett, FOUR runs
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
0.4
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Cook to Bennett, FOUR runs
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
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4
Cook to Bennett, FOUR runs
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!
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Cook to Bennett, no run
hits the seam and that one jags away with some lively extra bounce, taken by Smith as he hops in front of first slip
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Cook to Bennett, no run
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
96.3
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Muzarabani to Brook, OUT
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
Harry Brook b Muzarabani 58 (50b 6x4 3x6 71m) SR: 116
96.2
4
Muzarabani to Brook, FOUR runs
on the charge, clattered through cow, Ervine gives chase but can't quite flick it back. Four more
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EnglandBM DuckettZ Crawley
140 (134)78 (116)
231 (250)
Z CrawleyOJ Pope
46 (55)85 (88)
137 (143)
JE RootOJ Pope
34 (44)76 (61)
111 (105)
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23 (42)
BA StokesHC Brook
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46 (32)
HC BrookJL Smith
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ZimbabweBJ CurranBJ Bennett
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Match details
| Trent Bridge, Nottingham | |
| Toss | Zimbabwe, elected to field first |
| Series | |
| 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) |
| Test debut | |
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