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Nasser Hussain comes back - and so does the sun
The eighth NatWest Series match, between England and Zimbabwe at Edgbaston, has been unexpectedly invaded by a quite unexpected element: the sun
John Ward
18-Jul-2000
The eighth NatWest Series match, between England and Zimbabwe at Edgbaston,
has been unexpectedly invaded by a quite unexpected element: the sun. The
Birmingham crowd have turned out in their shirtsleeves - and no doubt less
later on - while Zimbabwe at least will feel more at home than they have
done for most of their tour.
The heat has had the effect of opening cracks on the pitch, which is reported to be rather spongy and less favourable for batting than the excellent surfaces at Riverside. Nasser Hussain won what is thought to be a good toss to win, and decided to bat.
Every incentive to win
Full postEngland move towards victory
England moved confidently towards victory over Zimbabwe in their NatWest Series match at Edgbaston this evening
John Ward
18-Jul-2000
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Alec Stewart - century inspires England Photo © CricInfo |
Confident approach
Edgbaston, 30 overs: England 262 for eight; Zimbabwe 119 for five (Campbell
47, A Flower 1)
England moved confidently towards victory over Zimbabwe in their NatWest
Series match at Edgbaston this evening. After running up 262 for the loss
of eight wickets, with a superb 101 from Alec Stewart the main contribution,
they tied down Zimbabwe's early batsmen until, under pressure to score more
quickly, they brought about a middle-order collapse. After 30 overs, Zimbabwe were struggling at 199 for five, requiring a scoring rate in excess of seven an over to win the match.
Full postEngland in fine form for final showdown
England's capability and confidence has surfaced so rapidly with their progress in this limited-overs series
Andy Jalil
18-Jul-2000
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Unsuccessful runs end Zimbabwe's run of success Photo © CricInfo |
England's capability and confidence has surfaced so rapidly with their progress in this limited-overs series. Their third victory on the trot came from yet another thoroughly efficient all-round performance which must put them in good stead for the final showdown this weekend. It should also have given them a bit of psychological advantage.
But while that may possibly be so, Zimbabwe, regardless of this defeat, are
a side that have, in limited-overs cricket, performed against all odds and their record against England stood at seven victories each, until the match
today. Their never-say-die spirit was much in evidence only two days ago against West Indies when, facing a daunting total of 287, they achieved victory by six wickets after losing nearly half the side for 104.
Full postCracking start by England - Stewart continues where he left off
England got off to a cracking start as they batted on winning the toss in the NatWest Series match against Zimbabwe at Edgbaston, Birmingham
John Ward
18-Jul-2000
Edgbaston, 30 overs: England 138 for three (Stewart 57, Thorpe 23)
England got off to a cracking start as they batted on winning the toss in the NatWest Series match against Zimbabwe at Edgbaston, Birmingham. At one stage they were 85 for one in the 17th over, taking advantage of several missed chances in the field. Although Zimbabwe struck back, Graham Thorpe settled into a sound partnership with Alec Stewart, who carried on where he left off at Riverside with another valuable fifty.
Runs flow from the "off"
Full postStewart strikes England into a commanding position
A magnificent century by Alec Stewart led England into a potentially winning position in their NatWest Series match against Zimbabwe at Edgbaston
John Ward
18-Jul-2000
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Alec Stewart - century inspires England Photo © CricInfo |
Edgbaston, teatime: England 262 for eight; Zimbabwe to bat
A magnificent century by Alec Stewart led England into a potentially winning
position in their NatWest Series match against Zimbabwe at Edgbaston. Their
262 was a fine achievement, with Thorpe and Hussain playing good supporting
roles, but it all revolved around Stewart's fine innings.
England beat Zimbabwe and move ahead in records
For the first time England took the lead in one-day match records against Zimbabwe when they beat them by 52 runs in the day-night NatWest Series match at Edgbaston tonight; they have now recorded eight victories to Zimbabwe's seven
John Ward
18-Jul-2000
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Alec Stewart - century inspires England Photo © CricInfo |
For the first time England took the lead in one-day match records against
Zimbabwe when they beat them by 52 runs in the day-night NatWest Series
match at Edgbaston tonight; they have now recorded eight victories to
Zimbabwe's seven.
The highlight for the home side was a superb innings of 101 by opening batsman Alec Stewart, who held the batting together and enabled the team to reach 262 for the loss of eight wickets. Tight bowling then put Zimbabwe behind the clock and intensified the pressure; with a determined fifty by Neil Johnson they reached 87 for one in the 23rd over, but then a collapse, helped by some fine England bowling and fielding, sent the tourists sliding to 210 for nine wickets.
Full postA fabulous 9 wickets victory for Sri Lanka
The match commenced at the National Stadium Karachi, the famous international Cricket Venue
Col (Retd) Rafi Nasim
17-Jul-2000
UAE Innings
The match commenced at the National Stadium Karachi, the famous international Cricket Venue. UAE having won the toss elected to bat. They opened the innings with Amir Hussain and Ali Poonawala against the bowling attack of Wijesiriwarkdena and D. Niroshan.
With UAE losing 5 wicket for 48 runs in 15 overs, it was not an impressive start. The first 2 wickets of Amir Hussain (3) and Ali Firoz Poonawala (5) fell at the total of 10. Nadike Kiran was the next to go with the score at 27. Mohammad Abdullah who showed some grit to stay at the crease was run out after contributing a useful 16 when the total was 48.
The UAE batsmen were not able to sustain Sri Lanka's pressure. They lost the 6th wicket at 57 in 17 overs. The two other batsmen who reached double figures were Amer Shahzad (12) and Ghalib Arif (11). UAE was all out for 85 in 35.5 overs. By clinching 4 wickets for 18 runs Damith Gunathilake emerged as the best bowler.
Full postHigh quality strokeplay from Atherton and Ganguly
Mike Atherton and Sourav Ganguly produced a feast of high-quality strokeplay to become Lancashire record-breakers at Taunton
Richard Latham
17-Jul-2000
Mike Atherton and Sourav Ganguly produced a feast of high-quality strokeplay to become Lancashire record-breakers at Taunton.
Replying to a modest Somerset total of 198, the two Test players put on 192 for the first wicket in 34 overs to lead their side to a seven-wicket victory - only Lancashire's second in the National League this season.
The stand was the county's highest opening partnership in the competition, beating the 177 compiled by Graeme Fowler and Gehan Mendis against Kent at Canterbury in 1986.
Full postBahrain suffers humiliating nine wickets defeat
The match started at the Bugti Stadium Quetta, the capital city of the province of Baluchistan
Col (Retd) Rafi Nasim
17-Jul-2000
Bahrain's innings
The match started at the Bugti Stadium Quetta, the capital city of the province of Baluchistan. It is a hill station with a pleasant but at times cool summer.
Nepal won the toss and elected to field first. The result showed that they were pretty wise in reading the pitch. Batting first, Bahrain met a disastrous start by losing 7 wickets for 32 runs in 19 overs. Except for Rizwan Abdul Ghani who was run out after scoring useful 15 runs, no other batsman was able to score more than 5 runs. Unable to face the pressure of Nepal's hostile bowling, Bahrain was all out for 42 runs in 23.4 overs. Basanta Regmi was the leading bowler with 3 wickets for 6 runs in 5 overs.
Nepal Innings
Full postGloucestershire snatch dramatic win over Worcestershire
Worcestershire Royals threw away a great chance to consolidate their lead of the First Division of the National league when they saw Gloucestershire snatch a dramatic three wicket win at Cheltenham
Staff and agencies
17-Jul-2000
Worcestershire Royals threw away a great chance to consolidate their lead of the First Division of the National league when they saw Gloucestershire snatch a dramatic three wicket win at Cheltenham.
The Australian Glenn McGrath had sent the home side reeling with a dynamic burst which rbought him threee wickets in seven balls for no runs.
They were then on 76 for 7 in reply to Worcester's 149 for 9 and McGrath had two overs left.
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