pushed through, 56mph and gripping on off, blocked half forward - and that will be lunch
England vs Zimbabwe, Only Test at Nottingham, ENG v ZIM, May 22 2025 - Live Cricket Score
1.02pm: Nutritious and delicious. A fine fighting effort from Zimbabwe, full of fibre. They chiselled more than 100 off the deficit for the loss of just one wicket, Sean Williams perhaps unlucky to depart lbw for a fluent 88 off 82 balls. England tried plenty but didn't create much; with Ben Curran firmly embedded, Zimbabwe will hope they can stretch this game out further. Go grab some scran, Rashad Mahbub will be here in half an hour
Short leg in now, too
slows his pace, turned off the front pad to short midwicket
Farai Leboho: "Ben is looking more like an anchor Zim needs just to stay afloat, which is really what they simply need to do. JUST DON'T FOLD. @Nes, your prophesy under test here."
gives it some air, 55mph/88kph on a wider line. Steered to backward point
floated up, defended going back on off
steps out to drive, punched in front of the sweeper, Cook does well to keep them to two
over the wicket, tossed up on off stump. Raza bends himself into a forwrd defensive
Possibly the last one before lunch. Slip and leg slip
over the wicket, back of a length in the channel, 86mph/138kph. Left alone
"Excellent innings from Williams," opines Dave Fern. "England's lunch will taste just a little bit sweeter with that wicket."
dug in, Curran looks to pull, gets a bottom edge into the leg side
cut away through point, this one doesn't have the timing to get to the rope
back of a length, defended on off stump
"Wasn't rain expected today?" There was some overnight/early this morning, Ishaan Karki. But we might get away with it from here on
short and smashed! Tongue is bowling round the wicket, angled across. Raza just stays back and sends a rasping back-foot punch through point
dug in short and nurdled off the body behind square
Tongue again, field spread
Here's RobP, eyeing up a slice of humble pie for lunch: "Afternoon Alan. I never thought that Bashir was the answer to England's spin question but he keeps taking wickets and proving me wrong"
dropped on a length, 56mph/90kph and worked around the corner by Curran for one
flicked off the front pad, was there some inside edge? Looped wide of leg slip, either way
over the wicket, angled in on the stumps, defended
In comes Sikandar Raza. Still been an excellent session for Zimbabwe
hit on the pads sweeping, and Dharmasena gives another! Williams reviews, though. Will this one stick? He missed with a paddle to leg, the ball skidding on to hit him in line with middle... and it's clipping the top of leg stump! Umpire's call by the barest of margins, and Williams is a goner! He was closing in on the honours board, and potentially reclaiming his fastest hundred mantle for Zimbabwe; but it won't be happening today. Bashir finally breaks through for England, 10 minutes before lunch
floated up,56mph/86kph outside off, steered into the covers
punched to mid-off coming forwards
short again, too high outside off and left alone
dug in, 82mph/131kph on the body and pulled through backward square for one more
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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) |
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