Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Guy Whittall	b Nehra	6	17	22	1	0	35.29

Dion Ebrahim	run out (Harbhajan Singh)	12	60	86	1	0	20.00

Stuart Carlisle	c Laxman b Khan	29	54	90	3	0	53.70

Alistair Campbell	c †Dighe b Harbhajan Singh	21	55	54	3	0	38.18

Andy Flower †	c Das b Nehra	51	45	80	7	0	113.33

Grant Flower	c †Dighe b Srinath	5	19	14	0	0	26.31

Heath Streak (c)	run out (†Dighe)	16	54	81	0	0	29.62
Andy Blignaut	lbw b Nehra	0	4	7	0	0	0.00

Brian Murphy	c Dravid b Khan	7	36	44	0	0	19.44

Henry Olonga	c †Dighe b Harbhajan Singh	16	13	14	1	1	123.07

Brighton Watambwa	not out	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 4, nb 6)	10
Total	58.5 Ov (RR: 2.94, 252 Mins)	173
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Guy Whittall, 5.1 ov), 2-46 (Dion Ebrahim, 18.3 ov), 3-65 (Stuart Carlisle, 25.4 ov), 4-89 (Alistair Campbell, 32.4 ov), 5-97 (Grant Flower, 35.6 ov), 6-137 (Andy Flower, 43.6 ov), 7-139 (Andy Blignaut, 45.6 ov), 8-154 (Heath Streak, 55.1 ov), 9-165 (Brian Murphy, 57.4 ov), 10-173 (Henry Olonga, 58.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Javagal Srinath	15	5	47	1	3.13	72	6	0	0	2
35.6 to GW Flower, full and outside the off, very much there for the drive, Grant Flower flashes at it and edges to Dighe, and against the grain of play, with regard to Srinath's bowling, a wicket falls. 97/5
Ashish Nehra	12	1	23	3	1.91	60	1	0	0	3
5.1 to GJ Whittall, full and outside the off, the ball swings in late and Whittall plays just outside the ball, the ball strikes the inside edge and goes back into the stumps. 9/1 43.6 to A Flower, full and on the off, the ball swings away from the left hander, Flower goes for a big hit and the ball comes off the toe ofd the bat and flies up in the air towards mid off, Das gets under it and catches probably the most important catch of the i. 137/6 45.6 to AM Blignaut, full, straight and fast, Blignaut plays down completely the wrong line, is rapped on the pads right on the crease and is trapped pplumb in front for a duck. 139/7
Zaheer Khan	11	1	54	2	4.90	43	7	0	0	1
25.4 to SV Carlisle, full and outside the off, the ball slants away from the right hander, with a few minutes left for lunch Carlisle pokes at the ball without moving his feet, caught well by Laxman at slips. 65/3 57.4 to BA Murphy, full and on the off, Murphy goes for the drive and ends up spooning the ball straight to Dravid at short cover, easiest catch in the world and that is that. 165/9
Harbhajan Singh	20.5	6	45	2	2.16	98	2	1	0	0
32.4 to ADR Campbell, well flighted and outside the off, Campbell heaves across the line in most inelegant fashion, a shot he tried earlier and failed, the ball goes off the edge straight up in the air and Dighe gets his gloves safely under it. 89/4 58.5 to HK Olonga, full and on the off, Olonga goes for another massive hit and the top edge swirls high in the air till Dighe gets under it and pouches a comfortable catch. 173/10

India 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Shiv Sunder Das	c Ebrahim b Murphy	30	73	120	3	0	41.09

Sadagoppan Ramesh	b Watambwa	2	4	7	0	0	50.00

VVS Laxman	c Whittall b Olonga	28	38	64	6	0	73.68

Sachin Tendulkar	c Carlisle b Blignaut	74	128	179	12	0	57.81

Javagal Srinath	c Whittall b Watambwa	1	16	15	0	0	6.25

Sourav Ganguly (c)	c †A Flower b Streak	5	20	35	1	0	25.00

Rahul Dravid	c †A Flower b Blignaut	44	67	118	7	0	65.67

Sameer Dighe †	c †A Flower b Streak	47	95	119	6	0	49.47

Harbhajan Singh	c Whittall b Watambwa	66	71	123	10	1	92.95

Zaheer Khan	b Streak	0	3	2	0	0	0.00

Ashish Nehra	not out	9	31	39	1	0	29.03
Extras	(lb 4, nb 7, w 1)	12
Total	89.5 Ov (RR: 3.53, 415 Mins)	318
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Sadagoppan Ramesh, 1.4 ov), 2-54 (VVS Laxman, 14.6 ov), 3-81 (Shiv Sunder Das, 25.1 ov), 4-83 (Javagal Srinath, 29.2 ov), 5-98 (Sourav Ganguly, 36.3 ov), 6-178 (Sachin Tendulkar, 52.3 ov), 7-208 (Rahul Dravid, 60.6 ov), 8-280 (Sameer Dighe, 80.3 ov), 9-280 (Zaheer Khan, 80.6 ov), 10-318 (Harbhajan Singh, 89.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Heath Streak	24	7	63	3	2.62	118	10	0	0	0
36.3 to SC Ganguly, quick and straight from around the wicket, the ball rises sharply on Ganguly and flies through to the keeper, loud shout for caught behind, the umpire upholds it. 98/5 80.3 to SS Dighe, full and way down the leg side, Dighe glances the ball fine but straight to the keeper, good catch down the leg side, that's the end of Dighe. 280/8 80.6 to Z Khan, just short of a length and on the off, the ball comes in a touch and Zaheer Khan plays an awkward dab at the ball, the ball bounces off pad and goes onto the stumps. 280/9
Brighton Watambwa	25.5	6	94	3	3.63	117	14	0	1	3
1.4 to S Ramesh, full, fast and on the off, the ball zips past Ramesh's bat and makes a complete mess of the stumps. 2/1 29.2 to J Srinath, short of a length and slanting down the leg side, Srinath flicks towards point, Jonty Rhodes dives across, hang on a sec, Rhodes doesn't play for Zimbabwe, that's Guy Whittall flying across the turf taking a catch two handed and parallel to the. 83/4 89.5 to Harbhajan Singh, short ball once more, closer to the body this time, Harbhajan goes for yet another lusty pull shot but can't get hold of it, the ball goes straight up in the air towards mid on, good catch that from Whittall. 318/10
Andy Blignaut	16	2	68	2	4.25	72	13	0	0	1
52.3 to SR Tendulkar, full, fast and outside the off, Tendulkar flashes hard at the ball and only gets his edge to it, the ball flies past the slip cordon, almost, Carlisle says he can do better than the catch Whittall took earlier and flies to his right, plucking. 178/6 60.6 to R Dravid, short ball on the off, Dravid goes for a pulls shot again, this time Blignaut has the last laugh as the ball gets big on the batsman, kisses the top edge and flies up straight in the air, Andy Flower pouches an easy catch and that's the end of th. 208/7
Henry Olonga	8	1	35	1	4.37	35	5	0	0	3
14.6 to VVS Laxman, just short of a length and on the off, the ball climbs on Laxman and gets big on him in a hurry, a mis hit pull shot goes straight to Whittall at mid on. 54/2
Brian Murphy	16	3	54	1	3.37	66	4	1	0	0
25.1 to SS Das, well flighted and on the off, Das sticks his bat and pad out and the ball bounces off, DD Ebrahim standing close at illy point dives and takes a good catch. 81/3

Zimbabwe 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Guy Whittall	c Ramesh b Srinath	20	26	42	3	0	76.92

Dion Ebrahim	c Dravid b Srinath	0	13	19	0	0	0.00

Stuart Carlisle	c Laxman b Nehra	52	136	204	7	0	38.23

Alistair Campbell	c Das b Harbhajan Singh	16	42	65	2	0	38.09

Brian Murphy	c Das b Khan	10	21	31	2	0	47.61

Andy Flower †	c Ramesh b Nehra	83	145	231	7	0	57.24

Grant Flower	run out (Dravid)	71	230	300	6	0	30.86

Heath Streak (c)	lbw b Khan	14	32	57	1	0	43.75

Andy Blignaut	not out	32	97	135	3	1	32.98
Henry Olonga	b Srinath	0	18	26	0	0	0.00

Brighton Watambwa	run out (Tendulkar/Harbhajan Singh)	0	5	13	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 1, lb 17, nb 10, w 2)	30
Total	125.5 Ov (RR: 2.60, 566 Mins)	328
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Dion Ebrahim, 4.1 ov), 2-34 (Guy Whittall, 8.4 ov), 3-63 (Alistair Campbell, 22.5 ov), 4-86 (Brian Murphy, 29.5 ov), 5-134 (Stuart Carlisle, 47.4 ov), 6-235 (Andy Flower, 81.4 ov), 7-273 (Heath Streak, 93.2 ov), 8-308 (Grant Flower, 117.1 ov), 9-312 (Henry Olonga, 122.6 ov), 10-328 (Brighton Watambwa, 125.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Javagal Srinath	32.2	11	71	3	2.19	162	7	0	0	3
4.1 to DD Ebrahim, short ball angling in to the pads, inside edge onto the pad and the ball pops up to the man at forward short leg, simple catched pouched and India have their first breakthrough. 14/1 8.4 to GJ Whittall, full and outside the off, Whittall flashes hard at it, that's one time he wont get away with it, Sadagoppan Ramesh throwing himself full length pickes the ball up inches from the ground, stunning catch that. 34/2 122.6 to HK Olonga, full, straight and on the off, good yorker from Srinath, one of the few yorkers Srinath has bowled in his whole career, Olonga not able to get his bat down in time, clean bowled that. 312/9
Ashish Nehra	26.4	4	77	2	2.88	127	9	0	2	6
47.4 to SV Carlisle, across the right hander, extra bounce, Carlisle plays a lose shot, gets a thick edge and flies to Laxman at 2nd slip who doesnt make a mistake usually there and thats the end of a good fighting innings by Carlisle. 134/5 81.4 to A Flower, outside the off stump, well pitched up, goes for the drive, gets it high just wide of Ramesh at gully , he makes a good dive to his left and takes another good catch. probably the match-winning catch?. 235/6
Harbhajan Singh	37.5	8	92	1	2.43	179	9	1	0	0
22.5 to ADR Campbell, well flighted and on the pads, sharp turn into the pads, Campbell dabs at it and edges to Dravid at forward short leg. 63/3
Zaheer Khan	22	6	44	2	2.00	111	5	0	0	0
29.5 to BA Murphy, short ball, pushes him to the back foot, defends at it at almost chest height, the ball balloons wide away from forward short leg, Das dives extremely well to his wrong side and takes a brilliant catch. 86/4 93.2 to HH Streak, angled in from round the stumps, Streak rapped on the pads, seemed to go down the leg side, but Tiffin thought otherwise and lifted his finger on Indians' appeal. 273/7
Sachin Tendulkar	6	0	23	0	3.83	23	1	0	0	1
Sourav Ganguly	1	0	3	0	3.00	5	0	0	0	0

India 2nd Innings (T: 184 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Shiv Sunder Das	not out	82	183	207	10	0	44.80
Sadagoppan Ramesh	c Carlisle b Blignaut	17	61	98	1	0	27.86

VVS Laxman	c & b GW Flower	38	35	66	5	1	108.57

Sachin Tendulkar	not out	36	49	41	4	0	73.46
Extras	(b 4, nb 6, w 1)	11
Total	53.4 Ov (RR: 3.42, 207 Mins)	184/2
Did not bat: Sourav Ganguly (c), Rahul Dravid, Sameer Dighe †, Javagal Srinath, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra
Fall of wickets: 1-71 (Sadagoppan Ramesh, 22.5 ov), 2-132 (VVS Laxman, 38.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Brighton Watambwa	15	4	54	0	3.60	69	7	1	0	1
Andy Blignaut	12	3	25	1	2.08	62	2	0	0	5
22.5 to S Ramesh, full and outside the off, Ramesh flashes hard at the ball and only manages to edge it to the fielder at slip, that's the end of this innings for Ramesh. 71/1
Brian Murphy	18.4	1	78	0	4.17	73	8	0	1	0
Grant Flower	8	0	23	1	2.87	37	3	0	0	0
38.2 to VVS Laxman, tossed up, tempting and on the off, Laxman flicks wristily, lazily, closing the face of the bat too early, the ball pops back to Grant Flower for a sinple return catch, that's irresponsible from Laxman and a good breakthrough for Zimbabwe. 132/2

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Close of Play

Thu, 07 Jun - day 1 - India 1st innings 83/3 (Sachin Tendulkar 16*, Javagal Srinath 1*, 29 ov)

Fri, 08 Jun - day 2 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 79/3 (Stuart Carlisle 27*, Brian Murphy 10*, 27 ov)

Sat, 09 Jun - day 3 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 303/7 (Grant Flower 67*, Andy Blignaut 11*, 115 ov)

Sun, 10 Jun - day 4 - India 2nd innings 184/2 (53.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Day 2

India 50 in 14.3 overs, 69 mins
India 100 in 36.4 overs, 174 mins
SR Tendulkar 50 off 106 balls, 158 mins, 8x4
India 150 in 47.3 overs, 229 mins
India 200 in 59.5 overs, 283 mins
India 250 in 71.2 overs, 334 mins
Harbhajan Singh 50 off 60 balls, 98 mins, 7x4, 1x6
At Tea: India 304/9 in 88 overs (Harbhajan Singh 54*, Nehra 7*)
India 300 in 85.1 overs, 394 mins
New ball taken after 80 overs, when India were 280/7 (Dighe 47*, Harbhajan Singh 37*)
Zimbabwe 50 in 18 overs, 88 mins

Day 3

Zimbabwe 100 in 155 mins, 33 overs
SV Carlisle 50 in 168 mins, 114 balls, 7x4
Lunch: Zimbabwe 143/5 in 53 overs (A Flower 33*, GW Flower 2*)
Zimbabwe 150 in 56.1 overs, 259 mins
Zimbabwe 200 in 70.2 overs, 322 minutes
New ball taken after 80 overs - Z Khan's 11th over
Tea: Zimbabwe 230/5 in 81 overs (A Flower 79*, GW Flower 35*)
Zimbabwe 250 in 86.3 overs, 395 mins
GW Flower 50 in 144 balls, 189 mins, 4x4
A Flower 50 in 138 mins, 86 balls
Zimbabwe 300 in 114.2 overs
Nehra was removed from the attack in Zimbabwe's second innings by Umpire Harper for persistently running on the danger area of the pitch, after two warnings from umpire Tiffin; Srinath completed the over. Khan also received two warnings.

Day 4

India 50 in 20.3 overs, 80 mins

Match Details

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Toss	Zimbabwe, elected to bat first
Series	India tour of Zimbabwe
Season	2001
Player Of The Match	Shiv Sunder Das
Series result	India led the 2-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 1548
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Daryl Harper Russell Tiffin
TV Umpire	Jeff Fenwick
Match Referee	Denis Lindsay