It was the 313th ODI for England and 154th for Zimbabwe.
It was the 14th match between these two sides. The record now
reads : England 7, Zimbabwe 7.
It was the first day-night match on this venue. Manchester
thus became England's second (after Bristol) and 32nd venue
in the world to host a day-night match.
Zimbabwe's total (114) was its lowest against England
obliterating the previous lowest of 131 at Bulawayo on
18-02-2000. Incidentally Zimbabwe's lowest ever in ODIs
is 94 versus Pakistan at Sharjah on 06-04-1997.
The total was also the lowest for Zimbabwe in all matches
when batting first. The previous lowest was 116 against
Australia at Harare on 23-10-1999.
The seventh wicket stand of 49 runs between Andy Flower and
Stuart Carlisle is Zimbabwe's best for this wicket against
England. This obliterates the 32 run-partnership between Grant
Flower and Heath Streak at Bulawayo on 16-02-2000.
Paul Strang recorded his fourth duck against England. Only
Australia's Kim Hughes (6 ducks in 23 matches) and West Indies'
Michael Holding (5 in 21) have aggregated more ducks in a career
against England.
Alec Stewart equalled Australia's Adam Gilchrist's world
record of most dismissals in a match by taking six catches behind
the wicket. Gilchrist had taken six catches against South Africa
at Cape Town on 14-04-2000. Interestingly no other English `keeper
had succeded in effecting more than four dismissals in a match
before Stewart.
Stewart became the only second wicketkeeper captain to have
claimed five or more victims in a match. Zimbabwean Andy Flower
had claimed five victims against South Africa at Harare on 22-10-
1995.
England won the match with 175 balls to spareits third largest
win by balls. While batting second England had beaten Canada with
a record 277 balls to spare at Manchester on 14-06-1979 and Sri
Lanka with 215 balls to spare at Leeds on 20-06-1983. Overall it was the 14th
largest win in ODIs in terms of balls spared by a team.
England's win was also the largest by balls in a day-night
match. Australia had beaten South Africa by 153 balls at Cape
Town on 14-04-2000.
The defeat by 175 balls was Zimbabwe's worst ever in ODIs.
India had beaten Zimbabwe with 133 balls to spare at Mumbai on
17-10-1987.
Andy Flintoff won his maiden Man of the Match award.
