Lewry recovers for limited-overs game (18 February 1999)
JASON LEWRY, the England A fast bowler, declared himself fit for today's second one-day international against Zimbabwe A at Alexandra, having recovered from what was diagnosed as e-coli poisoning in Bulawayo
18-Feb-1999
18 February 1999
Lewry recovers for limited-overs game
By Charles Randall in Harare
JASON LEWRY, the England A fast bowler, declared himself fit for
today's second one-day international against Zimbabwe A at
Alexandra, having recovered from what was diagnosed as e-coli
poisoning in Bulawayo.
The second five-day Test in Bulawayo turned into an ordeal for
Lewry, who was unable to sleep because of sharp intestinal pain
and diarrhoea. The Sussex left-armer played through the match
creditably with occasional rests on the sidelines, but England's
management were worried enough to send samples off for laboratory
testing.
The unlucky Lewry was not considered for Tuesday's extraordinary
one-day international at Queens, which ended with all the England
players flooding on to the pitch in joy and relief when Chris
Read and Dean Cosker snatched the one-wicket victory in the final
over.
The England party flew back here yesterday morning with some
lessons to digest after that Queens wake-up call. None of the
bowlers, apart from Andrew Flintoff, got to grips his task.
Cosker had to redeem himself for a fumbled run-out attempt at the
stumps, which gave Stuart Carlisle his only life before he had
faced a ball. The Zimbabwean's 80 off 67 balls was the outstanding batting feature of the match.
England's unexpected success was greeted with pandemonium -
something like, one might imagine, the reaction when a baboon
burst into a house in the Bulawayo suburbs last weekend while a
family were watching television.
England went into the Queens match with seven bowlers, if Vikram
Solanki's off-spin was to be included, suggesting there could be
room for an extra batsman such as Robert Key.
Another selection factor would be Read's injury - he was struck
on his left shoulder joint by the ricochet from one of Michael
Vaughan's direct hits - and that could rule him out today, giving
Solanki his debut as the stand-in wicketkeeper.
Source :: Electronic Telegraph (https://www.telegraph.co.uk)