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Test no. 1345
England in Zimbabwe Test Series - 1st Test
Zimbabwe v England
1996/97 season

Played at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, on 18,19,20,21,22 December 1996 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn

Zimbabwe 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GW Flower c Hussain b Silverwood 43 151 100 5 0 43.00
SV Carlisle c Crawley b Gough 0 7 3 0 0 0.00
captain ADR Campbell c Silverwood b Croft 84 156 136 13 0 61.76
DL Houghton c wicketkeeperStewart b Croft 34 99 60 3 1 56.66
wicketkeeper A Flower c wicketkeeperStewart b Tufnell 112 366 331 12 0 33.83
AC Waller c Crawley b Croft 15 53 47 1 0 31.91
GJ Whittall c Atherton b Silverwood 7 37 30 1 0 23.33
PA Strang c Tufnell b Silverwood 38 106 69 7 0 55.07
HH Streak b Mullally 19 72 60 2 0 31.66
BC Strang not out 4 6 2 1 0 200.00
HK Olonga c Knight b Tufnell 0 2 4 0 0 0.00
    Extras (lb 4, w 3, nb 13) 20
    Total (all out; 137.5 overs; 533 mins) 376 (2.72 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-3 (Carlisle), 2-130 (GW Flower), 3-136 (Campbell), 4-206 (Houghton), 5-235 (Waller), 6-252 (Whittall), 7-331 (PA Strang), 8-372 (Streak), 9-376 (A Flower), 10-376 (Olonga)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 AD Mullally 23 4 69 1 3.00 (1nb, 2w)
 D Gough 26 4 87 1 3.34 (5nb, 1w)
 CEW Silverwood 18 5 63 3 3.50 (6nb)
 RDB Croft 44 15 77 3 1.75
 PCR Tufnell 26.5 4 76 2 2.83 (3nb)

England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
NV Knight lbw b Olonga 56 104 79 9 0 70.88
captain MA Atherton lbw b PA Strang 16 57 43 2 0 37.20
wicketkeeper AJ Stewart lbw b PA Strang 48 149 123 8 0 39.02
N Hussain c BC Strang b Streak 113 357 278 14 0 40.64
GP Thorpe c Campbell b PA Strang 13 28 23 3 0 56.52
JP Crawley c wicketkeeperA Flower b PA Strang 112 374 297 9 1 37.71
RDB Croft lbw b Olonga 7 30 22 1 0 31.81
D Gough c GW Flower b Olonga 2 7 6 0 0 33.33
CEW Silverwood c Houghton b PA Strang 0 15 17 0 0 0.00
AD Mullally c Waller b Streak 4 45 27 1 0 14.81
PCR Tufnell not out 2 44 23 0 0 8.69
    Extras (b 4, lb 4, w 1, nb 24) 33
    Total (all out; 151.4 overs; 610 mins) 406 (2.67 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-48 (Atherton), 2-92 (Knight), 3-160 (Stewart), 4-180 (Thorpe), 5-328 (Hussain), 6-340 (Croft), 7-344 (Gough), 8-353 (Silverwood), 9-378 (Mullally), 10-406 (Crawley)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 HH Streak 36 8 86 2 2.38 (15nb)
 BC Strang 17 5 54 0 3.17 (2nb)
 PA Strang 58.4 14 123 5 2.09
 HK Olonga 23 2 90 3 3.91 (10nb, 1w)
 GJ Whittall 10 2 25 0 2.50 (1nb)
 GW Flower 7 3 20 0 2.85

Zimbabwe 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GW Flower lbw b Gough 0 17 15 0 0 0.00
SV Carlisle c Atherton b Mullally 4 14 12 1 0 33.33
captain ADR Campbell b Croft 29 68 46 4 0 63.04
DL Houghton c Croft b Tufnell 37 158 117 5 0 31.62
wicketkeeper A Flower c Crawley b Tufnell 14 52 41 1 0 34.14
AC Waller c Knight b Gough 50 135 109 5 2 45.87
BC Strang c Mullally b Tufnell 3 10 13 0 0 23.07
GJ Whittall c Croft b Tufnell 56 185 184 5 1 30.43
PA Strang c Crawley b Croft 19 61 40 0 0 47.50
HH Streak not out 8 46 24 0 0 33.33
HK Olonga c wicketkeeperStewart b Silverwood 0 6 7 0 0 0.00
    Extras (b 4, lb 6, w 2, nb 2) 14
    Total (all out; 101 overs; 381 mins) 234 (2.31 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-6 (Carlisle), 2-6 (GW Flower), 3-57 (Campbell), 4-82 (A Flower), 5-103 (Houghton), 6-111 (BC Strang), 7-178 (Waller), 8-209 (PA Strang), 9-233 (Whittall), 10-234 (Olonga)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 D Gough 12 2 44 2 3.66 (1nb, 1w)
 AD Mullally 18 5 49 1 2.72 (1w)
 RDB Croft 33 9 62 2 1.87
 CEW Silverwood 7 3 8 1 1.14 (1nb)
 PCR Tufnell 31 12 61 4 1.96

England 2nd innings (target: 205 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
NV Knight run out (wicketkeeperA Flower) 96 180 117 5 1 82.05
captain MA Atherton b Olonga 4 19 10 0 0 40.00
wicketkeeper AJ Stewart c Campbell b PA Strang 73 115 76 4 2 96.05
N Hussain c Carlisle b PA Strang 0 2 2 0 0 0.00
JP Crawley c Carlisle b Whittall 7 17 10 1 0 70.00
GP Thorpe c Campbell b Streak 2 5 3 0 0 66.66
D Gough not out 3 17 7 0 0 42.85
    Extras (b 2, lb 13, w 3, nb 1) 19
    Total (6 wickets; 37 overs) 204 (5.51 runs per over)

Did not bat RDB Croft, CEW Silverwood, AD Mullally, PCR Tufnell

Fall of wickets1-17 (Atherton), 2-154 (Stewart), 3-156 (Hussain), 4-178 (Crawley), 5-182 (Thorpe), 6-204 (Knight)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 HH Streak 11 0 64 1 5.81 (1nb, 2w)
 HK Olonga 2 0 16 1 8.00 (1nb, 1w)
 PA Strang 14 0 63 2 4.50
 GW Flower 8 0 36 0 4.50
 GJ Whittall 2 0 10 1 5.00

Toss Zimbabwe, who chose to bat first
Series 2-match series level 0-0

Test debuts CEW Silverwood (England); AC Waller (Zimbabwe)
Player of the match NV Knight (England)

Umpires RS Dunne (New Zealand) and ID Robinson
TV umpire RB Tiffin
Match referee Hanumant Singh (India)

Close of play
18 Dec day 1 - Zimbabwe 1st innings 256/6 (A Flower 58*, PA Strang 0*)
19 Dec day 2 - England 1st innings 48/1 (NV Knight 29*)
20 Dec day 3 - England 1st innings 306/4 (N Hussain 101*, JP Crawley 51*)
21 Dec day 4 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 107/5 (AC Waller 14*, BC Strang 0*)
22 Dec day 5 - England 2nd innings 204/6 (37 ov) - end of match

Match notes

  • First ever Test match between England and Zimbabwe
  • Day 2
  • Andy Flower scores his third test century
  • No play possible after tea because of rain
  • Day 5
  • 3 runs were needed off the final ball, but only 2 were scored.
  • After the match was completed, the official scorers reversed the run out on the final ball for NV Knight to be dismissed, rather than D Gough, since the batsmen had not get crossed.
  • First ever Test match to end drawn with the scores level

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