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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 1345 (1348/1)
Zimbabwe v England, 1996/97, 1st Test
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
18,19,20,21,22 December 1996 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
2-Test series level 0-0

Toss: Zimbabwe
Umpires: RS Dunne (NZ) and ID Robinson
TV Umpire: RB Tiffin
Match Referee: Hanumant Singh (Ind)
Test Debuts: AC Waller (Zim); CEW Silverwood (Eng).
Man of the Match: NV Knight

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Zimbabwe 256/6 (A Flower 58*, PA Strang 0*)
  • Day 2: Zimbabwe 376, England 48/1 (Knight 29*)
  • Day 3: England 306/4 (Hussain 101*, Crawley 51*)
  • Day 4: England 406, Zimbabwe 107/5 (Waller 14*, BC Strang 0*)
    Zimbabwe 1st innings                                            R   M   B  4 6
    GW Flower             c Hussain          b Silverwood          43 151 100  5 0
    SV Carlisle           c Crawley          b Gough                0   7   3  0 0
    *ADR Campbell         c Silverwood       b Croft               84 156 136 13 0
    DL Houghton           c Stewart          b Croft               34  99  60  3 1
    +A Flower             c Stewart          b Tufnell            112 366 331 12 0
    AC Waller             c Crawley          b Croft               15  53  47  1 0
    GJ Whittall           c Atherton         b Silverwood           7  37  30  1 0
    PA Strang             c Tufnell          b Silverwood          38 106  69  7 0
    HH Streak                                b Mullally            19  72  60  2 0
    BC Strang             not out                                   4   6   2  1 0
    HK Olonga             c Knight           b Tufnell              0   2   4  0 0
    Extras                (lb 4, w 3, nb 13)                       20
    Total                 (all out, 137.5 overs, 533 minutes)     376
    
    FoW: 1-3 (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
    Mullally                    23      4     69      1 (1nb, 2w)
    Gough                       26      4     87      1 (5nb, 1w)
    Silverwood                  18      5     63      3 (6nb)
    Croft                       44     15     77      3
    Tufnell                     26.5    4     76      2 (3nb)
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    NV Knight             lbw                b Olonga              56 104  79  9 0
    *MA Atherton          lbw                b PA Strang           16  57  43  2 0
    +AJ Stewart           lbw                b PA Strang           48 149 123  8 0
    N Hussain             c BC Strang        b Streak             113 357 278 14 0
    GP Thorpe             c Campbell         b PA Strang           13  28  23  3 0
    JP Crawley            c A Flower         b PA Strang          112 374 297  9 1
    RDB Croft             lbw                b Olonga               7  30  22  1 0
    D Gough               c GW Flower        b Olonga               2   7   6  0 0
    CEW Silverwood        c Houghton         b PA Strang            0  15  17  0 0
    AD Mullally           c Waller           b Streak               4  45  27  1 0
    PCR Tufnell           not out                                   2  44  23  0 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 4, w 1, nb 24)                  33
    Total                 (all out, 151.4 overs, 610 minutes)     406
    
    FoW: 1-48 (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
    Streak                      36      8     86      2 (15nb)
    BC Strang                   17      5     54      0 (2nb)
    PA Strang                   58.4   14    123      5
    Olonga                      23      2     90      3 (10nb, 1w)
    Whittall                    10      2     25      0 (1nb)
    GW Flower                    7      3     20      0
    
    Zimbabwe 2nd innings                                            R   M   B  4 6
    GW Flower             lbw                b Gough                0  17  15  0 0
    SV Carlisle           c Atherton         b Mullally             4  14  12  1 0
    *ADR Campbell                            b Croft               29  68  46  4 0
    DL Houghton           c Croft            b Tufnell             37 158 117  5 0
    +A Flower             c Crawley          b Tufnell             14  52  41  1 0
    AC Waller             c Knight           b Gough               50 135 109  5 2
    BC Strang             c Mullally         b Tufnell              3  10  13  0 0
    GJ Whittall           c Croft            b Tufnell             56 185 184  5 1
    PA Strang             c Crawley          b Croft               19  61  40  0 0
    HH Streak             not out                                   8  46  24  0 0
    HK Olonga             c Stewart          b Silverwood           0   6   7  0 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 6, w 2, nb 2)                   14
    Total                 (all out, 101.0 overs, 381 minutes)     234
    
    FoW: 1-6 (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
    Gough                       12      2     44      2 (1nb, 1w)
    Mullally                    18      5     49      1 (1w)
    Croft                       33      9     62      2
    Silverwood                   7      3      8      1 (1nb)
    Tufnell                     31     12     61      4
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 205 runs)                          R   M   B  4 6
    NV Knight             run out (A Flower)                       96 180 117  5 1
    *MA Atherton                             b Olonga               4  19  10  0 0
    +AJ Stewart           c Campbell         b PA Strang           73 115  76  4 2
    N Hussain             c Carlisle         b PA Strang            0   2   2  0 0
    JP Crawley            c Carlisle         b Whittall             7  17  10  1 0
    GP Thorpe             c Campbell         b Streak               2   5   3  0 0
    D Gough               not out                                   3  17   7  0 0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 13, w 3, nb 1)                  19
    Total                 (6 wickets, 37 overs)                   204
    
    DNB: RDB Croft, CEW Silverwood, AD Mullally, PCR Tufnell.
    
    FoW: 1-17 (Atherton), 2-154 (Stewart), 3-156 (Hussain),
         4-178 (Crawley), 5-182 (Thorpe), 6-204 (Knight).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Streak                      11      0     64      1 (1nb, 2w)
    Olonga                       2      0     16      1 (1nb, 1w)
    PA Strang                   14      0     63      2
    GW Flower                    8      0     36      0
    Whittall                     2      0     10      1
    

    • 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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    Team Pages: Zimbabwe, England.

    Ground Page: Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

    Zimbabwe Player Pages: GW Flower, SV Carlisle, ADR Campbell, DL Houghton, A Flower, AC Waller, GJ Whittall, PA Strang, HH Streak, BC Strang, HK Olonga.

    England Player Pages: NV Knight, MA Atherton, AJ Stewart, N Hussain, GP Thorpe, JP Crawley, RDB Croft, D Gough, CEW Silverwood, AD Mullally, PCR Tufnell.

    Match Officials' Pages: RS Dunne, ID Robinson, RB Tiffin, Hanumant Singh.

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