Matthew Hoggard won the the man-of-the-match award as England coasted to victory over Zimbabwe with more than 12 overs to spare to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. Zimbabwe have now lost eight successive matches.

And the England captain Nasser Hussain believes Hoggard's emergence as an international force will act as a spur to his more senior bowling colleagues.

"He's a very good white-ball bowler," said Hussain. "If you look at his figures in England they're very good, and he should come into his own in next summer's triangular series.

"He's putting pressure on Darren Gough and Andrew Caddick, and that's the way it should be. We have three very good white-ball bowlers now and we will have to see if we'll be able to play them all together."

Hussain also paid tribute to Nick Knight, with whom he added 112 in only 24 overs to make an England victory virtually certain.

"I do like batting with Knighty. I always have even going back to the time we were both at Essex," said Hussain.

"We've opened together well and we have a lot of chats and enjoy each other's company. I was pleased with the way we set about it today."

Hussain himself made his fifth half-century in his last seven one-day international appearances.

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