Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Butcher ends with five wickets and a hundred in the same game, and no doubt is a shoo-in for the Man of the Match award.

The match also belonged to two other debutants - Anderson, who took five wickets on debut to skittle Zimbabwe out in the first innings... and McGrath, who hit a fifty on debut and then took three wickets as a part-time medium pacer

Zimbabwe could not apply themselves in the first innings with the bat, and on following on, they fared only a little better, giving England a win by an innings an 92 runs.

Zimbabwe, defeated in three days, will no doubt feel disheartened ahead of the Chester-le-Street Test, but they do still have a chance to square the series with the win there.

Man of the Match has now been declared as Mark Butcher.

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68.5
W
Butcher to Friend, OUT, all over! Friend edges Butcher to second slip, not being able to smash this away like the previous balls, and Zimbabwe although doing better than in the first innings, are bundled out for 233, and England use their extra eight overs to good

TJ Friend c Giles b Butcher 43 (56m 43b 5x4 1x6) SR: 100.00

68.4
6
Butcher to Friend, SIX, Friend slogs this away, as if the bad light were no problem at all, and six runs to Friend!
68.3
4
Butcher to Friend, FOUR, driven nicely by Friend this time, the batsman almost playing in the dark and yet smashing this to mid on for four more!
68.2
4lb
Butcher to Friend, 4 leg byes, drifting down leg, and Friend gets some pad on that, the ball runs away for four leg byes
68.1
0
Butcher to Friend, no run,

END OF OVER:
68 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | ZIM: 219/9

  • Travis Friend28 (35b)
  • Ashley Giles8-2-20-1
  • Mark Butcher12-0-45-3
67.6
W
Giles to Price, OUT, Price sweeps that, but straight into the short leg fielder, it balloons into the air and Trescothick at short midwicket snaps it up. Unlucky dismissal for Price, but England now sniff a win tonight.

RW Price c Trescothick b Giles 26 (36m 26b 5x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

67.5
0
Giles to Price, no run,
67.4
3
Giles to Price, 3 runs,
67.3
2
Giles to Price, 2 runs, heaved beyond mid on for a couple, handsome and high, but not maximum for Price, and he gets only two
67.2
0
Giles to Price, no run,
67.1
0
Giles to Price, no run,

END OF OVER:
67 | 6 Runs | ZIM: 214/8

  • Travis Friend28 (35b)
  • Ray Price26 (23b)
  • Mark Butcher12-0-45-3
  • Ashley Giles7-2-15-0
66.6
0
Butcher to Friend, no run,
66.5
0
Butcher to Friend, no run,
66.4
0
Butcher to Friend, no run,
66.3
2
Butcher to Friend, 2 runs, turned away backward of square for a couple
66.2
4
Butcher to Friend, FOUR, driven back straight down the ground for four to long off, great shot!

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