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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TJ Friend c Giles b Butcher 43 (56m 43b 5x4 1x6) SR: 100.00
RW Price c Trescothick b Giles 26 (36m 26b 5x4 0x6) SR: 100.00
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South Africa warmed up for Saturday's NatWest Series final at Lord's with a confidence-restoring win over Zimbabwe in the first international match at Southampton's new Rose Bowl
Andrew Flintoff thumped a rapid 47 not out to help England complete a six-wicket victory over Zimbabwe at Bristol to book their place in the NatWest Series final
