05/06Result
2nd Test, Zimbabwe tour of England and Ireland at Chester-le-Street, Jun 5-7 2003
England won by an inns & 69 runs
Player of the Match
Richard JohnsonEngland
05/06Result
2nd Test, Zimbabwe tour of England and Ireland at Chester-le-Street, Jun 5-7 2003
England won by an inns & 69 runs
Player of the Match
Richard JohnsonEngland

  • England 1st Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    ME Trescothick
    43
    106
    147
    4
    1
    40.56
    34.3 tries to sweep, ball hits the pads first and then off the gloves to keeper, very good catch taken by Taibu down the legside behind the stumps 109/2
    MP Vaughan
    20
    33
    65
    5
    0
    60.60
    13.5 lovely cricket! upright seam, ball moved away and a snick, a good catch at first slip by Ervine, Vaughan has to go, smiles all round 49/1
    MA Butcher
    47
    116
    147
    7
    0
    40.51
    48.3 GONE! short of length delivery, an inswinger, tries to cut too close to the body, an inside edge onto middle stump 146/3
    N Hussain (c)
    18
    54
    82
    2
    1
    33.33
    50.6 GONE! Caught behind, outside the off, a hint of outswing too, playing away from his body, thin edge and Taibu takes the easy catch 156/5
    RWT Key
    4
    5
    11
    1
    0
    80.00
    50.2 short in length, pulls it upishly to GW Flower at square leg, Flower dives forward and picks it up inches above the ground, tv umpire called, after couple of replays Willey given him out 152/4
    AJ Stewart †
    68
    133
    187
    11
    0
    51.12
    95.1 right on the stumps, slightly short of length and Stewart went back as ball also kept a bit low, no problems with that one 305/6
    A McGrath
    81
    183
    237
    10
    1
    44.26
    109.1 good ball, fast and outside off stump, flashed at it for a thin edge and joy for the Zimbabweans 324/7
    AF Giles
    50
    99
    140
    8
    0
    50.50
    127.1 overpitched outside off, uppished shot to mid on, simple catch to Ervine, soft dismissal 416/10
    RL Johnson
    24
    14
    21
    4
    1
    171.42
    113.3 one too many, did not use his feet and chipped it straight to Streak at mid on, a good cameo comes to an end 356/8
    SJ Harmison
    11
    28
    38
    2
    0
    39.28
    121.6 short of a good length, Harmison plays it and edges it to 2nd slip, Vermeulen makes no mistake this time and takes a comfortable catch at chest height 390/9
    JM Anderson
    not out
    12
    17
    24
    3
    0
    70.58
    Extras
    38 (b 1, lb 5, nb 25, w 7)
    TOTAL
    416 all out (127.1 Overs, RR: 3.27, 554 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Michael Vaughan, 13.5 ov), 2-109 (Marcus Trescothick, 34.3 ov), 3-146 (Mark Butcher, 48.3 ov), 4-152 (Rob Key, 50.2 ov), 5-156 (Nasser Hussain, 50.6 ov), 6-305 (Alec Stewart, 95.1 ov), 7-324 (Anthony McGrath, 109.1 ov), 8-356 (Richard Johnson, 113.3 ov), 9-390 (Steve Harmison, 121.6 ov), 10-416 (Ashley Giles, 127.1 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    HH Streak34.1116441.8713
    AM Blignaut2349524.13011
    DT Hondo2219834.45210
    SM Ervine301705.6600
    RW Price40910512.6200
    TJ Friend402606.5001
    GW Flower10505.0000

  • Zimbabwe 1st Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    DD Ebrahim
    6
    14
    19
    1
    0
    42.85
    4.1 pitches up swings in, Ebrahim tries to defend on the front foot, big inner edge onto pads, huge appeal for lbw, umpire judged him out 11/3
    MA Vermeulen
    0
    3
    6
    0
    0
    0.00
    1.3 inswinger, plays on the front foot, rapped on pads infront of middle and off stump, huge appeal for lbw, umpire raises his finger up and thats the first wicket for debutant 3/1
    SV Carlisle
    0
    1
    1
    0
    0
    0.00
    1.4 inswinging yorker, hits on boot infront of middle stump, out very first ball he faced 3/2
    GW Flower
    8
    21
    30
    2
    0
    38.09
    8.6 fuller length ball outside off, Flower attempting to drive, big edge in the hand of Trescothick at first slip who takes a sharp catch 18/4
    T Taibu †
    31
    67
    81
    5
    0
    46.26
    23.6 Gone! probably expecting another short one, ball was up and he went back and trapped in front 73/9
    SM Ervine
    0
    6
    9
    0
    0
    0.00
    11.3 lovely delivery, too good for Ervine, pitches on middle stump, shapes away, Ervine commits to play, big edge in the hand of Stewart 23/5
    TJ Friend
    0
    7
    14
    0
    0
    0.00
    15.1 pitches on off, swings in, hit on pads infront of middle stump, huge appeal for lbw, umpire raises the finger 31/6
    HH Streak (c)
    4
    4
    3
    1
    0
    100.00
    15.5 pitches on off, swings in, Streak pads it away, huge appeal for lbw, umpire have a long look and given the decision in favour of the batsman, tv replay shows ball hit just outside the off stump 35/7
    AM Blignaut
    13
    10
    11
    3
    0
    130.00
    18.3 Surprise! short and it got him flicking without his eye on the ball, lofted awkwardly to fine leg where Anderson accepts an easy running catch 48/8
    RW Price
    17
    40
    55
    2
    0
    42.50
    32.1 all over! misses a straight one on middle and leg and ump Orchard has this one right and Englands end up with a 322 run first innings lead 94/10
    DT Hondo
    not out
    5
    22
    34
    1
    0
    22.72
    Extras
    10 (b 5, lb 3, nb 2)
    TOTAL
    94 all out (32.1 Overs, RR: 2.92, 135 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Mark Vermeulen, 1.3 ov), 2-3 (Stuart Carlisle, 1.4 ov), 3-11 (Dion Ebrahim, 4.1 ov), 4-18 (Grant Flower, 8.6 ov), 5-23 (Sean Ervine, 11.3 ov), 6-31 (Travis Friend, 15.1 ov), 7-35 (Heath Streak, 15.5 ov), 8-48 (Andy Blignaut, 18.3 ov), 9-73 (Tatenda Taibu, 23.6 ov), 10-94 (Ray Price, 32.1 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    JM Anderson1023023.0001
    RL Johnson1243362.7500
    SJ Harmison9.132222.4001
    AF Giles10101.0000

  • Zimbabwe 2nd Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    DD Ebrahim
    55
    123
    155
    6
    0
    44.71
    40.1 on the middle swings in, Ebrahim tires to defend it but misses the target, the ball hits the pads right in front of the stumps and the umpires finger goes up 102/3
    MA Vermeulen
    0
    1
    3
    0
    0
    0.00
    0.6 a poor shot after he came forward and pushed it to gully for a pair 5/1
    SV Carlisle
    28
    64
    83
    5
    0
    43.75
    22.6 shortish, nipped in got bat and pad and looped to Key at short mid wicket, ump Hair nods him away as Key took it low diving in front 65/2
    GW Flower
    16
    69
    90
    2
    0
    23.18
    46.4 Wow! an inswinger, chopped on to middle stump 113/4
    T Taibu †
    14
    44
    56
    1
    0
    31.81
    55.1 ball hit the front pad then glanced the face of the bat on the way to Butcher at silly mid off 131/5
    SM Ervine
    34
    66
    82
    4
    1
    51.51
    68.1 a soft one, dangled his bat outside off and got an inside edge onto the stumps 185/6
    TJ Friend
    not out
    65
    107
    147
    10
    0
    60.74
    HH Streak (c)
    3
    23
    23
    0
    0
    13.04
    74.4 driven right back and ball was dropped by Harmison, was hard to hold then deflected onto bowlers stumps and Streak is run out sadly 202/7
    AM Blignaut
    12
    31
    29
    2
    0
    38.70
    82.3 tries a turn to leg but gets a leading edge to mid off and Hussain does a great full length dive to hold it 223/8
    RW Price
    6
    27
    32
    1
    0
    22.22
    90.6 Nasty ball! short and right into his chest an Price could o little but fend it into the air for Stewart to catch a dolly 244/9
    DT Hondo
    4
    7
    11
    1
    0
    57.14
    93.4 a straight full yorker and it just the right ball for an innings and 69 run win and the series too 2-0 253/10
    Extras
    16 (b 6, lb 10)
    TOTAL
    253 all out (f/o) (93.4 Overs, RR: 2.7, 360 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Mark Vermeulen, 0.6 ov), 2-65 (Stuart Carlisle, 22.6 ov), 3-102 (Dion Ebrahim, 40.1 ov), 4-113 (Grant Flower, 46.4 ov), 5-131 (Tatenda Taibu, 55.1 ov), 6-185 (Sean Ervine, 68.1 ov), 7-202 (Heath Streak, 74.4 ov), 8-223 (Andy Blignaut, 82.3 ov), 9-244 (Ray Price, 90.6 ov), 10-253 (Douglas Hondo, 93.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    JM Anderson2385542.3900
    RL Johnson2276703.0400
    SJ Harmison21.445542.5300
    AF Giles2595112.0400
    MA Butcher20904.5000

Close of Play

  • Thu, 5 Jun - day 1 - England 1st innings 298/5 (AJ Stewart 67*, A McGrath 68*, 90 ov)
  • Fri, 6 Jun - day 2 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 41/1 (DD Ebrahim 22*, SV Carlisle 19*, 15 ov)
  • Sat, 7 Jun - day 3 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 253 (93.4 ov) - end of match

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