- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras20 (lb 4, nb 13, w 3)TOTAL376 all out (137.5 Overs, RR: 2.72, 533 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Stuart Carlisle), 2-130 (Grant Flower), 3-136 (Alistair Campbell), 4-206 (Dave Houghton), 5-235 (Andy Waller), 6-252 (Guy Whittall), 7-331 (Paul Strang), 8-372 (Heath Streak), 9-376 (Andy Flower), 10-376 (Henry Olonga)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AD Mullally 23 4 69 1 3.00 2 1 D Gough 26 4 87 1 3.34 1 5 CEW Silverwood 18 5 63 3 3.50 0 6 RDB Croft 44 15 77 3 1.75 0 0 PCR Tufnell 26.5 4 76 2 2.83 0 3
18/12Result
1st Test, England tour of Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, Dec 18-22 1996
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![Zimbabwe]( "Zimbabwe")
376 & 234 -
![England]( "England")
406 & 204/6 (37 ov)
Player of the Match
18/12Result
1st Test, England tour of Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, Dec 18-22 1996
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![Zimbabwe]( "Zimbabwe")
376 & 234 -
![England]( "England")
406 & 204/6 (37 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras33 (b 4, lb 4, nb 24, w 1)TOTAL406 all out (151.4 Overs, RR: 2.67, 610 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-48 (Mike Atherton), 2-92 (Nick Knight), 3-160 (Alec Stewart), 4-180 (Graham Thorpe), 5-328 (Nasser Hussain), 6-340 (Robert Croft), 7-344 (Darren Gough), 8-353 (Chris Silverwood), 9-378 (Alan Mullally), 10-406 (John Crawley)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras14 (b 4, lb 6, nb 2, w 2)TOTAL234 all out (101 Overs, RR: 2.31, 381 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Stuart Carlisle), 2-6 (Grant Flower), 3-57 (Alistair Campbell), 4-82 (Andy Flower), 5-103 (Dave Houghton), 6-111 (Bryan Strang), 7-178 (Andy Waller), 8-209 (Paul Strang), 9-233 (Guy Whittall), 10-234 (Henry Olonga)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB D Gough 12 2 44 2 3.66 1 1 AD Mullally 18 5 49 1 2.72 1 0 RDB Croft 33 9 62 2 1.87 0 0 CEW Silverwood 7 3 8 1 1.14 0 1 PCR Tufnell 31 12 61 4 1.96 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras19 (b 2, lb 13, nb 1, w 3)TOTAL204/6 (37 Overs, RR: 5.51)Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Mike Atherton), 2-154 (Alec Stewart), 3-156 (Nasser Hussain), 4-178 (John Crawley), 5-182 (Graham Thorpe), 6-204 (Nick Knight)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB HH Streak 11 0 64 1 5.81 2 1 HK Olonga 2 0 16 1 8.00 1 1 PA Strang 14 0 63 2 4.50 0 0 GW Flower 8 0 36 0 4.50 0 0 GJ Whittall 2 0 10 1 5.00 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Zimbabwe , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
2-match series level 0-0
Match number
Season
Match days
18,19,20,21,22 December 1996 (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Wed, 18 Dec - day 1 - Zimbabwe 1st innings 256/6 (A Flower 58*, PA Strang 0*)
- Thu, 19 Dec - day 2 - England 1st innings 48/1 (NV Knight 29*)
- Fri, 20 Dec - day 3 - England 1st innings 306/4 (N Hussain 101*, JP Crawley 51*)
- Sat, 21 Dec - day 4 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 107/5 (AC Waller 14*, BC Strang 0*)
- Sun, 22 Dec - day 5 - England 2nd innings 204/6 (37 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- 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
- Andy Flower scores his third test century
- No play possible after tea because of rain
- First ever Test match between England and Zimbabwe
England tour of Zimbabwe 1996-97 News
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When Michael Atherton met Robert Mugabe