Zimbabwe v India 1st Test

India tour of Zimbabwe - 2001 (2001) · Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo · 7 June 2001

India won by 8 wickets

India won by 8 wickets. Andy Flower top-scored with 83 for Zimbabwe.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: India tour of Zimbabwe - 2001 (2001)
Ground: Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Dates: 7 June 2001 to 10 June 2001
Toss: Zimbabwe, chose to bat
Result: India won by 8 wickets
Player of the match: Shiv Sunder Das
Captains: Heath Streak (Zimbabwe), Sourav Ganguly (India)
Umpires: DJ Harper and RB Tiffin
Match referee: DT Lindsay

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bat.

Zimbabwe batted first and made 173 all out. Andy Flower top-scored with 51 off 45 balls. Ashish Nehra took 3 for 23 for India. That was well below the 2000s average first-innings total at Queens Sports Club, 265 across 11 Tests.

India replied with 318 all out. Sachin Tendulkar top-scored with 74 off 128 balls, and Harbhajan Singh made 66. Heath Streak took 3 for 63 for Zimbabwe. India led by 145 on first innings.

Zimbabwe made 328 all out in their second innings. Andy Flower top-scored with 83 off 145 balls, and Grant Flower made 71. Javagal Srinath took 3 for 71 for India. The innings was built on a 101-run stand for the sixth wicket between Andy Flower and Grant Flower.

Set 184 to win, India made 184 for 2. Shiv Sunder Das top-scored with 82 not out off 183 balls.

India won by 8 wickets.

ZIMBABWE, FIRST INNINGS: 173 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Guy Whittall	b Ashish Nehra	6	17
Dion Ebrahim	run out (Harbhajan Singh)	12	60
Stuart Carlisle	c VVS Laxman b Zaheer Khan	29	54
Alistair Campbell	c Sameer Dighe b Harbhajan Singh	21	55
Andy Flower	c Shiv Sunder Das b Ashish Nehra	51	45
Grant Flower	c Sameer Dighe b Javagal Srinath	5	19
Heath Streak	run out (Sameer Dighe)	16	54
Andy Blignaut	lbw b Ashish Nehra	0	4
Brian Murphy	c Rahul Dravid b Zaheer Khan	7	36
Henry Olonga	c Sameer Dighe b Harbhajan Singh	16	13
Brighton Watambwa	not out	0	2

Extras 10 · Total 173 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Javagal Srinath	15	5	47	1
Ashish Nehra	12	1	23	3
Zaheer Khan	11	1	54	2
Harbhajan Singh	20.5	6	45	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-9 (Guy Whittall, 5.1 ov), 2-46 (Dion Ebrahim, 18.3 ov), 3-65 (Stuart Carlisle, 25.4 ov), 4-89 (Alistair Campbell, 32.4 ov), 5-97 (Grant Flower, 35.6 ov), 6-137 (Andy Flower, 43.6 ov), 7-139 (Andy Blignaut, 45.6 ov), 8-154 (Heath Streak, 55.1 ov), 9-165 (Brian Murphy, 57.4 ov), 10-173 (Henry Olonga, 58.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Guy Whittall (6) and Dion Ebrahim (0)	9	33
second	Stuart Carlisle (21) and Dion Ebrahim (12)	37	82
third	Alistair Campbell (11) and Stuart Carlisle (8)	19	43
fourth	Alistair Campbell (8) and Andy Flower (16)	24	42
fifth	Andy Flower (0) and Grant Flower (5)	8	20
sixth	Andy Flower (35) and Heath Streak (4)	40	49
seventh	Heath Streak (2) and Andy Blignaut (0)	2	12
eighth	Heath Streak (10) and Brian Murphy (4)	15	54
ninth	Henry Olonga (8) and Brian Murphy (3)	11	15
tenth	Henry Olonga (8) and Brighton Watambwa (0)	8	7

INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 318 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Shiv Sunder Das	c Dion Ebrahim b Brian Murphy	30	73
Sadagoppan Ramesh	b Brighton Watambwa	2	4
VVS Laxman	c Guy Whittall b Henry Olonga	28	38
Sachin Tendulkar	c Stuart Carlisle b Andy Blignaut	74	128
Javagal Srinath	c Guy Whittall b Brighton Watambwa	1	16
Sourav Ganguly	c Andy Flower b Heath Streak	5	20
Rahul Dravid	c Andy Flower b Andy Blignaut	44	67
Sameer Dighe	c Andy Flower b Heath Streak	47	95
Harbhajan Singh	c Guy Whittall b Brighton Watambwa	66	71
Zaheer Khan	b Heath Streak	0	3
Ashish Nehra	not out	9	31

Extras 12 · Total 318 all out

Bowler (Zimbabwe)	O	M	R	W
Heath Streak	24	7	63	3
Brighton Watambwa	25.5	6	94	3
Andy Blignaut	16	2	68	2
Henry Olonga	8	1	35	1
Brian Murphy	16	3	54	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-2 (Sadagoppan Ramesh, 1.4 ov), 2-54 (VVS Laxman, 14.6 ov), 3-81 (Shiv Sunder Das, 25.1 ov), 4-83 (Javagal Srinath, 29.2 ov), 5-98 (Sourav Ganguly, 36.3 ov), 6-178 (Sachin Tendulkar, 52.3 ov), 7-208 (Rahul Dravid, 60.6 ov), 8-280 (Sameer Dighe, 80.3 ov), 9-280 (Zaheer Khan, 80.6 ov), 10-318 (Harbhajan Singh, 89.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Shiv Sunder Das (0) and Sadagoppan Ramesh (2)	2	10
second	VVS Laxman (28) and Shiv Sunder Das (21)	52	81
third	Sachin Tendulkar (15) and Shiv Sunder Das (9)	27	64
fourth	Sachin Tendulkar (1) and Javagal Srinath (1)	2	25
fifth	Sachin Tendulkar (10) and Sourav Ganguly (5)	15	43
sixth	Sachin Tendulkar (48) and Rahul Dravid (29)	80	99
seventh	Rahul Dravid (15) and Sameer Dighe (14)	30	51
eighth	Harbhajan Singh (37) and Sameer Dighe (33)	72	117
ninth	Harbhajan Singh (0) and Zaheer Khan (0)	0	3
tenth	Harbhajan Singh (29) and Ashish Nehra (9)	38	53

ZIMBABWE, SECOND INNINGS: 328 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Guy Whittall	c Sadagoppan Ramesh b Javagal Srinath	20	26
Dion Ebrahim	c Rahul Dravid b Javagal Srinath	0	13
Stuart Carlisle	c VVS Laxman b Ashish Nehra	52	136
Alistair Campbell	c Shiv Sunder Das b Harbhajan Singh	16	42
Brian Murphy	c Shiv Sunder Das b Zaheer Khan	10	21
Andy Flower	c Sadagoppan Ramesh b Ashish Nehra	83	145
Grant Flower	run out (Rahul Dravid)	71	230
Heath Streak	lbw b Zaheer Khan	14	32
Andy Blignaut	not out	32	97
Henry Olonga	b Javagal Srinath	0	18
Brighton Watambwa	run out (Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh)	0	5

Extras 30 · Total 328 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Javagal Srinath	32.2	11	71	3
Ashish Nehra	26.4	4	77	2
Harbhajan Singh	37.5	8	92	1
Zaheer Khan	22	6	44	2
Sachin Tendulkar	6	0	23	0
Sourav Ganguly	1	0	3	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-14 (Dion Ebrahim, 4.1 ov), 2-34 (Guy Whittall, 8.4 ov), 3-63 (Alistair Campbell, 22.5 ov), 4-86 (Brian Murphy, 29.5 ov), 5-134 (Stuart Carlisle, 47.4 ov), 6-235 (Andy Flower, 81.4 ov), 7-273 (Heath Streak, 93.2 ov), 8-308 (Grant Flower, 117.1 ov), 9-312 (Henry Olonga, 122.6 ov), 10-328 (Brighton Watambwa, 125.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Guy Whittall (11) and Dion Ebrahim (0)	14	26
second	Guy Whittall (9) and Stuart Carlisle (10)	20	28
third	Alistair Campbell (16) and Stuart Carlisle (12)	29	85
fourth	Stuart Carlisle (11) and Brian Murphy (10)	23	42
fifth	Andy Flower (27) and Stuart Carlisle (19)	48	107
sixth	Andy Flower (56) and Grant Flower (36)	101	208
seventh	Grant Flower (16) and Heath Streak (14)	38	74
eighth	Grant Flower (19) and Andy Blignaut (12)	35	142
ninth	Henry Olonga (0) and Andy Blignaut (4)	4	35
tenth	Andy Blignaut (16) and Brighton Watambwa (0)	16	17

INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 184 FOR 2

Batter	How out	R	B
Shiv Sunder Das	not out	82	183
Sadagoppan Ramesh	c Stuart Carlisle b Andy Blignaut	17	61
VVS Laxman	c & b Grant Flower	38	35
Sachin Tendulkar	not out	36	49

Did not bat: Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Sameer Dighe, Javagal Srinath, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra

Extras 11 · Total 184 for 2

Bowler (Zimbabwe)	O	M	R	W
Brighton Watambwa	15	4	54	0
Andy Blignaut	12	3	25	1
Brian Murphy	18.4	1	78	0
Grant Flower	8	0	23	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-71 (Sadagoppan Ramesh, 22.5 ov), 2-132 (VVS Laxman, 38.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Shiv Sunder Das (44) and Sadagoppan Ramesh (17)	71	143
second	VVS Laxman (38) and Shiv Sunder Das (22)	61	93
third	Sachin Tendulkar (36) and Shiv Sunder Das (16)	52	92

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