England Vs Zimbabwe 1St Match
NatWest Series England, South Africa, Zimbabwe in England - 2003 (2003) · Trent Bridge, Nottingham · 26 June 2003
Zimbabwe won by 4 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)
Zimbabwe won by 4 wickets (with 12 balls remaining). Grant Flower top-scored with 96* for Zimbabwe.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Trent Bridge, Nottingham
- Date
- 26 June 2003
- Toss
- Zimbabwe, chose to field
- Result
- Zimbabwe won by 4 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Grant Flower
- Captains
- Michael Vaughan (England), Heath Streak (Zimbabwe)
- Debuts
- Rob Key (England), Richard Johnson (England)
- Umpires
- P Willey and SJA Taufel
- Match referee
- CH Lloyd
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to field. Rob Key and Richard Johnson played their first ODIs.
England batted first and made 191 for 8. Andrew Flintoff top-scored with 53 off 89 balls, and Marcus Trescothick made 38. That was well below the 2000s average first-innings total at Trent Bridge, 240 across 12 ODIs.
Chasing 192, Zimbabwe made 195 for 6. Grant Flower top-scored with 96 not out off 152 balls, and Stuart Matsikenyeri made 44. Richard Johnson took 3 for 32 for England. The innings was built on a 96-run stand for the fifth wicket between Grant Flower and Stuart Matsikenyeri, 49% of the total. From 0 for 0 they lost 4 wickets for 15 runs, to 15 for 4.
Zimbabwe won by 4 wickets (with 12 balls remaining).
ENGLAND: 191 FOR 8
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Trescothick | c Grant Flower b Heath Streak | 38 | 38 |
| Vikram Solanki | c Dion Ebrahim b Heath Streak | 1 | 3 |
| Michael Vaughan | c Tatenda Taibu b Sean Ervine | 13 | 22 |
| Rob Key | b Ray Price | 11 | 37 |
| Andrew Flintoff | c Andy Blignaut b Dougie Marillier | 53 | 89 |
| Anthony McGrath | run out (Travis Friend, Tatenda Taibu) | 14 | 42 |
| Rikki Clarke | b Andy Blignaut | 23 | 39 |
| Chris Read | c Gary Brent b Andy Blignaut | 23 | 32 |
| Richard Johnson | not out | 0 | – |
| Ashley Giles | not out | 1 | 1 |
Did not bat: Darren Gough
Extras 14 · Total 191 for 8
| Bowler (Zimbabwe) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heath Streak | 9 | 1 | 30 | 2 |
| Andy Blignaut | 8 | 0 | 53 | 2 |
| Sean Ervine | 8 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| Travis Friend | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ray Price | 10 | 2 | 20 | 1 |
| Dougie Marillier | 10 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| Grant Flower | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-9 (Vikram Solanki, 2.1 ov), 2-56 (Michael Vaughan, 9.6 ov), 3-57 (Marcus Trescothick, 10.3 ov), 4-104 (Rob Key, 23.6 ov), 5-134 (Anthony McGrath, 36.2 ov), 6-144 (Andrew Flintoff, 40.2 ov), 7-190 (Chris Read, 49.4 ov), 8-190 (Rikki Clarke, 49.5 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Marcus Trescothick (5) and Vikram Solanki (1) | 9 | 9 |
| second | Marcus Trescothick (32) and Michael Vaughan (13) | 47 | 48 |
| third | Marcus Trescothick (0) and Rob Key (1) | 1 | 3 |
| fourth | Andrew Flintoff (31) and Rob Key (10) | 47 | 82 |
| fifth | Andrew Flintoff (16) and Anthony McGrath (13) | 30 | 73 |
| sixth | Andrew Flintoff (6) and Rikki Clarke (3) | 10 | 24 |
| seventh | Chris Read (23) and Rikki Clarke (20) | 46 | 56 |
| eighth | Richard Johnson (0) and Rikki Clarke (0) | 0 | 1 |
| ninth | Ashley Giles (1) and Richard Johnson (0) | 1 | 1 |
ZIMBABWE: 195 FOR 6
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dougie Marillier | c Rikki Clarke b Darren Gough | 0 | 5 |
| Dion Ebrahim | c Andrew Flintoff b Richard Johnson | 1 | 7 |
| Travis Friend | c Rikki Clarke b Darren Gough | 5 | 15 |
| Grant Flower | not out | 96 | 152 |
| Tatenda Taibu | c Vikram Solanki b Richard Johnson | 4 | 9 |
| Stuart Matsikenyeri | c Rikki Clarke b Richard Johnson | 44 | 55 |
| Heath Streak | run out (Michael Vaughan) | 7 | 21 |
| Sean Ervine | not out | 26 | 25 |
Did not bat: Andy Blignaut, Gary Brent, Ray Price
Extras 12 · Total 195 for 6
| Bowler (England) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Gough | 10 | 2 | 40 | 2 |
| Richard Johnson | 10 | 1 | 32 | 3 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 10 | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| Rikki Clarke | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ashley Giles | 9 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| Anthony McGrath | 6 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-2 (Dion Ebrahim, 1.2 ov), 2-3 (Dougie Marillier, 2.4 ov), 3-8 (Travis Friend, 4.5 ov), 4-15 (Tatenda Taibu, 9.2 ov), 5-111 (Stuart Matsikenyeri, 31.6 ov), 6-143 (Heath Streak, 40.1 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Dougie Marillier (0) and Dion Ebrahim (1) | 2 | 8 |
| second | Dougie Marillier (0) and Travis Friend (0) | 1 | 8 |
| third | Grant Flower (0) and Travis Friend (5) | 5 | 13 |
| fourth | Grant Flower (3) and Tatenda Taibu (4) | 7 | 27 |
| fifth | Grant Flower (50) and Stuart Matsikenyeri (44) | 96 | 136 |
| sixth | Grant Flower (20) and Heath Streak (7) | 32 | 49 |
| seventh | Grant Flower (23) and Sean Ervine (26) | 52 | 43 |
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