England vs Zimbabwe, Only Test

England565/6d(96.3 ov)

Zimbabwe265/9 & 255/9(59 ov)

England won by an innings and 45 runs

Trent Bridge, Nottingham22 May 2025Toss: Zimbabwe, chose to bowl

England 1st innings

565/6d(96.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawleylbw b Sikandar Raza	lbw b Sikandar Raza	124	171	14	0	72.51
Ben Duckettc BJ Curran b W Madhevere	c BJ Curran b W Madhevere	140	134	20	2	104.48
Ollie Popec †TE Tsiga b TL Chivanga	c †TE Tsiga b TL Chivanga	171	166	24	2	103.01
Joe Rootc SC Williams b B Muzarabani	c SC Williams b B Muzarabani	34	44	3	0	77.27
Harry Brookb B Muzarabani	b B Muzarabani	58	50	6	3	116.00
Ben Stokesc BJ Curran b B Muzarabani	c BJ Curran b B Muzarabani	9	13	1	0	69.23
Jamie Smith †not out	not out	4*	4	1	0	100.00
Extras(b 6, lb 10, w 6, nb 3)	(b 6, lb 10, w 6, nb 3)	25
Total96.3 Ov (RR 5.85)	96.3 Ov (RR 5.85)	565/6d

Did not bat: Gus Atkinson, Josh Tongue, Sam Cook, Shoaib Bashir

Fall of wickets: 231-1 (BM Duckett, 41.3 ov), 368-2 (Z Crawley, 65.1 ov), 479-3 (JE Root, 82.4 ov), 502-4 (OJ Pope, 89.3 ov), 548-5 (BA Stokes, 94.5 ov), 565-6 (HC Brook, 96.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Richard Ngarava	9	1	42	0	4.67	35	7	0	0	0
Blessing Muzarabani	24.3	3	143	3	5.84	85	18	3	0	0
Tanaka Chivanga	16	0	117	1	7.31	51	16	1	2	3
Victor Nyauchi	18	0	103	0	5.72	62	13	2	0	0
Sikandar Raza	24	1	93	1	3.88	81	8	0	0	0
Wesley Madhevere	3	0	34	1	11.33	5	5	1	0	0
Brian Bennett	2	0	17	0	8.50	4	2	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	Z Crawley 78(116) & BM Duckett 140(134)	231	249
2nd	OJ Pope 85(88) & Z Crawley 46(55)	137	142
3rd	JE Root 34(44) & OJ Pope 76(61)	111	105
4th	HC Brook 9(25) & OJ Pope 10(17)	23	41
5th	BA Stokes 9(13) & HC Brook 36(19)	46	32
6th	JL Smith 4(4) & HC Brook 13(6)	17	10

Zimbabwe 1st innings

265/9(63.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Brian Bennettc OJ Pope b JC Tongue	c OJ Pope b JC Tongue	139	143	26	0	97.20
Ben Curranc HC Brook b SJ Cook	c HC Brook b SJ Cook	6	10	0	0	60.00
Craig Ervinec HC Brook b Shoaib Bashir	c HC Brook b Shoaib Bashir	42	64	6	0	65.63
Sean Williamsb Shoaib Bashir	b Shoaib Bashir	25	41	4	0	60.98
Sikandar Razac †JL Smith b BA Stokes	c †JL Smith b BA Stokes	7	19	0	0	36.84
Wesley Madhevereb BA Stokes	b BA Stokes	0	10	0	0	0.00
Tafadzwa Tsiga †b Shoaib Bashir	b Shoaib Bashir	22	49	4	0	44.90
Blessing Muzarabanib AAP Atkinson	b AAP Atkinson	12	24	1	0	50.00
Tanaka Chivangalbw b AAP Atkinson	lbw b AAP Atkinson	2	19	0	0	10.53
Victor Nyauchinot out	not out	0*	5	0	0	0.00
Extras(lb 6, nb 4)	(lb 6, nb 4)	10
Total63.2 Ov (RR 4.18)	63.2 Ov (RR 4.18)	265/9

Did not bat: Richard Ngarava

Fall of wickets: 31-1 (BJ Curran, 4.3 ov), 96-2 (CR Ervine, 20.4 ov), 156-3 (SC Williams, 32.3 ov), 187-4 (Sikandar Raza, 38.2 ov), 199-5 (W Madhevere, 41 ov), 246-6 (BJ Bennett, 54.3 ov), 251-7 (TE Tsiga, 56.1 ov), 258-8 (TL Chivanga, 61.4 ov), 265-9 (B Muzarabani, 63.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	NB
Sam Cook	17	1	72	1	4.24	74	13	0
Gus Atkinson	13.2	2	58	2	4.35	58	9	0
Shoaib Bashir	16.4	2	62	3	3.72	69	8	0
Josh Tongue	13	1	56	1	4.31	57	9	3
Ben Stokes	3.2	2	11	2	3.30	17	2	1

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	BJ Bennett 24(17) & BJ Curran 6(10)	31	27
2nd	CR Ervine 42(64) & BJ Bennett 22(34)	65	97
3rd	SC Williams 25(41) & BJ Bennett 34(30)	60	71
4th	Sikandar Raza 7(19) & BJ Bennett 23(17)	31	35
5th	W Madhevere 0(10) & BJ Bennett 8(6)	12	16
6th	BJ Bennett 28(39) & TE Tsiga 17(44)	47	81
7th	B Muzarabani 0(5) & TE Tsiga 5(5)	5	10
8th	TL Chivanga 2(19) & B Muzarabani 5(14)	7	33
9th	VM Nyauchi 0(5) & B Muzarabani 7(5)	7	10

Zimbabwe 2nd innings (following on)

255/9(59 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Brian Bennettlbw b AAP Atkinson	lbw b AAP Atkinson	1	10	0	0	10.00
Ben Curranc BA Stokes b Shoaib Bashir	c BA Stokes b Shoaib Bashir	37	104	1	0	35.58
Craig Ervinec OJ Pope b JC Tongue	c OJ Pope b JC Tongue	2	13	0	0	15.38
Sean Williamslbw b Shoaib Bashir	lbw b Shoaib Bashir	88	82	16	0	107.32
Sikandar Razac HC Brook b Shoaib Bashir	c HC Brook b Shoaib Bashir	60	68	10	0	88.24
Wesley Madheverec HC Brook b BA Stokes	c HC Brook b BA Stokes	31	36	4	0	86.11
Tafadzwa Tsiga †b Shoaib Bashir	b Shoaib Bashir	4	13	0	0	30.77
Blessing Muzarabanic JE Root b Shoaib Bashir	c JE Root b Shoaib Bashir	0	2	0	0	0.00
Victor Nyauchinot out	not out	13*	17	2	0	76.47
Tanaka Chivangalbw b Shoaib Bashir	lbw b Shoaib Bashir	10	12	2	0	83.33
Extras(b 2, lb 2, w 2, nb 3)	(b 2, lb 2, w 2, nb 3)	9
Total59 Ov (RR 4.32)	59 Ov (RR 4.32)	255/9

Did not bat: Richard Ngarava

Fall of wickets: 3-1 (BJ Bennett, 3.1 ov), 7-2 (CR Ervine, 7.2 ov), 129-3 (SC Williams, 32.3 ov), 142-4 (BJ Curran, 36.2 ov), 207-5 (W Madhevere, 47.4 ov), 218-6 (TE Tsiga, 51 ov), 222-7 (B Muzarabani, 52.2 ov), 241-8 (Sikandar Raza, 56.2 ov), 255-9 (TL Chivanga, 59 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	WD	NB
Sam Cook	14	3	47	0	3.36	62	6	1	0
Gus Atkinson	6	2	17	1	2.83	29	3	0	0
Josh Tongue	12	0	65	1	5.42	39	8	0	1
Shoaib Bashir	18	1	81	6	4.50	68	12	0	0
Ben Stokes	8	0	41	1	5.13	31	6	1	2
Joe Root	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	BJ Bennett 1(10) & BJ Curran 1(9)	3	19
2nd	CR Ervine 2(13) & BJ Curran 2(12)	4	25
3rd	SC Williams 88(82) & BJ Curran 31(71)	122	151
4th	Sikandar Raza 9(11) & BJ Curran 3(12)	13	23
5th	W Madhevere 31(36) & Sikandar Raza 30(33)	65	68
6th	TE Tsiga 4(13) & Sikandar Raza 7(7)	11	20
7th	Sikandar Raza 4(6) & B Muzarabani 0(2)	4	8
8th	VM Nyauchi 9(13) & Sikandar Raza 10(11)	19	24
9th	TL Chivanga 10(12) & VM Nyauchi 4(4)	14	16