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England won by an innings and 92 runs
68.5 Butcher to Friend, OUT: all over! Friend edges Butcher to second
slip, not being able to smash this away like the previous balls,
and Zimbabwe although doing better than in the first innings, are
bundled out for 233, and England use their extra eight overs to
good
Zimbabwe 233/10, Partnership of 14
TJ Friend c Giles b Butcher 43 (43b 5x4 1x6)
DT Hondo 0* (0b) MA Butcher 12.5-0-55-4 (2w)
Butcher ends with five wickets and a hundred in the same game, and
no doubt is a shoo-in for the Man of the Match award.
The match also belonged to two other debutants - Anderson, who took
five wickets on debut to skittle Zimbabwe out in the first
innings...
...and McGrath, who hit a fifty on debut and then took three
wickets as a part-time medium pacer
Zimbabwe could not apply themselves in the first innings with the
bat, and on following on, they fared only a little better, giving
England a win by an innings an 92 runs.
Zimbabwe, defeated in three days, will no doubt feel disheartened
ahead of the Chester-le-Street Test, but they do still have a
chance to square the series with the win there.
Man of the Match has now been declared as Mark Butcher.
The Chester-le-Street Test starts on June 5th, and there is other
cricket till then too, notably the seven-ODI series between
Australia and the West Indies, so join us for live coverage of all
the cricket.
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