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Result
England won by an innings and 45 runs
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to field
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zak Crawley | lbw b Sikandar Raza | 124 | 171 | 14 | 0 | 72.5 |
| Ben Duckett | c BJ Curran b W Madhevere | 140 | 134 | 20 | 2 | 104.5 |
| Ollie Pope | c TE Tsiga b TL Chivanga | 171 | 166 | 24 | 2 | 103.0 |
| Joe Root | c SC Williams b B Muzarabani | 34 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 77.3 |
| Harry Brook | b B Muzarabani | 58 | 50 | 6 | 3 | 116.0 |
| Ben Stokes | c BJ Curran b B Muzarabani | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 69.2 |
| Jamie Smith | not out | 4* | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 10, w 6, nb 3) | 25 | ||||
| Total | 96.3 overs | 565/6 | ||||
Did not bat: AAP Atkinson, JC Tongue, SJ Cook, Shoaib Bashir
Fall of wickets: 1-231 (BM Duckett, 41.3 ov), 2-368 (Z Crawley, 65.1 ov), 3-479 (JE Root, 82.4 ov), 4-502 (OJ Pope, 89.3 ov), 5-548 (BA Stokes, 94.5 ov), 6-565 (HC Brook, 96.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R Ngarava | 9 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 4.67 | 0 | 0 |
| B Muzarabani | 24.3 | 3 | 143 | 3 | 5.84 | 0 | 0 |
| TL Chivanga | 16 | 0 | 117 | 1 | 7.31 | 2 | 3 |
| VM Nyauchi | 18 | 0 | 103 | 0 | 5.72 | 0 | 0 |
| Sikandar Raza | 24 | 1 | 93 | 1 | 3.88 | 0 | 0 |
| W Madhevere | 3 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 11.33 | 0 | 0 |
| BJ Bennett | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJ Bennett | c OJ Pope b JC Tongue | 139 | 143 | 26 | 0 | 97.2 |
| BJ Curran | c HC Brook b SJ Cook | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 |
| CR Ervine | c HC Brook b Shoaib Bashir | 42 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 65.6 |
| SC Williams | b Shoaib Bashir | 25 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 61.0 |
| Sikandar Raza | c JL Smith b BA Stokes | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 36.8 |
| W Madhevere | b BA Stokes | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| TE Tsiga | b Shoaib Bashir | 22 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 44.9 |
| B Muzarabani | b AAP Atkinson | 12 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
| TL Chivanga | lbw b AAP Atkinson | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 |
| VM Nyauchi | not out | 0* | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| R Ngarava | absent hurt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 6, w 0, nb 4) | 10 | ||||
| Total | 63.2 overs | 265/9 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (BJ Curran, 4.3 ov), 2-96 (CR Ervine, 20.4 ov), 3-156 (SC Williams, 32.3 ov), 4-187 (Sikandar Raza, 38.2 ov), 5-199 (W Madhevere, 40.6 ov), 6-246 (BJ Bennett, 54.3 ov), 7-251 (TE Tsiga, 56.1 ov), 8-258 (TL Chivanga, 61.4 ov), 9-265 (B Muzarabani, 63.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SJ Cook | 17 | 1 | 72 | 1 | 4.24 | 0 | 0 |
| AAP Atkinson | 13.2 | 2 | 58 | 2 | 4.35 | 0 | 0 |
| Shoaib Bashir | 16.4 | 2 | 62 | 3 | 3.72 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Tongue | 13 | 1 | 56 | 1 | 4.31 | 0 | 3 |
| Ben Stokes | 3.2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 3.30 | 0 | 1 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJ Bennett | lbw b AAP Atkinson | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 |
| BJ Curran | c BA Stokes b Shoaib Bashir | 37 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 35.6 |
| CR Ervine | c OJ Pope b JC Tongue | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 15.4 |
| SC Williams | lbw b Shoaib Bashir | 88 | 82 | 16 | 0 | 107.3 |
| Sikandar Raza | c HC Brook b Shoaib Bashir | 60 | 68 | 10 | 0 | 88.2 |
| W Madhevere | c HC Brook b BA Stokes | 31 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 86.1 |
| TE Tsiga | b Shoaib Bashir | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 30.8 |
| B Muzarabani | c JE Root b Shoaib Bashir | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| VM Nyauchi | not out | 13* | 17 | 2 | 0 | 76.5 |
| TL Chivanga | lbw b Shoaib Bashir | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 83.3 |
| R Ngarava | absent hurt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 2, w 2, nb 3) | 9 | ||||
| Total | 59 overs | 255/9 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (BJ Bennett, 3.1 ov), 2-7 (CR Ervine, 7.2 ov), 3-129 (SC Williams, 32.3 ov), 4-142 (BJ Curran, 36.2 ov), 5-207 (W Madhevere, 47.4 ov), 6-218 (TE Tsiga, 50.6 ov), 7-222 (B Muzarabani, 52.2 ov), 8-241 (Sikandar Raza, 56.2 ov), 9-255 (TL Chivanga, 58.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SJ Cook | 14 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 3.36 | 1 | 0 |
| AAP Atkinson | 6 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 2.83 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Tongue | 12 | 0 | 65 | 1 | 5.42 | 0 | 1 |
| Shoaib Bashir | 18 | 1 | 81 | 6 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Stokes | 8 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 5.13 | 1 | 2 |
| Joe Root | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: Shoaib Bashir · Umpires: A Paleker, HDPK Dharmasena · TV umpire: Ahsan Raza · Match referee: JJ Crowe. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.
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