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England men · ODI · International series

Zimbabwe
v England⁠

Result

England won by 5 wickets

Zimbabwe
195
England
197/5
Date
Sunday 28 November 2004 · England in 2004
Venue
Harare
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Zimbabwe v England ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

Zimbabwe · Innings 195 all out (49.3 overs)

Zimbabwe · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
BRM Taylor b AG Wharf 17 31 1 0 54.8
S Matsikenyeri c KP Pietersen b D Gough 14 26 2 0 53.8
V Sibanda b AG Wharf 6 17 0 0 35.3
DD Ebrahim b AF Giles 45 90 1 0 50.0
MA Vermeulen run out 11 34 1 0 32.4
T Taibu b D Gough 5 14 0 0 35.7
E Chigumbura c PD Collingwood b JM Anderson 52 47 6 1 110.6
T Panyangara lbw b AF Giles 1 10 0 0 10.0
P Utseya not out 11* 18 0 0 61.1
DT Hondo run out 7 10 1 0 70.0
CB Mpofu b D Gough 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 8, w 17, nb 1) 26
Total 49.3 overs 195

Fall of wickets: 1-36 (S Matsikenyeri, 8.1 ov), 2-45 (BRM Taylor, 10.5 ov), 3-56 (V Sibanda, 16.1 ov), 4-80 (MA Vermeulen, 25.2 ov), 5-90 (T Taibu, 29.1 ov), 6-172 (DD Ebrahim, 42.4 ov), 7-172 (E Chigumbura, 43.2 ov), 8-175 (T Panyangara, 44.6 ov), 9-194 (DT Hondo, 48.6 ov), 10-195 (CB Mpofu, 49.3 ov)

Zimbabwe · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Darren Gough 9.3 0 34 3 3.58 5 0
James Anderson 10 1 38 1 3.80 8 0
Alex Wharf 10 2 38 2 3.80 0 1
Paul Collingwood 10 0 41 0 4.10 1 0
Ashley Giles 10 0 36 2 3.60 2 0

England · Innings 197/5 (47.4 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Vikram Solanki c T Panyangara b DT Hondo 7 19 1 0 36.8
Ian Bell c T Taibu b BRM Taylor 75 115 3 0 65.2
Michael Vaughan c E Chigumbura b S Matsikenyeri 56 75 5 1 74.7
Andrew Strauss c & b S Matsikenyeri 8 14 0 0 57.1
Kevin Pietersen not out 27* 47 1 0 57.4
Paul Collingwood run out 1 2 0 0 50.0
Geraint Jones not out 7* 18 0 0 38.9
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 9, nb 4) 16
Total 47.4 overs 197/5

Did not bat: AF Giles, AG Wharf, D Gough, JM Anderson

Fall of wickets: 1-21 (VS Solanki, 6.4 ov), 2-132 (MP Vaughan, 29.3 ov), 3-146 (AJ Strauss, 33.1 ov), 4-170 (IR Bell, 40.3 ov), 5-175 (PD Collingwood, 41.2 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
T Panyangara 6 0 32 0 5.33 1 3
CB Mpofu 9.4 1 32 0 3.31 1 0
DT Hondo 6 0 26 1 4.33 3 0
E Chigumbura 2 0 18 0 9.00 0 1
P Utseya 10 0 39 0 3.90 1 0
S Matsikenyeri 10 0 33 2 3.30 2 0
BRM Taylor 4 0 14 1 3.50 0 0

Player of the match: Ian Bell · Umpires: BG Jerling, KC Barbour · TV umpire: RB Tiffin · Match referee: RS Mahanama. 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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