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England men · ODI · International series

Zimbabwe
v England⁠

Result

England won by 161 runs

Zimbabwe
102
England
263/6
Date
Wednesday 1 December 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 bat

England · Innings 263/6 (50 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Vikram Solanki st T Taibu b P Utseya 42 71 6 0 59.2
Ian Bell c DD Ebrahim b T Panyangara 5 16 0 0 31.3
Michael Vaughan lbw b T Panyangara 11 21 0 0 52.4
Andrew Strauss b GM Ewing 33 52 2 0 63.5
Kevin Pietersen not out 77* 76 4 3 101.3
Paul Collingwood c T Taibu b S Matsikenyeri 7 15 0 0 46.7
Geraint Jones c H Masakadza b T Panyangara 66 46 6 2 143.5
Ashley Giles not out 3* 5 0 0 60.0
Extras (b 0, lb 5, w 12, nb 2) 19
Total 50 overs 263/6

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

Fall of wickets: 1-13 (IR Bell, 4.6 ov), 2-30 (MP Vaughan, 10.1 ov), 3-94 (VS Solanki, 25.1 ov), 4-103 (AJ Strauss, 28.2 ov), 5-121 (PD Collingwood, 34.1 ov), 6-241 (GO Jones, 47.3 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
T Panyangara 10 1 61 3 6.10 0 2
CB Mpofu 10 0 51 0 5.10 5 0
E Chigumbura 7 0 38 0 5.43 2 0
P Utseya 10 0 35 1 3.50 1 0
GM Ewing 7 0 36 1 5.14 3 0
S Matsikenyeri 4 0 18 1 4.50 1 0
BRM Taylor 2 0 19 0 9.50 0 0

Zimbabwe · Innings 102 all out (36 overs)

Zimbabwe · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
S Matsikenyeri c MP Vaughan b JM Anderson 17 34 2 0 50.0
BRM Taylor c GO Jones b AG Wharf 13 26 1 0 50.0
DD Ebrahim c MP Vaughan b PD Collingwood 12 24 1 0 50.0
MA Vermeulen c KP Pietersen b AG Wharf 0 2 0 0 0.0
H Masakadza b AG Wharf 3 9 0 0 33.3
T Taibu c & b AF Giles 32 48 4 0 66.7
E Chigumbura c & b PD Collingwood 4 9 0 0 44.4
GM Ewing c JM Anderson b PD Collingwood 0 10 0 0 0.0
T Panyangara c VS Solanki b AF Giles 0 5 0 0 0.0
P Utseya not out 2* 24 0 0 8.3
CB Mpofu c PD Collingwood b AG Wharf 2 28 0 0 7.1
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 12, nb 3) 17
Total 36 overs 102

Fall of wickets: 1-40 (S Matsikenyeri, 9.4 ov), 2-42 (BRM Taylor, 10.1 ov), 3-42 (MA Vermeulen, 10.3 ov), 4-53 (H Masakadza, 12.5 ov), 5-78 (DD Ebrahim, 19.4 ov), 6-89 (E Chigumbura, 23.1 ov), 7-97 (T Taibu, 26.1 ov), 8-97 (T Panyangara, 26.6 ov), 9-97 (GM Ewing, 27.2 ov), 10-102 (CB Mpofu, 35.6 ov)

Zimbabwe · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Darren Gough 6 1 24 0 4.00 3 1
James Anderson 7 1 24 1 3.43 9 0
Alex Wharf 6 1 24 4 4.00 0 2
Paul Collingwood 10 4 16 3 1.60 0 0
Ashley Giles 7 2 12 2 1.71 0 0

Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen · Umpires: DB Hair, RB Tiffin · TV umpire: KC Barbour · 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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