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England men · ODI · International series

Zimbabwe
v England⁠

Result

England won by 8 wickets

Zimbabwe
238/7
England
239/2
Date
Saturday 4 December 2004 · England in 2004
Venue
Bulawayo
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 261/6 (50 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Ian Bell c S Matsikenyeri b EC Rainsford 30 45 5 0 66.7
Matt Prior c MA Vermeulen b EC Rainsford 35 48 6 0 72.9
Michael Vaughan not out 90* 99 2 2 90.9
Andrew Strauss c E Chigumbura b S Matsikenyeri 17 18 2 0 94.4
Kevin Pietersen c ML Nkala b S Matsikenyeri 0 1 0 0 0.0
Paul Collingwood run out 5 15 0 0 33.3
Geraint Jones c DD Ebrahim b E Chigumbura 80 75 7 2 106.7
GJ Batty not out 0* 0 0 0 –
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 3, nb 1) 4
Total 50 overs 261/6

Did not bat: AG Wharf, SP Jones, D Gough

Fall of wickets: 1-55 (IR Bell, 13.4 ov), 2-71 (MJ Prior, 17.2 ov), 3-93 (AJ Strauss, 21.3 ov), 4-94 (KP Pietersen, 21.5 ov), 5-104 (PD Collingwood, 26.1 ov), 6-254 (GO Jones, 49.2 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
T Panyangara 10 0 58 0 5.80 0 1
EC Rainsford 10 1 29 2 2.90 0 0
ML Nkala 3 0 35 0 11.67 2 0
E Chigumbura 4 0 46 1 11.50 1 0
P Utseya 10 0 33 0 3.30 0 0
S Matsikenyeri 10 1 35 2 3.50 0 0
BRM Taylor 3 0 25 0 8.33 0 0

Zimbabwe · Innings 187 all out (48.4 overs)

Zimbabwe · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
S Matsikenyeri c GO Jones b D Gough 10 26 2 0 38.5
BRM Taylor c GO Jones b D Gough 4 13 1 0 30.8
DD Ebrahim lbw b D Gough 0 2 0 0 0.0
MA Vermeulen c PD Collingwood b SP Jones 5 21 0 0 23.8
H Masakadza b PD Collingwood 66 83 8 0 79.5
T Taibu c MJ Prior b PD Collingwood 23 57 1 0 40.4
E Chigumbura b IR Bell 29 35 1 2 82.9
ML Nkala c KP Pietersen b D Gough 7 14 0 0 50.0
T Panyangara c GJ Batty b IR Bell 13 21 1 0 61.9
P Utseya not out 12* 21 0 0 57.1
EC Rainsford b IR Bell 0 2 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 13, nb 3) 18
Total 48.4 overs 187

Fall of wickets: 1-8 (BRM Taylor, 3.2 ov), 2-8 (DD Ebrahim, 3.4 ov), 3-22 (S Matsikenyeri, 7.3 ov), 4-43 (MA Vermeulen, 13.1 ov), 5-118 (T Taibu, 31.4 ov), 6-129 (H Masakadza, 35.2 ov), 7-149 (ML Nkala, 39.6 ov), 8-168 (E Chigumbura, 42.3 ov), 9-187 (T Panyangara, 48.2 ov), 10-187 (EC Rainsford, 48.4 ov)

Zimbabwe · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Alex Wharf 6 3 14 0 2.33 1 2
Darren Gough 8 0 34 4 4.25 7 1
Paul Collingwood 10 0 34 2 3.40 3 0
SP Jones 8 3 33 1 4.13 2 0
GJ Batty 10 1 36 0 3.60 0 0
Kevin Pietersen 2 0 22 0 11.00 0 0
Ian Bell 3.4 0 9 3 2.45 0 0
Andrew Strauss 1 0 3 0 3.00 0 0

Player of the match: Geraint Jones · 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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The 5 meetings before this one

2003 – 2004

ODIs since 1992

England v Zimbabwe stats

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Meetings31In our results database
England wins21England perspective
Draws, ties & NR1Drawn, tied or no result
Zimbabwe wins9Zimbabwe victories

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