f42750	Matabeleland v England XI
	England in Zimbabwe 1996/97
Venue	Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo on 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th December 1996 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Matabeleland won the toss and decided to field
Result	England XI won by 115 runs
Umpires	CK Coventry, RB Tiffin
Close of play day 1	England XI (1) 199/3 (Knight 100*, Thorpe 5*)
Close of play day 2	Matabeleland (1) 181/9 (Olonga 5*, Mbangwa 3*)
Close of play day 3	Matabeleland (2) 5/0 (GJ Whittall 4*, Dekker 1*)

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England XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NV Knight	c GJ Whittall b Rennie	114
*MA Atherton	b Olonga	4
+AJ Stewart	c GJ Whittall b Streak	39
N Hussain	c James b Olonga	38
GP Thorpe	c James b Streak	15
JP Crawley	c James b Streak	63
RC Irani	c Olonga b Mbangwa	5
RDB Croft	c GJ Whittall b Rennie	8
D Gough	lbw b GJ Whittall	6
AR Caddick	not out	10
PCR Tufnell	c James b GJ Whittall	10
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 8 nb, 4 w)	22
Total	(all out, 92 overs)	334
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Atherton), 2-100 (Stewart), 3-185 (Hussain), 4-215 (Thorpe), 5-240 (Knight), 6-261 (Irani), 7-274 (Croft), 8-312 (Crawley), 9-312 (Gough), 10-334 (Tufnell)

Matabeleland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Olonga	14	3	63	2	-	-
Streak	19	3	65	3	-	-
GJ Whittall	14	4	40	2	-	-
Mbangwa	19	3	60	1	-	-
Rennie	17	4	62	2	-	-
Vaghmaria	3	0	9	0	-	-
AR Whittall	6	1	25	0	-	-

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Matabeleland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Whittall	c Irani b Gough	19
*JA Rennie	c Tufnell b Caddick	0
MH Dekker	c Knight b Caddick	26
M Ranchod	c Stewart b Gough	0
+WR James	c and b Tufnell	62
MD Abrams	c Stewart b Gough	15
HH Streak	c and b Tufnell	25
D Vaghmaria	b Gough	12
AR Whittall	b Gough	7
HK Olonga	c Atherton b Gough	7
M Mbangwa	not out	7
Extras	(2 lb, 6 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 65.2 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Rennie), 2-32 (GJ Whittall), 3-32 (Ranchod), 4-68 (Dekker), 5-104 (Abrams), 6-142 (James), 7-154 (Streak), 8-172 (Vaghmaria), 9-173 (AR Whittall), 10-188 (Olonga)

England XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gough	17.2	1	64	6	-	-
Caddick	12	1	38	2	-	-
Irani	7	3	26	0	-	-
Tufnell	20	5	40	2	-	-
Croft	9	3	18	0	-	-

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England XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NV Knight	lbw b Olonga	8
*MA Atherton	c GJ Whittall b Vaghmaria	55
+AJ Stewart	c GJ Whittall b Vaghmaria	43
N Hussain	st James b AR Whittall	40
GP Thorpe	c GJ Whittall b Vaghmaria	65
RC Irani	not out	10
JP Crawley	did not bat
RDB Croft	did not bat
D Gough	did not bat
AR Caddick	did not bat
PCR Tufnell	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 3 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 67.3 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Knight), 2-88 (Stewart), 3-121 (Atherton), 4-196 (Hussain), 5-230 (Thorpe)

Matabeleland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Olonga	11	3	41	1	-	-
Mbangwa	11	2	35	0	-	-
Rennie	10	2	32	0	-	-
GJ Whittall	3	0	17	0	-	-
Vaghmaria	16.3	3	58	3	-	-
AR Whittall	16	3	42	1	-	-

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Matabeleland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Whittall	c Caddick b Gough	11
MH Dekker	lbw b Croft	104
M Ranchod	lbw b Gough	0
HH Streak	b Caddick	67
+WR James	c Crawley b Croft	7
MD Abrams	lbw b Gough	6
*JA Rennie	not out	30
D Vaghmaria	c Stewart b Croft	0
AR Whittall	b Gough	18
HK Olonga	b Gough	4
M Mbangwa	c Crawley b Croft	8
Extras	(3 lb, 3 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 93.5 overs)	261
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (GJ Whittall), 2-20 (Ranchod), 3-176 (Streak), 4-185 (James), 5-198 (Abrams), 6-204 (Dekker), 7-204 (Vaghmaria), 8-241 (AR Whittall), 9-249 (Olonga), 10-261 (Mbangwa, 93.5 ov)

England XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gough	24	6	75	5	-	-
Caddick	20	7	43	1	-	-
Tufnell	20	6	62	0	-	-
Irani	2.2	0	7	0	-	-
Thorpe	2.4	1	6	0	-	-
Croft	24.5	7	65	4	-	-

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Notes
--> WR James made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> N Hussain (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> JP Crawley (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> HH Streak (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 35
--> RC Irani made his debut in Zimbabwe in First-Class matches

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