English cricket team in Zimbabwe in 1996–97

English cricket team in Zimbabwe in 1996–97
	Zimbabwe	England
Dates	15 December 1996 – 3 January 1997
Captains	Alistair Campbell	Michael Atherton
Test series
Result	2-match series drawn 0–0
Most runs	Alistair Campbell (135)	Alec Stewart (241)
Most wickets	Paul Strang (10)	Robert Croft (8)
One Day International series
Results	Zimbabwe won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Alistair Campbell (126)	Alec Stewart (96)
Most wickets	Eddo Brandes (7)	Darren Gough (7)

The English cricket team toured Zimbabwe for a two-match Test series and a three-match One Day International (ODI) series between 15 December 1996 and 3 January 1997. The Test series was drawn 0–0^[1] and Zimbabwe won the ODI series 3–0.^[2] It was England's first senior tour of Zimbabwe.^[3]

Test series[]

1st Test[]

18–22 December 1996 Scorecard

Zimbabwe	v	England
376 (137.5 overs) Andy Flower 112 (331) Chris Silverwood 3/63 (18 overs)		406 (151.4 overs) Nasser Hussain 113 (278) Paul Strang 5/123 (58.4 overs)
234 (101 overs) Guy Whittall 56 (184) Phil Tufnell 4/61 (31 overs)		204/6 (37 overs) Nick Knight 96 (117) Paul Strang 2/63 (14 overs)

Match drawn Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Player of the match: Nick Knight (Eng)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
• This was the first Test in history to finish in a draw with the scores level. England needed three runs to win off the final ball of the match, but Nick Knight was run out attempting the third run.

2nd Test[]

26–30 December 1996 Scorecard

England	v	Zimbabwe
156 (83.1 overs) John Crawley 47* (169) Guy Whittall 4/18 (16 overs)		215 (105 overs) Grant Flower 73 (255) Darren Gough 4/40 (26 overs)
195/3 (93 overs) Alec Stewart 101* (267) Paul Strang 2/42 (26 overs)

Match drawn Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: KT Francis (SL) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Grant Flower (Zim)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• No play on day 5 because of overnight rain.

ODI series[]

1st ODI[]

15 December 1996 Scorecard

England  152 (45.5 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 153/8 (43.5 overs)
Nasser Hussain 49* (87) John Rennie 3/27 (8 overs)		Andy Waller 48 (71) Alan Mullally 2/24 (10 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 2 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Quintin Goosen (Zim) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Alistair Campbell (Zim)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

2nd ODI[]

1 January 1997 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  200 (48.5 overs)	v	England 179/7 (42 overs)
Andy Flower 63 (114) Darren Gough 4/43 (8.5 overs)		John Crawley 73 (109) Paul Strang 3/24 (9 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 6 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Graeme Evans (Zim) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Player of the match: John Crawley (Eng) and Paul Strang (Zim)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Rain reduced the England innings to 42 overs, with a revised target of 185 runs.

3rd ODI[]

3 January 1997 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  249/7 (50 overs)	v	England 118 (30 overs)
Alistair Campbell 80* (103) Craig White 1/39 (7 overs)		Robert Croft 30* (37) Eddo Brandes 5/28 (10 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 131 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Russell Tiffin (Zim) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Player of the match: Eddo Brandes (Zim)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Eddo Brandes took the first ODI hat-trick for Zimbabwe.

See also[]

• English cricket team in New Zealand in 1996–97 that followed weeks after this tour

References[]

External links[]

• England tour of Zimbabwe, 1996-97 at ESPNcricinfo