English cricket team in Zimbabwe in 1996–97 | |||||
Zimbabwe | England | ||||
Dates | 15 December 1996 – 3 January 1997 | ||||
Captains | Alistair Campbell | Mike 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 | |||||
Result | 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]
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18–22 December 1996 Scorecard |
Zimbabwe 376 (137.5 overs) |
v | England 406 (151.4 overs) |
Match drawn Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Player of the Match: Nick Knight (Eng) |
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Andy Flower 112 (331) Chris Silverwood 3/63 (18 overs) |
Nasser Hussain 113 (278) Paul Strang 5/123 (58.4 overs) |
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234 (101 overs) | 204/6 (37 overs) | ||||
Guy Whittall 56 (184) Phil Tufnell 4/61 (31 overs) |
Nick Knight 96 (117) Paul Strang 2/63 (14 overs) |
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26–30 December 1996 Scorecard |
England 156 (83.1 overs) |
v | Zimbabwe 215 (105 overs) |
Match drawn Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: K. T. Francis (Sri), Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the Match: Grant Flower (Zim) |
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John Crawley 47* (169) Guy Whittall 4/18 (16 overs) |
Grant Flower 73 (255) Darren Gough 4/40 (26 overs) |
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195/3 (93 overs) | |||||
Alec Stewart 101* (267) Paul Strang 2/42 (26 overs) |
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15 December 1996 Scorecard |
England 152 (45.5 overs) |
v | Zimbabwe 153/8 (43.5 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) |
Nasser Hussain 49* (87) John Rennie 3/27 (8 overs) |
Andy Waller 48 (71) Alan Mullally 2/24 (10 overs) |
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1 January 1997 Scorecard |
Zimbabwe 200 (48.5 overs) |
v | England 179/7 (42 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), Paul Strang (Zim) |
Andy Flower 63 (114) Darren Gough 4/43 (8.5 overs) |
John Crawley 73 (109) Paul Strang 3/24 (9 overs) |
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3 January 1997 Scorecard |
Zimbabwe 249/7 (50 overs) |
v | England 118 (30 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) |
Alistair Campbell 80* (103) Alan Mullally 1/39 (10 overs) Craig White 1/39 (7 overs) Ronnie Irani 1/39 (10 overs) |
Robert Croft 30* (37) Eddo Brandes 5/28 (10 overs) |
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