Welcome to the highlights of Zimbabwe vs England 1st ODI - 1996-97 England tour of Zimbabwe 3-match ODI series - The first One-Day International cricket match between Zimbabwe and England was played at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo on December 15, 1996.
Match Overview:
Three-wicket hauls from John Rennie and Heath Streak before Andy Waller's 48 and Alistair Campbell's unbeaten 32 helped to Zimbabwe tense two-wicket victory over England and take a 1-0 lead in a low-scoring, see-saw first ODI.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
England bowled out for 152 in 45.5 overs with top scorer by Nasser Hussain cracked a unbeaten 49 off 87-balls including a boundary.
Alec Stewart struck 26 off 33-balls including 4-fours and Mike Atherton scored 23 off 77-balls including two boundaries.
Zimbabwe best bowler by John Rennie picked up 3-wickets for 27-runs in 8-overs including a maiden with economy rate of 3.37.
Heath Streak captured three-wickets for 30-runs in 9-overs included a maiden, Grant Flower, Paul Strang and Eddo Brandes each took one-wickets.
Zimbabwe chase down the target of 153 for 8 in 43.5 overs with top scorer by Andy Waller struck 48 off 71-balls - who fell two-run short of his half-century - including 8-fours.
Alistair Campbell cracked a unbeaten 32 off 39-balls including 5-fours and Grant Flower scored 14 off 35-balls contained a boundary.
England best bowler by Alan Mullally, Darren Gough both captured two-wickets, Debutant Chris Silverwood - who took 2-wickets for 27-runs in 10-overs on his debut ODI match and Robert Croft picked up 1-wicket.
Alistair Campbell named Player of the match for his match-winning superb unbeaten 32 off 39-balls including 5-fours.
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