Welcome to the highlights of Zimbabwe vs England 3rd ODI - 1996-97 England tour of Zimbabwe 3-match ODI series - The third and final One-Day International cricket match between Zimbabwe and England was played at Harare Sports Club, Harare on January 03, 1997.
Match Overview:
Grant Flower's half-century, Alistair Campbell's unbeaten 80 and Eddo Brandes' maiden five-wicket haul including a hat-trick gives Zimbabwe's record-breaking 131-run victory over England and clinch the their historic first-ever 3-0 series whitewash in a one-sided third & final ODI.
Match Stats:
- Zimbabwe's 131-run win was their largest victory by terms of runs in one-day internationals, previous biggest win by 74-runs against Pakistan at Harare in the last year.
- This is the Zimbabwe's first-ever whitewashed their oppositions in a bilateral series in one-day international cricket history.
- This is the fifth time England have suffered a clean sweep in a bilateral series in one-day internationals.
- Eddo Brandes became the first Zimbabwe bowler to take a hat-trick in one-day international cricket history.
- Eddo Brandes became the first Zimbabwe bowler to take a five-wicket haul against England in ODI cricket history.
- Eddo Brandes' 5 for 28 was the second best bowling figures for Zimbabwe in one-day international after Paul Strang's 5 for 21 against Kenya at Patna in the 1996 World Cup and the best-bowling-figures by an Zimbabwe bowler against England in ODIs, improving his own record of 4 for 21 at Albury in the 1992 World Cup.
- Eddo Brandes became the third Zimbabwe bowler to claimed a five-wicket haul in ODIs after Charlie Lock and Paul Strang.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
Zimbabwe scored 249-7 in 50 overs with top scorer by Alistair Campbell cracked a unbeaten 80 off 103-balls including 4-fours & a six.
Grant Flower struck 62 off 87-balls including 6-fours, Andy Flower blasted a 35 off 30-balls included 3-fours & a six with strike rate of 116.66.
Dave Hougthon hit 19 off 22-balls including 2-sixes and Andy Waller scored 19 off 41-balls contained a boundary.
England best bowler by Ronnie Irani, Allan Mullally, Craig White, Darren Gough and Robert Croft each took one-wickets.
England bundled out for 118 in 30 overs with top scorer by Robert Croft hit a unbeaten 30 off 37-balls including one-six & a four.
Alec Stewart cracked a 29 off 49-balls including 2-fours, Alan Mullally hit 20 off 23-balls included two-fours & a six and Mike Atherton scored 18 off 43-balls contained a boundary.
Zimbabwe best bowler by Eddo Brandes 5-28, Guy Whittall captured two-wickets for 11-runs in 2-overs, Heath Streak took 2-wickets and one for Paul Strang.
Eddo Brandes named Player of the match for his brilliant bowling performance to claimed a career-best 5-wicket haul for 28-runs in 10-overs with economy rate of 2.80 including a hat-trick after removing of Nick Knight (3), John Crawley (0) and Nasser Hussain (0).
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