Zimbabwean cricket team in England in the 2000 season

The tour of the Zimbabwean Cricket Team to England in the 2000 season took place from April 27 to June 5 2000th The international cricket tour was part of the 2000 international cricket season and included two test matches . England won the series 1–0.

prehistory

Zimbabwe previously played in a three-nation tournament , for England it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1999/2000 season in Zimbabwe and it was the first time that the English national team played a tour in Zimbabwe.

Stages

London (Lord's) Nottingham

Tour venues

The following stages were planned as venues for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	2nd test
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	1st test

Squad

England named their squad on May 13, 2000.

test
England	Zimbabwe
Nasser Hussain ( K ) Mike Atherton Andy Caddick Andrew Flintoff Ed Giddins Darren Gough Stephen Harmison Graeme Hick Nick Knight Mark Ramprakash Chris Schofield Alec Stewart ( wk ) Craig White	Andrew Flower ( K ) Heath Streak ( UK ) Grant Flower Alistair Campbell Stuart Carlisle Trevor Gripper Murray Goodwin Neil Johnson Mluleki Nkala Henry Olonga Gary Brent Mpumelelo Mbangwa Brian Murphy Bryan Strand Craig Wishart Tatenda Taibu ( wk ) Dirk Viljoen Guy Whittall

Tour matches

April 27-30 scorecard	Southampton	Hampshire 131 (53.5) & 234-4 (69)	-	Zimbabweans 364-7d (106)
		draw

May 3-5 scorecard	Canterbury	Zimbabweans 159 (78.4) & 165 (51.4)	-	Kent 487-8d (138)
		Kent wins with one innings and 163 runs

May 7th scorecard	Hastings	Sussex 264-4 (50)	-	Zimbabweans 267-2 (47)
		Zimbabweans wins with 8 wickets

May 9th scorecard	Chelmsford	Essex 172 (47.2)	-	Zimbabweans 175-3 (34.4)
		Zimbabweans wins with 7 wickets

May 11-14 scorecard	Chelmsford	Zimbabweans 315 (105.3) & 75-0d (17)	-	Essex 249 (99.3)
		draw

May 24-27 Scorecard	Leeds	Zimbabweans 235 (98.1) & 68 (30.3)	-	Yorkshire 124 (58.4) & 147 (54)
		Zimbabweans wins with 32 runs

May 28 scorecard	Castleford	Zimbabweans 164-7 (46/46)	-	Marylebone Cricket Club 142 (45.1 / 46)
		Zimbabweans wins with 22 runs ( D / L method )

Test matches

First test in London (Lord's)

May 18-21 Scorecard	London	Zimbabwe 83 (30.3) & 123 (38.2)	-	England 415 (135.5)
		England won with one innings and 209 runs

Second test in Nottingham

June 1-5 scorecard	Nottingham	England 374 (135.2) & 147 (75)	-	Zimbabwe 285-4d (82.3) & 25-1 (5)
		draw

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Mike Atherton	England	2	3	225	75.00	136	1	1
Murray Goodwin	Zimbabwe	2	4th	178	89.00	148 *	1	0
Alec Stewart	England	2	3	148	74.00	124 *	1	0
Graeme Hick	England	2	3	136	45.33	101	1	0
Guy Whittall	Zimbabwe	2	4th	78	26.00	28	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Darren Gough	England	2	49.3	9	19.33	4/57	0	0
Heath Streak	Zimbabwe	2	84.5	9	20.22	6/87	1	0
Ed Giddins	England	2	30th	8th	11.00	5/15	1	0
Guy Whittall	Zimbabwe	2	34	8th	11.00	3/14	0	0
Andy Caddick	England	2	44.5	8th	16.50	4/38	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Mike Atherton Heath Streak

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Ed Giddins
2nd test	Murray Goodwin

Web links

• The series on espncricinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sean Beynon: Steve Harmison gets deserved place ( English ) Cricinfo. May 13, 2000. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
2. ↑ Records / Zimbabwe in England Test Series, 2000 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
3. ↑ Records / Zimbabwe in England Test Series, 2000 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 22, 2016.