Zimbabwean cricket team in England in the 2003 season

The 2003 season tour of the Zimbabwean cricket team to England took place from May 22nd to June 7th, 2003. The international cricket tour was part of the 2003 international cricket season and included two tests . England won the Test Series 2–0.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2001/02 season in Zimbabwe . The tour was controversial because England previously refused to play its games there at the 2003 Cricket World Cup due to the human rights situation. On April 15, 2003, Zimbabwe confirmed that the tour would take place.

Stages

Chester-le-Street London (Lord's)

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Emirates Durham	Chester-le-Street	17,000	2nd test
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	1st test

Squad lists

Zimbabwe named their squad on April 15, 2003. England named their squad on May 17, 2003.

test
England	Zimbabwe
Nasser Hussain ( K ) James Anderson Mark Butcher Ashley Giles Stephen Harmison Richard Johnson Robert Key Anthony McGrath Alec Stewart ( wk ) Marcus Trescothick Michael Vaughan	Heath Streak ( K ) Andy Blignaut Stuart Carlisle Dion Ebrahim Sean Ervine Grant Flower Travis Friend Douglas Hondo Ray Price Tatenda Taibu ( wk ) Mark Vermeulen

Tour matches

May 3-5 scorecard	Birmingham	British Universities 146 (63.1) & 263 (73.4)	-	Zimbabweans 376 (98) & 37-0 (3.4)
		Zimbabweans wins with 10 wickets

May 9-12 Scorecard	Worcester	Worcestershire 262 (60.5) & 247 (79.4)	-	Zimbabweans 334 (126.2) & 175 (62)
		draw

May 15-18 scorecard	Hove	Zimbabweans 395 (122.5)	-	Sussex 179-4 (48.1)
		draw

May 30th - June 2nd scorecard	Shenley	Middlesex 516-6d (138.5) & 222-2d (38)	-	Pakistan 401-4d (108) & 221-5 (65)
		draw

Testing

First test in London

May 22nd - 24th scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 472 (133.1)	-	Zimbabwe 147 (55) & 233 (68.5) (f / o)
		England wins with one innings and 92 runs

Second test in Chester-le-Street

June 5-7 scorecard	Chester-le-Street	England 416 (127.1)	-	Zimbabwe 94 (32.1) & 253 (93.4) ​​(f / o)
		England won with one innings and 69 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Mark Butcher	England	2	2	184	92.00	137	1	0
Anthony McGrath	England	2	2	150	75.00	81	0	2
Dion Ebrahim	Zimbabwe	2	4th	135	33.75	68	0	2
Travis Friend	Zimbabwe	2	4th	108	36.00	65 *	0	1
Ashley Giles	England	2	2	102	51.00	52	0	2
Marcus Trescothick	England	2	2	102	51.00	59	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
James Anderson	England	2	64	11	20.27	5/73	1	0
Steve Harmison	England	2	58.5	9	16.44	4/55	0	0
Heath Streak	Zimbabwe	2	71.1	7th	23.28	4/64	0	0
Richard Johnson	England	1	34	6th	16.66	6/33	1	0
Mark Butcher	England	2	19.5	5	15.40	4/60	0	0
Andy Blignaut	Zimbabwe	2	49.1	5	38.20	3/96	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Mark Butcher Heath Streak

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Mark Butcher
2nd test	Richard Johnson

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ralph Dellor: Threat of boycott hangs over Zimbabwe tour to England ( English ) Cricinfo. March 18, 2003. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
2. ↑ Zimbabwe tour given go-ahead ( English ) Cricinfo. April 15, 2003. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
3. ↑ Zimbabwe name England tour party ( English ) Cricinfo. April 15, 2003. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
4. ↑ Steven Lynch: Stewart keeps his place as Anderson, Kirtley and McGrath called up ( English ) Cricinfo. May 17, 2003. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
5. ↑ Records / Zimbabwe in England Test Series, 2003 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
6. ↑ Records / Zimbabwe in England Test Series, 2003 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 30, 2017.