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
Tour venues |
The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.
Stadion | city | capacity | Games |
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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 | |
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Tour matches
May 3-5 scorecard |
Birmingham | British Universities 146 (63.1) & 263 (73.4) |
- |
![]() 376 (98) & 37-0 (3.4) |
Zimbabweans wins with 10 wickets |
May 9-12 Scorecard |
Worcester |
Worcestershire 262 (60.5) & 247 (79.4) |
- |
![]() 334 (126.2) & 175 (62) |
draw |
May 15-18 scorecard |
Hove |
![]() 395 (122.5) |
- |
Sussex 179-4 (48.1) |
draw |
May 30th - June 2nd scorecard |
Shenley |
Middlesex 516-6d (138.5) & 222-2d (38) |
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![]() 401-4d (108) & 221-5 (65) |
draw |
Testing
First test in London
May 22nd - 24th scorecard |
London (Lord's) |
![]() 472 (133.1) |
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![]() 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 |
![]() 416 (127.1) |
- |
![]() 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.
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Batting | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
Mark Butcher |
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2 | 2 | 184 | 92.00 | 137 | 1 | 0 |
Anthony McGrath |
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2 | 2 | 150 | 75.00 | 81 | 0 | 2 |
Dion Ebrahim |
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2 | 4th | 135 | 33.75 | 68 | 0 | 2 |
Travis Friend |
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2 | 4th | 108 | 36.00 | 65 * | 0 | 1 |
Ashley Giles |
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2 | 2 | 102 | 51.00 | 52 | 0 | 2 |
Marcus Trescothick |
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2 | 2 | 102 | 51.00 | 59 | 0 | 1 |
bowling | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
James Anderson |
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2 | 64 | 11 | 20.27 | 5/73 | 1 | 0 |
Steve Harmison |
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2 | 58.5 | 9 | 16.44 | 4/55 | 0 | 0 |
Heath Streak |
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2 | 71.1 | 7th | 23.28 | 4/64 | 0 | 0 |
Richard Johnson |
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1 | 34 | 6th | 16.66 | 6/33 | 1 | 0 |
Mark Butcher |
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2 | 19.5 | 5 | 15.40 | 4/60 | 0 | 0 |
Andy Blignaut |
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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 |
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test |
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Player of the Match
The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .
game | Player of the Match |
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1st test |
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2nd test |
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ralph Dellor: Threat of boycott hangs over Zimbabwe tour to England ( English ) Cricinfo. March 18, 2003. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- ↑ Zimbabwe tour given go-ahead ( English ) Cricinfo. April 15, 2003. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- ↑ Zimbabwe name England tour party ( English ) Cricinfo. April 15, 2003. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- ↑ Steven Lynch: Stewart keeps his place as Anderson, Kirtley and McGrath called up ( English ) Cricinfo. May 17, 2003. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- ↑ Records / Zimbabwe in England Test Series, 2003 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ↑ Records / Zimbabwe in England Test Series, 2003 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 30, 2017.