England v Zimbabwe, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, Match 1, Zimbabwe tour of England, 2025
Zimbabwe tour of England Match 1: England v Zimbabwe at Nottingham, May 22, 2025

England
ENG
565/6d (96.3)

Zimbabwe
ZIM
265/10 (63.2) & 255/10 (59)
Finished
ENG won by 45 runs

Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zak Crawley | lbw b S Raza | 124 | 171 | 14 | 0 | 72.51 |
lbw b S Raza | ||||||
Ben Duckett | c Ben Curran b W Madhevere | 140 | 134 | 20 | 2 | 104.48 |
c Ben Curran b W Madhevere | ||||||
Ollie Pope | c TE Tsiga b TL Chivanga | 171 | 166 | 24 | 2 | 103.01 |
c TE Tsiga b TL Chivanga | ||||||
Joe Root | c S Williams b B Muzarabani | 34 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 77.27 |
c S Williams b B Muzarabani | ||||||
Harry Brook | b B Muzarabani | 58 | 50 | 6 | 3 | 116.00 |
b B Muzarabani | ||||||
Ben Stokes(C) | c Ben Curran b B Muzarabani | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 69.23 |
c Ben Curran b B Muzarabani | ||||||
Jamie Smith(WK) | Not out | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
Not out | ||||||
Extra | 25 (b 6, w 6, nb 3, lb 10) | |||||
Total | 565/6 (96.3) |
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Ngarava | 9 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 4.67 |
Blessing Muzarabani | 24.3 | 3 | 143 | 3 | 5.84 |
Tanaka Chivanga | 16 | 0 | 117 | 1 | 7.31 |
Victor Nyauchi | 18 | 0 | 103 | 0 | 5.72 |
Sikandar Raza | 24 | 1 | 93 | 1 | 3.88 |
Wesley Madhevere | 3 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 11.33 |
Brian Bennett | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8.50 |

Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian Bennett | c O Pope b JC Tongue | 139 | 143 | 26 | 0 | 97.20 |
c O Pope b JC Tongue | ||||||
Ben Curran | c H Brook b S Cook | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 |
c H Brook b S Cook | ||||||
Craig Ervine(C) | c H Brook b S Bashir | 42 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 65.63 |
c H Brook b S Bashir | ||||||
Sean Williams | b S Bashir | 25 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 60.98 |
b S Bashir | ||||||
Sikandar Raza | c JL Smith b B Stokes | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 36.84 |
c JL Smith b B Stokes | ||||||
Wesley Madhevere | b B Stokes | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
b B Stokes | ||||||
Tafadzwa Tsiga(WK) | b S Bashir | 22 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 44.90 |
b S Bashir | ||||||
Blessing Muzarabani | b G Atkinson | 12 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
b G Atkinson | ||||||
Tanaka Chivanga | lbw b G Atkinson | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 10.53 |
lbw b G Atkinson | ||||||
Victor Nyauchi | Not out | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Not out | ||||||
Richard Ngarava | Absent hurt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Absent hurt | ||||||
Extra | 10 (b 0, w 0, nb 4, lb 6) | |||||
Total | 265/10 (63.2) |
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Samuel Cook | 17 | 1 | 72 | 1 | 4.24 |
Gus Atkinson | 13.2 | 2 | 58 | 2 | 4.35 |
Shoaib Bashir | 16.4 | 2 | 62 | 3 | 3.72 |
Josh Tongue | 13 | 1 | 56 | 1 | 4.31 |
Ben Stokes | 3.2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 3.30 |
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Ben Curran - 4.3 ov), 2-96 (C Ervine - 20.4 ov), 3-156 (S Williams - 32.3 ov), 4-187 (S Raza - 38.2 ov), 5-199 (W Madhevere - 40.6 ov), 6-246 (B Bennett - 54.3 ov), 7-251 (TE Tsiga - 56.1 ov), 8-258 (TL Chivanga - 61.4 ov), 9-265 (B Muzarabani - 63.2 ov)

Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian Bennett | lbw b G Atkinson | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 |
lbw b G Atkinson | ||||||
Ben Curran | c B Stokes b S Bashir | 37 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 35.58 |
c B Stokes b S Bashir | ||||||
Craig Ervine(C) | c O Pope b JC Tongue | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 15.38 |
c O Pope b JC Tongue | ||||||
Sean Williams | lbw b S Bashir | 88 | 82 | 16 | 0 | 107.32 |
lbw b S Bashir | ||||||
Sikandar Raza | c H Brook b S Bashir | 60 | 68 | 10 | 0 | 88.24 |
c H Brook b S Bashir | ||||||
Wesley Madhevere | c H Brook b B Stokes | 31 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 86.11 |
c H Brook b B Stokes | ||||||
Tafadzwa Tsiga(WK) | b S Bashir | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 30.77 |
b S Bashir | ||||||
Blessing Muzarabani | c J Root b S Bashir | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c J Root b S Bashir | ||||||
Victor Nyauchi | Not out | 13 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 76.47 |
Not out | ||||||
Tanaka Chivanga | lbw b S Bashir | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 83.33 |
lbw b S Bashir | ||||||
Richard Ngarava | Absent hurt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Absent hurt | ||||||
Extra | 9 (b 2, w 2, nb 3, lb 2) | |||||
Total | 255/10 (59) |
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Samuel Cook | 14 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 3.36 |
Gus Atkinson | 6 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 2.83 |
Josh Tongue | 12 | 0 | 65 | 1 | 5.42 |
Shoaib Bashir | 18 | 1 | 81 | 6 | 4.50 |
Ben Stokes | 8 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 5.13 |
Joe Root | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (B Bennett - 3.1 ov), 2-7 (C Ervine - 7.2 ov), 3-129 (S Williams - 32.3 ov), 4-142 (Ben Curran - 36.2 ov), 5-207 (W Madhevere - 47.4 ov), 6-218 (TE Tsiga - 50.6 ov), 7-222 (B Muzarabani - 52.2 ov), 8-241 (S Raza - 56.2 ov), 9-255 (TL Chivanga - 58.6 ov)
Man of the Match
Date
2025-05-22 15:30 PM
Venue
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Toss
Zimbabwe elected to bowl
Umpires
- Allahuddien Paleker
- Kumar Dharmasena
Tv Umpires
- Ahsan Raza
Match Referee
- Jeff Crowe