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| May 13, 2003 | Tuesday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 10, 1424 |
Zimbabwe’s match ends in tie
WORCESTER (England), May 12: Zimbabwe’s four-day match with Worcestershire ended in a tie on the final day on Monday despite a brave effort from injured captain Heath Streak.
In a dramatic finish, Worcester paceman Kabir Ali grabbed the last two Zimbabwe wickets with the scores level.
The tourists had been set 176 to win and at 128 for eight the match looked over.
Streak had not been expected to feature after limping off on the first day with a back spasm. He did not bat in Zimbabwe’s first innings but came in at number nine on Monday and using a runner managed to make 37.
With the scores level and Zimbabwe on 175 for eight, he was caught in the slips off the bowling of Kabir, who then bowled Doug Hondo for a duck two balls later. Kabir ended with figures of five for 48.
WORCESTERSHIRE (1st Innings) 262 (V.S. Solanki 74, B.F. Smith 53).
ZIMBABWE (1st Innings) 334 (S.V. Carlisle 157, T. Taibu 57).
WORCESTERSHIRE (2nd Innings) 247 (A.J. Hall 68, S.D. Peters 63).
ZIMBABWE (2nd Innings):
D.D. Ebrahim c Solanki b Kabir 15
M.A. Vermeulen c Pipe b Harrity 0
S.V. Carlisle c Pipe b Kabir 23
G.W. Flower c Solanki b Batty 26
B.A. Rogers b Kabir 0
T. Taibu c Pipe b Hall 8
A.M. Blignaut c Smith b Batty 42
T.J. Friend c Kadeer b Batty 4
H.H. Streak c Peters b Kabir 37
R.W. Price not out 7
D.T. Hondo b Kabir 0
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-9, W-1, NB-2) 13
TOTAL (all out, 62 overs) 175
FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-20, 3-43, 4-43, 5-55, 6-119, 7-128, 8-128, 9-175.
BOWLING: Kabir Ali 15-2-48-5; Harrity 7-0-29-1; Mason 13-7-18-0; Hall 13-5-38-1; Batty 14-4-32-3.
RESULT: Match tied.—Reuters
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