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| May 26, 2003 | Monday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 23,1424 |
Zimbabwe butchered by innings inside three days
LONDON, May 25: Mark Butcher had a match to remember as England beat Zimbabwe by an innings and 92 runs in the first Test with more than two days to spare at Lord’s on Saturday.
Man-of-the-Match Butcher made 137 in England’s 472 and took four for 60 in Zimbabwe’s second innings as the Africans, following-on, collapsed to 233 all out.
In all Zimbabwe lost 19 wickets during Saturday’s play.
England debutants James Anderson and Anthony McGrath also made their mark.
Lancashire fast bowler Anderson, 20, took five for 73 in Zimbabwe’s first innings 147 after the tourists’ captain Heath Streak had fielded first.
And Yorkshire captain McGrath, 27, no more than a gentle medium-pacer, took three for 16 as Zimbabwe’s fragile batting crumbled again.
In the extra half-hour claimed by England because they were in sight of victory, left-arm spinner Ashley Giles had Raymond Price (26) caught by Marcus Trescothick at midwicket after a sweep bounced off short leg Robert Key to leave Zimbabwe 219 for nine.
Butcher appropriately ended the match when he had hard-hitting tailender Travis Friend caught by Giles in the slips for a 56-ball 43.
Surrey star Butcher, who bats left-handed and bowls right-arm medium-pace, weighed in with valuable wickets throughout, dismissing first innings top scorer Dion Ebrahim (68) and second innings counterpart Mark Vermeulen (61).
Opener Vermeulen, who made one before becoming Anderson’s first Test wicket, showed his ability with a maiden Test fifty in the second innings before nicking Butcher to Trescothick at first slip.
After a period of consolidation, Zimbabwe lost two wickets in four balls to McGrath, in for injured all-rounder Andrew Flintoff.
McGrath, who made 69, took his first Test wicket when he had wicket-keeper Tatenda Taibu (16) caught by Butcher at second slip.
And Sean Ervine (four) then edged McGrath’s gentle medium-pace to Trescothick, Zimbabwe 132 for five.
Zimbabwe’s display emphasised the loss of world-class batsman Andy Flower, now playing county cricket for Essex, following his international retirement after a black armband World Cup protest against President Robert Mugabe.
The second and final Test of this series, the first to be played at Durham’s Riverside Ground at Chester-le-Street, starts on June 5.
Scoreboard
ENGLAND (1st Innings) 472 (M.A. Butcher 137, A. McGrath 69, M.E. Trescothick 59, A.F. Giles 52).
ZIMBABWE (1st Innings) 147 (D.D. Ebrahim 68; J.M. Anderson 5-73).
ZIMBABWE (2nd Innings, following-on):
D.D. Ebrahim c Key b Harmison 6
M.A. Vermeulen c T’cothick b Butcher 61
S.V. Carlisle lbw b Butcher 24
G.W. Flower c T’cothick b Harmison 26
T. Taibu c Butcher b McGrath 16
S.M. Ervine c T’cothick b McGrath 4
H.H. Streak lbw b McGrath 11
A.M. Blignaut b Butcher 6
T.J. Friend c Giles b Butcher 43
R.W. Price c T’cothick b Giles 26
D.T. Hondo not out 0
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-6, W-3) 10
TOTAL (all out, 68.5 overs) 233
FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-91, 3-95, 4-128, 5-132, 6-150, 7-158, 8-168, 9-219.
BOWLING: Anderson 15-4-65-0; Hoggard 15-5-35-0; Harmison 12-4-35-2 (1w); Giles 8-2-15-1; Butcher 12.5-0-60-4 (2w); McGrath 6-0-16-3.
RESULT: England won by an innings and 92 runs.
UMPIRES: S.A. Bucknor (West Indies) and D.L. Orchard (South Africa).
TV UMPIRE: N.A. Mallender (England).
MATCH REFEREE: C.H. Lloyd (West Indies).
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Mark Butcher.
SECOND TEST: Chester-le-Street, June 5-9.—AFP/Reuters
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