BULAWAYO, Dec 5: England beat Zimbabwe by 74 runs in the fourth and final one-day international on Sunday to take the series 4-0.

SCOREBOARD

England

I. Bell c Matsikenyeri b Rainsford 30

M. Prior c Vermeulen b Rainsford 35

M. Vaughan not out 90

A. Strauss c Chigumbura b Matsikenyeri 17

K. Pietersen c Nkala b Matsikenyeri 0

P. Collingwood run out 5

G. Jones c Ebrahim b Chigumbura 80

G. Batty not out 0

Extras (w3, nb1) 4

Total (for 6 wkts, 50 overs) 261

Did not bat: A. Wharf, S. Jones, D. Gough

Fall of wkts: 1-55, 2-71, 3-93, 4-94, 5-104, 6-254

Bowling: Panyangara 10-0-58-0 (1nb), Rainsford 10-1-29-2, Nkala 3-0-35-0 (2w), Chigumbura 4-0-46-1 (1w), Utseya 10-0-33-0, Matsikenyeri 10-1-35-2, Taylor 3-0-25-0

Zimbabwe

S. Matsikenyeri c G Jones b Gough 10

B. Taylor c G Jones b Gough 4

D. Ebrahim lbw b Gough 0

M. Vermeulen c Collingwood b S Jones 5

H. Masakadza b Collingwood 66

T. Taibu c Prior b Collingwood 23

E. Chigumbura b Bell 29

M. Nkala c Pietersen b Gough 7

T. Panyangara c Batty b Bell 13

P. Utseya not out 12

E. Rainsford b Bell 0

Extras (b1, lb1, w13, nb3) 18

Total (48.4 overs) 187

Fall of wkts: 1-8, 2-8, 3-22, 4-43, 5-118, 6-129, 7-149, 8-168, 9-187, 10-187

Bowling: Wharf 6-3-14-0 (2nb, 1w), Gough 8-0-34-4 (1nb, 7w), Collingwood 10-0-34-2 (3w), S. Jones 8-3-33-1 (2w), Batty 10-1-36-0, Pietersen 2-0-22-0, Bell 3.4-0-9-3, Strauss 1-0-3-0. -AFP