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England
565/6
Zimbabwe
265/9 & 255/9
England won by 45 runs
Trent Bridge, Nottingham, Nottingham
22–24 May 2025
Summary
Scorecard
How hard each side found the batting
Uneven — Zimbabwe had it far tougher than England.
England
1.18×
+18%
Zimbabwe
0.99×
-1%
harder to score
typical
easier
The lead
How England's lead moved across the match.
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England 565
Zimbabwe 265
Zimbabwe 255
Who won it · by value
Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions
BJ Bennett
Zimbabwe
140
+170
OJ Pope
England
171
+151
SC Williams
Zimbabwe
113
+125
BM Duckett
England
140
+120
Z Crawley
England
124
+106
Best bowling
Top match figures
Shoaib Bashir
6/81
Shoaib Bashir
3/62
B Muzarabani
3/143
Ben Stokes
2/11
Top score
171
OJ Pope · England
Biggest stand
231
1st wkt · England
Worst collapse
3
–19
3 wkts for 19 · Zimbabwe
Match facts
Toss
Zimbabwe, field
Result
England won by 45 runs
Length
3 days
England
565/6
Zimbabwe
265/9
Zimbabwe
255/9
England
565
/6
(96.3 ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Z Crawley
lbw b Sikandar Raza
124
171
14
0
72.51
BM Duckett
c BJ Curran b W Madhevere
140
134
20
2
104.48
OJ Pope
c TE Tsiga b TL Chivanga
171
166
24
2
103.01
Joe Root
c SC Williams b B Muzarabani
34
44
3
0
77.27
Harry Brook
b B Muzarabani
58
50
6
3
116.00
Ben Stokes
c BJ Curran b B Muzarabani
9
13
1
0
69.23
JL Smith
*
not out
4
4
1
0
100.00
Extras
25
(b 6, lb 10, w 6, nb 3)
Total
565/6 (96.3 ov)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
Econ
R Ngarava
9.0
1
42
0
4.67
B Muzarabani
24.3
3
143
3
5.84
TL Chivanga
16.0
0
117
1
7.31
VM Nyauchi
18.0
0
103
0
5.72
Sikandar Raza
24.0
1
93
1
3.88
W Madhevere
3.0
0
34
1
11.33
BJ Bennett
2.0
0
17
0
8.50
Fall of wickets
1
-231
(BM Duckett, 41.3)
·
2
-368
(Z Crawley, 65.1)
·
3
-479
(Joe Root, 82.4)
·
4
-502
(OJ Pope, 89.4)
·
5
-548
(Ben Stokes, 94.5)
·
6
-565
(Harry Brook, 96.3)
Zimbabwe
265
/9
(63.2 ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
BJ Bennett
c OJ Pope b JC Tongue
139
143
26
0
97.20
BJ Curran
c Harry Brook b SJ Cook
6
10
0
0
60.00
CR Ervine
c Harry Brook b Shoaib Bashir
42
64
6
0
65.62
SC Williams
b Shoaib Bashir
25
41
4
0
60.98
Sikandar Raza
c JL Smith b Ben Stokes
7
19
0
0
36.84
W Madhevere
b Ben Stokes
0
10
0
0
0.00
TE Tsiga
b Shoaib Bashir
22
49
4
0
44.90
B Muzarabani
b AAP Atkinson
12
24
1
0
50.00
TL Chivanga
lbw b AAP Atkinson
2
19
0
0
10.53
VM Nyauchi
*
not out
0
5
0
0
0.00
Extras
10
(lb 6, nb 4)
Total
265/9 (63.2 ov)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
Econ
SJ Cook
17.0
1
72
1
4.24
AAP Atkinson
13.2
3
58
2
4.35
Shoaib Bashir
16.4
2
62
3
3.72
JC Tongue
13.0
1
56
1
4.31
Ben Stokes
3.2
2
11
2
3.30
Fall of wickets
1
-31
(BJ Curran, 4.3)
·
2
-96
(CR Ervine, 20.4)
·
3
-156
(SC Williams, 32.3)
·
4
-187
(Sikandar Raza, 38.2)
·
5
-199
(W Madhevere, 40.6)
·
6
-246
(BJ Bennett, 54.3)
·
7
-251
(TE Tsiga, 56.1)
·
8
-258
(TL Chivanga, 61.4)
·
9
-265
(B Muzarabani, 63.2)
Zimbabwe
255
/9
(59.0 ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
BJ Bennett
lbw b AAP Atkinson
1
10
0
0
10.00
BJ Curran
c Ben Stokes b Shoaib Bashir
37
104
1
0
35.58
CR Ervine
c OJ Pope b JC Tongue
2
13
0
0
15.38
SC Williams
lbw b Shoaib Bashir
88
82
16
0
107.32
Sikandar Raza
c Harry Brook b Shoaib Bashir
60
68
10
0
88.24
W Madhevere
c Harry Brook b Ben Stokes
31
36
4
0
86.11
TE Tsiga
b Shoaib Bashir
4
13
0
0
30.77
B Muzarabani
c Joe Root b Shoaib Bashir
0
2
0
0
0.00
VM Nyauchi
*
not out
13
17
2
0
76.47
TL Chivanga
lbw b Shoaib Bashir
10
12
2
0
83.33
Extras
9
(b 2, lb 2, w 2, nb 3)
Total
255/9 (59.0 ov)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
Econ
SJ Cook
14.0
3
47
0
3.36
AAP Atkinson
6.0
2
17
1
2.83
JC Tongue
12.0
0
65
1
5.42
Shoaib Bashir
18.0
1
81
6
4.50
Ben Stokes
8.0
0
41
1
5.12
Joe Root
1.0
1
0
0
0.00
Fall of wickets
1
-3
(BJ Bennett, 3.1)
·
2
-7
(CR Ervine, 7.2)
·
3
-129
(SC Williams, 32.3)
·
4
-142
(BJ Curran, 36.2)
·
5
-207
(W Madhevere, 47.5)
·
6
-218
(TE Tsiga, 50.6)
·
7
-222
(B Muzarabani, 52.2)
·
8
-241
(Sikandar Raza, 56.2)
·
9
-255
(TL Chivanga, 58.6)
