[Cricket] England vs Zimbabwe, One Off Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, May 22nd-26th 2025

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Stokes is a useless tosser, Zim won the toss and have inserted.

The last time Zimbabwe and England played each other (2007) Stuart Broad hadn't made his Test debut.

 

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f*** sake. I forgot this was today, and have left my big iPad at home

 

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Putting us in to make sure it lasts the four days?

 

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Glad we're playing Zimbabwe at home. Though I understand we're not doing it out of charity. Lesser test nations need big games. I hope they do well, but admit I do fear for them a bit

 

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Left Footer said:

Putting us in to make sure it lasts the four days?

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It smacks of that doesn't it

 

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Nobby Cybergoat said:

It smacks of that doesn't it

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It does, although just checked and looks like Saturday in Nottingham could be wet, so could lose another day there.

 

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England: 1 Zak Crawley, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Ollie Pope, 4 Joe Root, 5 Harry Brook, 6 Jamie Smith (wk), 7 Ben Stokes (capt), 8 Gus Atkinson, 9 Sam Cook, 10 Josh Tongue, 11 Shoaib Bashir

Zimbabwe: 1 Ben Curran, 2 Brian Bennett, 3 Craig Ervine (capt), 4 Sean Williams, 5 Sikandar Raza, 6 Wessly Madhevere, 7 Tafadzwa Tsiga (wk), 8 Richard Ngarava, 9 Blessing Muzarabani, 10 Tanaka Chivanga, 11 Victor Nyauchi

 

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Nice to see an ex Bexhill CC player as captain in a Test Match in England in the 150th anniversary year of the club.

 

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At least the Zimbabwe side is not "killing white farmers" from South Africa and eating cats and dogs.

 

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They truly are a nice looking team.

 

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Will Zack Crawley hit the century he needs to ensure he's undroppable for the next 18 months?

 

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Titanic said:

Stokes is a useless tosser, Zim won the toss and have inserted.

The last time Zimbabwe and England played each other (2007) Stuart Broad hadn't made his Test debut.

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I thought the last time was 2003. Seem to remember James Kirtley playing and taking a few. Possibly Jimmy's debut as well.

Crawley may get some runs here, so that will cement his place for another couple of years.

 

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51-0 (10.2 overs) Duckett 29* Crawley 22*

 

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51-1 (10.2 overs) Duckett 29* Crawley 22*

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51-1 ?

Do we automatically deduct Crawley's wicket before the innings starts ?

 

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Eeyore said:

I thought the last time was 2003. Seem to remember James Kirtley playing and taking a few. Possibly Jimmy's debut as well.

Crawley may get some runs here, so that will cement his place for another couple of years.

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2003 was the last Test Match, 2007 a World Cup T20 in Cape Town.

 

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I saw England v Zimbabwe in an ODI in Cape Town around 2000 from memory?

Would be good to get them back to playing at a decent level, I seem to recall that game was very close and I know we lost a few times to them in ODIs at least in that era.

Edit - it wasn’t close at all, just checked and they walloped us by 107 runs, Jan 28, 2000. I must have blanked it out from my memory!

 

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I saw them later that year at Lord's in a one day triangular tournament final where England won comfortably. They beat India and South Africa the year before though in the 1999 world cup here to qualify for the Super 6 stage ahead of England. They had a good side back then.

 

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Zimbabwe are NOT a Test Nation.

93-0 after 19 overs.

 

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Don't fear Notts are here, Duckett cashing in.

 

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This next one-off Test could be series-defining. These are a good side.