Zimbabwe Board XI v England A - 3 day First Class match 1991/2 - England A 1st Innings

Zimbabwe Board XI v England A - 3 day First Class match 1991/2 - Bulawayo

Needing 331 to avoid the follow on, England A began badly, slipping to 70/4 despite a solid start by opener Moxon.
Thorpe and Watkinson came to the rescue for the visitors, adding a vital 141 for the 5th wicket, before Watkinson was out for an aggressive counterattacking 72 off 83 balls.
Thorpe continued on to his first hundred in A colours after often making half centuries but failing to convert on previous tours.
With the tail digging in, England A avoided the follow on courtesy of a couple of streaky edges by Tufnell, ending the game as a contest.
With little time left to force a result, England felt they had no chance of losing and immediately declared 148 runs behind on 332/9.
Left armer David Brain was the pick of the bowlers, claiming 4 wickets with the most impressive seam bowling of the match.

England A 1st Innings 332/9 Declared (Overs 97.4)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
MD Moxon		b AG Huckle	38	112	89	3	0
JP Stephenson		b DH Brain	7	36	26	1	0
KJ Barnett*		b DH Brain	7	39	24	1	0
JP Crawley		b SG Peall	17	29	28	3	0
GP Thorpe	c SV Carlisle	b AH Shah	111	175	162	13	1
M Watkinson	c SG Peall	b CN Evans	72	113	83	12	0
SJ Rhodes+		b AH Shah	18	63	47	1	0
PAJ DeFreitas		b DH Brain	28	77	53	4	0
IDK Salisbury		b DH Brain	13	27	22	1	0
JP Taylor	not out		10	56	41	1	0
PCR Tufnell	not out		6	16	15	1	0
extras		(b1 lb0 w0 nb4)	5
TOTAL		9 wickets for	332

FOW
1-15(JP Stephenson) 2-39(KJ Barnett) 3-65(JP Crawley) 4-70(MD Moxon)
5-210(M Watkinson) 6-274(GP Thorpe) 7-277(SJ Rhodes) 8-302(IDK Salisbury)
9-319(PAJ DeFreitas)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
DH Brain	27.4	6	65	4
JA Rennie	21	5	60	0
IP Butchart	9	0	30	0
SG Peall	12	0	53	1
AG Huckle	13	0	61	1
AH Shah	8	2	29	2
CN Evans	7	1	33	1

Graham Thorpe scored his first hundred for England A to help his team avoid the follow on