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

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

Toss: Zimbabwe Board XI

Zimbabwe Board XI won the toss, and with the pitch expected to possibly help the spinners late in the match, elected to bat first.
Openers Arnott and Shah laid the foundations in an opening stand of 73, before Shah took over and totally dominated.
In amazing form for a man with a First Class average in the mid 20's, Shah feasted on a wayward attack, plundering a double century on the 1st day, with batting of the highest class.
In all he made 203 in 321 minutes of batting, off 291 balls, with 21 fours to all parts.
Aided by a powerful 88 from Waller, the Zimbabwe Board XI motored along at 4 an over for much of the day, and at Stumps were 366/4 after 92 overs of mostly brilliant batting.
Realising that enforcing the follow on was probably their greatest chance of achieving victory, the home side batted on til Lunch on Day 2, posting 480/5 declared.
Tufnell claimed 2 wickets for England A, but the attack failed to adhere to a bowl good line and length, and leaked too many 4 balls in a particularly poor performance.
A clearly grumpy captain Kim Barnett bowled himself for 14 overs as other more established bowlers failed to perform, taking a wicket, but like the rest, proving expensive.

Zimbabwe Board XI 1st Innings 480/5 Declared (Overs 127.5)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
KJ Arnott	st SJ Rhodes	b M Watkinson	29	96	73	3	0
AH Shah	c JP Stephenson	b JP Taylor	203	321	291	21	0
SV Carlisle	c JP Stephenson	b PCR Tufnell	12	32	33	1	0
AC Waller		b PCR Tufnell	88	132	119	15	0
CN Evans	lbw	b KJ Barnett	46	126	99	7	0
IP Butchart*	not out		62	120	114	9	1
WR James+	not out		26	52	48	2	0
DH Brain	dnb
SG Peall	dnb
AG Huckle	dnb
JA Rennie	dnb
extras		(b4 lb0 w6 nb4)	14
TOTAL		5 wickets for	480

FOW
1-73(KJ Arnott) 2-110(SV Carlisle) 3-306(AC Waller) 4-366(AH Shah) 5-422(CN Evans)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
PAJ DeFreitas	21	6	75	0
JP Taylor	21	2	66	1
JP Stephenson	9	1	52	0
PCR Tufnell	28	1	98	2
IDK Salisbury	13.5	0	61	0
M Watkinson	21	4	56	1
KJ Barnett	14	0	68	1

 

Ali Shah scored a brilliant 203 off 291 balls with 21 fours on the 1st day v England A