Pitch: 2A - Dry and Grassless - good for batting
Weather: 9 - Chance of thunderstorms
Toss: Zimbabwe Board XI
Zimbabwe Board XI won the toss and batted first on a good batting pitch, hoping to put up another good score against a struggling England A side.
They immediately lost Shah to Reeve for a duck, but a 143 run stand for the 2nd wicket between Arnott and Carlisle laid a platform for a large total.
Arnott as eventually out just short of a century for a well paced 95, while Carlisle made 53.
Late hitting by an in form Iain Butchart lifted the total to 230/5 off 50 overs, a position the home team would be very happy with at the break.
In reply England collapsed badly against the seamers, falling to 98/6 off 28.3 overs, the match seeming all over.
But allrounders Mike Watkinson and Phil Newport add 89 in 91 balls to put England A back on course.
A brilliant unbeaten 97* off 93 balls with 16 fours and 2 sixes by Watkinson gave England A a chance going into the last 6 overs, requiring 45, but when Newport fell the later batsmen could not maintain the rate.
Watkinson lost strike for the final overs, narrowly missing a century, and his team ended up losing by 17 runs, adding to his disappointment.
It was a wonderful counterracking innings when all seemed over, and for that and his tight 9 over spell, Watkinson was named Man of the Match;
Zimbabwe Board XI won by 17 runs
Man of the Match: M.Watkinson
Zimbabwe Board XI 1st Innings 230/5 Closed (Overs 50)
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KJ Arnott | c M Watkinson | b SL Watkin | 95 | 135 | 127 | 12 | 0 |
| AH Shah | c SJ Rhodes | b DA Reeve | 0 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| SV Carlisle | b PJ Newport | 55 | 113 | 73 | 8 | 0 | |
| AC Waller | not out | 24 | 64 | 36 | 2 | 1 | |
| CN Evans | c JP Taylor | b PJ Newport | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| IP Butchart* | b SL Watkin | 44 | 42 | 47 | 6 | 0 | |
| WR James+ | not out | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| DH Brain | dnb | ||||||
| SG Peall | dnb | ||||||
| AG Huckle | dnb | ||||||
| JA Rennie | dnb | ||||||
| extras | (b4 lb0 w2 nb1) | 7 | |||||
| TOTAL | 5 wickets for | 230 |
| FOW |
|---|
| 1-2(AH Shah) 2-145(SV Carlisle) 3-151(KJ Arnott) 4-153(CN Evans) 5-222(IP Butchart) |
| Bowler | Overs | Maid | Runs | Wkts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Taylor | 7 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| SL Watkin | 8 | 1 | 36 | 2 |
| PJ Newport | 9 | 2 | 42 | 2 |
| DA Reeve | 9 | 2 | 31 | 1 |
| JP Stephenson | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| PCR Tufnell | 7 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| M Watkinson | 9 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
England A 1st Innings 213/9 Closed (Overs 50)
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD Moxon* | b JA Rennie | 9 | 32 | 20 | 1 | 0 | |
| JP Stephenson | lbw | b DH Brain | 13 | 38 | 31 | 2 | 0 |
| GP Thorpe | c WR James | b JA Rennie | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| M Maynard | c SG Peall | b AH Shah | 9 | 34 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| DA Reeve | c IP Butchart | b AH Shah | 29 | 42 | 42 | 4 | 0 |
| M Watkinson | not out | 97 | 132 | 93 | 16 | 2 | |
| SJ Rhodes+ | c SG Peall | b IP Butchart | 11 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 0 |
| PJ Newport | c CN Evans | b DH Brain | 26 | 57 | 44 | 4 | 0 |
| JP Taylor | lbw | b DH Brain | 7 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| SL Watkin | c AC Waller | b DH Brain | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| PCR Tufnell | not out | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| extras | (b0 lb0 w2 nb3) | 5 | |||||
| TOTAL | 9 wickets for | 213 |
| FOW |
|---|
| 1-21(MD Moxon) 2-23(JP Stephenson) 3-23(GP Thorpe) 4-56(M Maynard) 5-63(DA Reeve) |
| 6-97(SJ Rhodes) 7-186(PJ Newport) 8-207(JP Taylor) 9-207(SL Watkin) |
| Bowler | Overs | Maid | Runs | Wkts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DH Brain | 10 | 1 | 32 | 4 |
| JA Rennie | 10 | 4 | 28 | 2 |
| IP Butchart | 7 | 1 | 31 | 1 |
| SG Peall | 5 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| AG Huckle | 5 | 1 | 26 | 0 |
| AH Shah | 8 | 1 | 37 | 2 |
| CN Evans | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
Mike Watkinson made an unbeaten 97* off 93 balls to win the Man of the Match award
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