England vs Zimbabwe Match Stats

Length ball, just outside off, Ollie Pope looks to steer it past the gully fielder and plays it to the left of him. The fielder saves the ball but misfields it a bit. The batters take a single.

 Length ball on middle and leg, Joe Root nudges it to deep square leg for a single.

Good length, around off, Ollie Pope cuts it towards backward point for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Blessing Muzarabani has a wicket! It's the big wicket of Joe Root! Zimbabwe have something to celebrate! Attempted short ball on off, Joe Root looks to hook it over deep fine leg, but doesn't really get on top of the bounce. Only manages to get height on the ball due to the top edge and ends up giving a simple catch to Sean Williams at deep fine leg.

Length ball angling in on middle, Harry Brook defends it off the crease.

Length ball around off, Harry Brook opens the bat face and guides it to point.

Length ball sliding on pads, Ollie Pope looks to flick it but misses it, as the ball hits his thigh pad and trundles along the ground in the direction of fine leg. The wicket-keeper runs behind it and cuts it off.

Full on middle, Harry Brook flicks it to short mid-wicket.

Length ball on off, Harry Brook plays it off the crease to the right of point for a single.

Length ball swinging into the rhight hander, Ollie Pope blocks it off the inner half of the bat.

Full and sliding on the pads, Ollie Pope flicks it to deep square leg for a single.

Full and swinging in, but the line is on the leg stump, Harry Brook flicks it easily to deep fine leg for a single.

Back of a length, hint of shape away from the right hander, but the line is well outside off. Harry Brook leaves it alone.

A touch fuller and angling in, outside off, Harry Brook judges the line well and lets it go. That one rose quite a bit as it went to the wicket-keeper, who collected it over his head.

Length ball on off, Harry Brook blocks it to mid off.

Length ball, well outside off, Harry Brook gets his bat out of the way as he lets it go.

Oh! That's a close leave from Harry Brook! He would say he judged the line well but that ball was very close to the off stump. Length ball angled in, around off, Harry Brook shoulders his arms to that one, as the ball goes over the off stump. Ahh, Blessing Muzarabani's natural bounce took it over the sticks.

Length ball, swinging into the right hander, Harry Brook this time defends it solidly off the front foot.

Fuller delivery sliding on the pads, Ollie Pope misses out on it, as he looks to flick it and gets an inside edge that ricochets onto his pads.

Overpitches on middle, Ollie Pope swings through the line as the ball hits the inside half of his bat and goes along the ground to the left of deep fine leg for a single.

Length ball, swinging into the right hander, Harry Brook defends it off the front foot. That was the not defended convincingly by Harry Brook!

Length ball just outside off, Harry Brook punches it past the short cover fielder and picks up two runs.

Length again, on off, Harry Brook is right behind the line of that ball as he defends it off the front foot to mid off.

Full on middle, Harry Brook clips it on the bounce to the right of mid on who dives to his right and makes a good stop.

Peach of a delivery from Blessing Muzarabani! Back of a length angled into the right hander, in the channel outside off, Ollie Pope looks to defend it off the back foot, as the ball straightens just enough to beat the outside edge on its way to the keeper.

Length ball that skids off the surface, outside off, Ollie Pope has a slash at it, but the ball takes the underedge and rolls towards gully.

FOUR! Poor from Blessing Muzarabani! Ollie Pope gives it the full treatment! Length ball wide outside off, Ollie Pope slaps it in front of square to pick up his twenty-fourth four of the day.

Full again, outside off, Ollie Pope drives it off the front foot to deep point for a single.

Short ball on middle, Harry Brook pulls it square of the wicket to deep square leg for a single.

Full and swinging on middle, Ollie Pope looks to flick it and gets a bit of an inside edge that hits his pads and goes into the ground.

Yorker on leg stump, Harry Brook looks to flick it and misses ast the ball hits his toe and goes into the leg side. Batters take a single.

Length ball on middle, Ollie Pope works it to short mid-wicket.

Back of a length delivery, that nips back into the right hander. Ollie Pope looks to push it but gets beaten on the inside edge as the ball goes over the off stump.

Yorker outside off, Ollie Pope digs it out as he looks to drive it.

Short on middle, Ollie Pope pulls it behind square to the right of deep backward point for a single.

FOUR! Easy pickings and that sums up the day for Zimbabwe! A touch full sliding down leg, Harry Brook tickles it fine as the ball races away to the fence towards deep fine leg. That will be Stumps on Day 1.