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| Venue | Harare Sports Club, Harare on 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th December 1996 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | KT Francis, RB Tiffin |
| TV umpire | ID Robinson |
| Referee | Hanumant Singh |
| Close of play day 1 | England (1) 137/9 (Crawley 37*, Tufnell 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Zimbabwe (1) 93/2 (GW Flower 33*, Houghton 26*) |
| Close of play day 3 | England (2) 17/1 (Knight 6*, Stewart 10*) |
| Close of play day 4 | England (2) 195/3 (Stewart 101*, Thorpe 50*) |
| Man of the Match | GW Flower |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NV Knight | c A Flower b Olonga | 15 | 20 | 33 | 1 | - | |
| *MA Atherton | c Campbell b Whittall | 13 | 49 | 89 | - | 1 | |
| +AJ Stewart | c GW Flower b Streak | 19 | 44 | 62 | 1 | - | |
| N Hussain | c A Flower b Streak | 11 | 53 | 73 | 1 | - | |
| GP Thorpe | c Dekker b Streak | 5 | 20 | 37 | - | - | |
| JP Crawley | not out | 47 | 169 | 218 | 3 | - | |
| C White | c Campbell b Whittall | 9 | 47 | 59 | - | - | |
| RDB Croft | c GW Flower b Whittall | 14 | 55 | 79 | 2 | - | |
| D Gough | b Strang | 2 | 8 | 9 | - | - | |
| AD Mullally | c and b Whittall | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | |
| PCR Tufnell | b Streak | 9 | 37 | 57 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 5 lb, 5 nb, 1 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 353 minutes, 83.1 overs) | 156 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24 (Knight), 2-50 (Atherton), 3-50 (Stewart), 4-65 (Thorpe), 5-73 (Hussain), 6-94 (White), 7-128 (Croft), 8-133 (Gough), 9-134 (Mullally), 10-156 (Tufnell) | |||||||
| Zimbabwe bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Streak | 24.1 | 7 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Brandes | 16 | 6 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Olonga | 9 | 1 | 23 | 1 | - | 3 | |
| Whittall | 16 | 5 | 18 | 4 | - | - | |
| Strang | 18 | 7 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Zimbabwe first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GW Flower | c Crawley b Gough | 73 | 255 | 353 | 5 | 1 | |
| MH Dekker | c Stewart b Mullally | 2 | 16 | 18 | - | - | |
| *ADR Campbell | c Thorpe b White | 22 | 53 | 71 | 2 | - | |
| DL Houghton | c Stewart b Gough | 29 | 124 | 152 | 1 | - | |
| +A Flower | lbw b Gough | 6 | 24 | 49 | - | - | |
| AC Waller | lbw b Tufnell | 4 | 18 | 18 | - | - | |
| GJ Whittall | b Gough | 1 | 9 | 6 | - | - | |
| PA Strang | not out | 47 | 82 | 105 | 4 | - | |
| HH Streak | c Crawley b Croft | 7 | 34 | 44 | - | - | |
| EA Brandes | c Gough b Croft | 9 | 16 | 16 | - | 1 | |
| HK Olonga | c Hussain b Croft | 0 | 6 | 9 | - | - | |
| Extras | (8 lb, 6 nb, 1 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 427 minutes, 105 overs) | 215 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Dekker), 2-46 (Campbell), 3-110 (Houghton), 4-131 (A Flower), 5-136 (Waller), 6-138 (Whittall), 7-159 (GW Flower), 8-197 (Streak), 9-211 (Brandes), 10-215 (Olonga) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Mullally | 23 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Gough | 26 | 10 | 40 | 4 | - | 3 | |
| Croft | 15 | 2 | 39 | 3 | - | - | |
| White | 16 | 4 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tufnell | 25 | 3 | 55 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NV Knight | c Campbell b Strang | 30 | 83 | 134 | 3 | - | |
| *MA Atherton | c Campbell b Streak | 1 | 3 | 9 | - | - | |
| +AJ Stewart | not out | 101 | 267 | 380 | 8 | - | |
| N Hussain | c Houghton b Strang | 6 | 37 | 34 | - | - | |
| GP Thorpe | not out | 50 | 169 | 220 | 6 | - | |
| JP Crawley | did not bat | ||||||
| C White | did not bat | ||||||
| RDB Croft | did not bat | ||||||
| D Gough | did not bat | ||||||
| AD Mullally | did not bat | ||||||
| PCR Tufnell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 391 minutes, 93 overs) | 195 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Atherton), 2-75 (Knight), 3-89 (Hussain) | |||||||
| Zimbabwe bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Streak | 18 | 5 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| Brandes | 21 | 6 | 45 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Olonga | 7 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Whittall | 14 | 6 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Strang | 26 | 6 | 42 | 2 | - | - | |
| GW Flower | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> MH Dekker made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> MH Dekker made his last appearance in Test matches
--> AC Waller made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> AC Waller made his last appearance in Test matches
--> NV Knight (1) passed 5500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 2
--> PA Strang (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 42
--> NV Knight (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 13
--> AJ Stewart (2) passed 18500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 80
--> C White made his debut in Zimbabwe in first-class matches
--> C White made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> GJ Whittall achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the England first innings (previous best was 4-70)
--> RDB Croft achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the Zimbabwe first innings (previous best was 3-77)
--> D Gough reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed GW Flower, his 4th wicket in the Zimbabwe first innings
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