NatWest Series(ENG, ZIM, SA)

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NatWest Series Schedule




Date            Match                           Venue
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June

 26            England v Zimbabwe             Trent Bridge 
 28            England v South Africa         AMP Oval 
 29            South Africa v Zimbabwe        Canterbury 

July

 1             England v Zimbabwe             Headingley 
 3             England v South Africa         Manchester 
 5             South Africa v Zimbabwe        Cardiff 
 6             England v Zimbabwe             Bristol 
 8             England v South Africa         Birmingham 
10             South Africa v Zimbabwe        Southampton 

**12             FINAL                            Lord's **

  • England Squad: Michael Vaughan(Capt), Kabir Ali, James Anderson, Rikki Clarke, Andrew Flintoff, Ashley Giles, Darren Gough, Steve Harmison, Richard Johnson, Robert Key, Anthony McGrath, Chris Read(WK), Vikram Solanki, Marcus Trescothick and James Troughton

  • Zimbabwe Squad: Heath Streak(Capt), Tatenda Taibu(Wicket-keeper), Andy Blignaut, Gary Brent, Stuart Carlisle, Charles Coventry, Dion Ebrahim, Sean Ervine, Grant Flower, Travis Friend, Douglas Hondo, Douglas Marillier, Stuart Matsikenyere, Waddington Mwayenga, Raymond Price, and Richard Sims

  • South Africa: Graeme Smith(Capt), Mark Boucher(Wicket-keeper), Paul Adams, Nicky Boje, Alan Dawson, Boeta Dippenaar, Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Hall, Jacques Kallis, Charl Langeveldt, Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini, Shaun Pollock, Dewald Pretorius, Jacques Rudolph, Martin van Jaarsveld and Morne van Wyk.

Must be a good series to watch! South Africa looks a different team with some new faces. No Zulu…No fireworks. :frowning: Zimbabwe will be underdogs whereas with the return of Richard Johonson, England are favs and they might clinched the series. But don’t count out Saffies!

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South Africa will stroll through this series, they might have new faces but they still have Pollock, Kallis, Gibbs, Boucher, Ntini, they will easily go on to win.
England barely defeated a weak Pakistani team, their chances against South Africa are very slim.

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After registrating your team, go to the bottom of the page and join the group called Gupshup XI

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47.6 Giles to Flower, FOUR, driven through covers and thats it Zimbabwe
won by 4 wickets
47.5 Giles to Flower, no run, pushed back
47.4 Giles to Ervine, one run, turned to deep mid wicket
47.3 Giles to Ervine, FOUR, tosses up, comes on the front foot and
drives it between cover and extra cover for four
47.2 Giles to Ervine, no run, comes down the wicket and drives it
straight o Vaughan at mid wicket
47.1 Giles to Flower, one run, short ball, goes back and cuts it to deep
cover

   7 runs to win from 18 balls

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Zimbabwe Pull Off a Thriller

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Boy oh boy almost everyone talked ZIM down and that they should be in a lower class/league together with BD but today they showed that they can Beat socalled better teams ..... even though the total wasn't that high but one must give credit for good bowling and fielding that manage that .....

Well once again Flower-Power (this time Grant) helped ZIM through .... i hope they'll play SA in the Final at Lords ....

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Damn, Zimbabwe beat England…Wonderful performance by Grant Flower, who stood outthere, never hesitated. Not a good performance by England at all. Zimbabwe were 15/4 and pulled the match off! Richard Johnson made his debut with 3 wkts.

England has got to prepare even better against South Africa.




ODI # 2028
NatWest Series, 2003, 1st Match
England v Zimbabwe
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
26 June 2003 (50-over match)

**Result: Zimbabwe won by 4 wickets
Points: Zimbabwe 5, England 1**

Toss: Zimbabwe
Umpires: SJA Taufel (Aus) and P Willey
TV Umpire: NA Mallender
Match Referee: CH Lloyd (WI)
ODI Debuts: RWT Key, RL Johnson (Eng).
**Man of the Match: GW Flower

England innings (50 overs maximum)                              R   M   B**

ME Trescothick        c Flower           b Streak              38  49  38
VS Solanki            c Ebrahim          b Streak               1   9   3
*MP Vaughan           c Taibu            b Ervine              13  35  22
RWT Key                                  b Price               11  57  37
**A Flintoff            c Blignaut         b Marillier           53 103  89**
A McGrath             run out (Friend/Taibu)                   14  35  42
R Clarke                                 b Blignaut            23  47  39
+CMW Read             c Brent            b Blignaut            23  31  32
RL Johnson            not out                                   0   3   0
AF Giles              not out                                   1   1   1
**Extras                (b 2, lb 2, w 7, nb 3)                   14
Total                 (8 wickets, 50 overs, 189 mins)         191**

DNB: D Gough.

FoW: 1-9 (Solanki, 2.1 ov), 2-56 (Vaughan, 9.6 ov),
     3-57 (Trescothick, 10.3 ov), 4-104 (Key, 23.6 ov),
     5-134 (McGrath, 36.2 ov), 6-144 (Flintoff, 40.2 ov),
     7-190 (Read, 49.4 ov), 8-190 (Clarke, 49.5 ov).

**Bowling                      O      M      R      W**

Streak                       9      1     30      2 (3w)
Blignaut                     8      0     53      2 (2nb, 2w)
Ervine                       8      1     26      1 (1nb)
Friend                       1      0     14      0 (1w)
Price                       10      2     20      1
Marillier                   10      0     30      1
Flower                       4      0     14      0 (1w)

**Zimbabwe innings (target: 192 runs from 50 overs)               R   M   B**

DA Marillier          c Clarke           b Gough                0       5  
DD Ebrahim            c Flintoff         b Johnson              1       7
TJ Friend             c Clarke           b Gough                5      15
**GW Flower             not out                                  96     15** :k:
+T Taibu              c Solanki          b Johnson              4       9
S Matsikenyeri        c Clarke           b Johnson             44      55
*HH Streak            run out (Vaughan)                         7      21
SM Ervine             not out                                  26      25
**Extras                (lb 1, w 10, nb 1)                       12
Total                 (6 wickets, 48 overs)                   195**

DNB: AM Blignaut, GB Brent, RW Price.

FoW: 1-2 (Ebrahim, 1.2 ov), 2-3 (Marillier, 2.4 ov),
     3-8 (Friend, 4.5 ov), 4-15 (Taibu, 9.2 ov),
     5-111 (Matsikenyeri, 31.6 ov), 6-143 (Streak, 40.1 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gough                       10      2     40      2 (1nb, 4w)
Johnson                     10      1     32      3
Flintoff                    10      2     24      0 (1w)
Clarke                       3      0     13      0
Giles                        9      0     50      0
McGrath                      6      0     35      0 (1w)
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I would never write off Zim under english playing conditions, their record is better than most countries in last few years in england. 1999 WC they made it to the supper six stag, 2000 they Beat WI in a thriller to make it to the final against England.
Zim's medium fast allrounders and their batsmen's ability to score 20's 30's are quite good enough in engliash conditions.

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Does anybody Remeber that zim Vs WI game 3 Years back when Zim made that great chace.?? to me one of the best games of cricket ever.

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BTW

Where is actually Sadi Sobi ????

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South Africa 264/6 (50 ov)
England 151/0 (24.2 ov)

England on fire.

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England won by 6 wickets



South Africa innings (50 overs maximum)                         R   B
*GC Smith                                b Anderson            15  25
HH Gibbs                                 b Anderson             5   5
JH Kallis                                b Flintoff           107 133
JA Rudolph            run out (Johnson)                        20  35
+MV Boucher                              b Flintoff            55  64
M van Jaarsveld                          b Flintoff            13  23
SM Pollock            not out                                  12   7
AJ Hall               not out                                  23   8
Extras                (lb 11, w 3)                             14
Total                 (6 wickets, 50 overs)                   264

DNB: N Boje, AC Dawson, M Ntini.

FoW: 1-5 (Gibbs, 2.4 ov), 2-33 (Smith, 8.5 ov),
     3-72 (Rudolph, 18.3 ov), 4-183 (Boucher, 40.1 ov),
     5-221 (van Jaarsveld, 46.3 ov), 6-240 (Kallis, 48.2 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Anderson                    10      1     54      2 (3w)
Gough                       10      1     61      0
Flintoff                    10      1     46      3
Johnson                     10      1     39      0
Giles                        8      0     38      0
McGrath                      2      0     15      0

England innings (target: 265 runs from 50 overs)                R   B
*ME Trescothick       not out                                 114 125
VS Solanki            c Kallis           b Ntini              106 108
RWT Key               c Boucher          b Ntini                0   1
A McGrath             c Boucher          b Kallis               0   7
A Flintoff                               b Hall                32  21
JO Troughton          not out                                   5  14
Extras                (lb 3, w 4, nb 1)                         8
Total                 (4 wickets, 45.5 overs)                 265

DNB: +CMW Read, AF Giles, JM Anderson, RL Johnson, D Gough.

FoW: 1-200 (Solanki, 31.6 ov), 2-202 (Key, 33.2 ov),
     3-203 (McGrath, 34.4 ov), 4-247 (Flintoff, 41.2 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Pollock                      8      0     41      0 (1nb)
Ntini                       10      0     56      2 (1w)
Kallis                       9      0     54      1
Hall                         8.5    0     49      1 (1w)
Boje                         5      0     31      0
Dawson                       5      0     31      0
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Action from Oval
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Double century: Man of the Match Vikram Solanki and Marcus Trescothick celebrate England's six-wicket win over South Africa at The Oval.

South African bowlers got thrashed of their lives except of Shaun Polluck. I have no faith in Smith's Captaincy unless he changes the way he set-up the field. Kallis seems to be back in form from his WC nightmare! So did Mark Boucher. Good on them!

Jimmy Anderson nay duba baja diya Gibbs and Smith ka! WHOOPS

Marcus and Vikram performed overwhemingly better than what they did day before yesterday against Zimbabwe. First wicket partnership of 200 runs, damn! This English team is learning quickly on home-ground. Good for them!

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:hehe: a win by 6 wickets and almost 6 overs remaining. Hey I didn’t have to cut and paste your post (like you did with my post on the NBA thread)

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yaar Asif_k Kewn Panga lay rahay ho Umair316 se??? iss thread ka bhee Jinaza nikal jia ga…tum logon ka koi haal nahee hai!

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Koi baat nahi, good teams have bad days, afterall India did lost to Kenya twice, so why can’t South Africa lose.

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Asif is just lonely ;)

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great innings by Vikram Solanki and captain Marcus Trescothick to put England on a victory spot:k: Both centuries were treat to watch:k:

Another master 100 by Kallis against Zimbabwe today:k:

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Jack Kallis played very well for his second consecutive hundred:k:

and also Marcus Trescothick and Vikram Solanki played :k: for their centuries:k:

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Center of Attention - Jacques Kallis




ODI # 2030
NatWest Series, 2003, 3rd Match
South Africa v Zimbabwe
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
29 June 2003 (50-over match)

**Result: South Africa won by 46 runs
Points: South Africa 5, Zimbabwe 1**

Toss: Zimbabwe
Umpires: BF Bowden (NZ) and NA Mallender
TV Umpire: P Willey
Match Referee: CH Lloyd (WI)
**Man of the Match: JH Kallis

South Africa innings (50 overs maximum)                         R   B   4  6**

*GC Smith             lbw                b Hondo                7  21   0  0
HH Gibbs                                 b Blignaut             5   9   1  0
**JH Kallis             not out                                 125 147  14  1** :k:
JA Rudolph            c Flower           b Price               32  45   4  0
**AJ Hall               c Flower           b Ervine              56  51   3  3**
+MV Boucher                              b Hondo               17  21   2  0
SM Pollock            not out                                  12   9   1  0
**Extras                (lb 4, w 11, nb 3)                       18
Total                 (5 wickets, 50 overs)                   272**

DNB: M van Jaarsveld, N Boje, AC Dawson, M Ntini.

FoW: 1-7 (Gibbs, 1.6 ov), 2-29 (Smith, 7.4 ov),
     3-84 (Rudolph, 24.3 ov), 4-175 (Hall, 38.6 ov),
     5-220 (Boucher, 45.6 ov).

**Bowling                      O      M      R      W**

Streak                      10      0     50      0 (3w)
Blignaut                     8.5    1     66      1 (2nb, 3w)
Hondo                        9.1    3     29      2 (2w)
Price                        8      1     37      1
Ervine                       5      0     39      1 (1nb, 1w)
Marillier                    4      0     19      0 (1w)
Flower                       5      0     28      0 (1w)

**Zimbabwe innings (target: 273 runs from 50 overs)               R   B   4  6**

DA Marillier          c Boucher          b Ntini                3  12   0  0
DD Ebrahim            c Smith            b Boje                40  68   5  0
**TJ Friend                                b Hall                82  93   5  2**
GW Flower             c Dawson           b Kallis              27  43   0  0
S Matsikenyeri        run out (Hall)                            5  14   0  0
AM Blignaut           c van Jaarsveld    b Hall                 6  10   0  0
*HH Streak            c Hall             b Dawson               5   6   0  0
SM Ervine             c Smith            b Pollock             11  15   0  0
+T Taibu              not out                                  18  27   1  0
RW Price                                 b Hall                 8   6   2  0
DT Hondo              not out                                  12   7   3  0
**Extras                (lb 2, w 5, nb 2)                         9
Total                 (9 wickets, 50 overs)                   226**

FoW: 1-3 (Marillier, 3.2 ov), 2-112 (Ebrahim, 25.1 ov),
     3-146 (Friend, 33.1 ov), 4-158 (Matsikenyeri, 36.5 ov),
     5-170 (Blignaut, 39.3 ov), 6-176 (Streak, 40.4 ov),
     7-178 (Flower, 41.5 ov), 8-200 (Ervine, 46.4 ov),
     9-212 (Price, 48.3 ov).

**Bowling                      O      M      R      W**

Pollock                     10      1     35      1
Ntini                       10      1     44      1 (2nb, 2w)
**Hall                         9      0     38      3**
Dawson                       8      0     47      1 (2w)
Boje                         7      0     30      1
Kallis                       6      0     30      1 (1w)

Well Well Well…Kallis is back in the Town! Two Centuries in consecutive matches. Good for him. Gibbs and Smith still found themselves in trouble from the start. Zimbabwe had restricted them in the first 15 overs. Actually, they did restricted them to 3 runs per over at the end of 30 overs. But then, Andrew Hall joined the party with Jacques Kallis and Zimbabwe slipped it away.

It’s not that Zimbabwe won’t learn from this loss. Travis is back in form. They were able to grab bonus pt and it’s a shame South Africa couldn’t be able to bowled them out! If I had to chose MoM, Andrew Hall would be selection 'cause not only he made 56 runs but also picked up 3 wkts and a run-out. But, anyway, it was Kallis who contributed most of the part.

Seems like South Africia’s Middle Order have come to alive but their bowling department is not that great as it was used to be.