Wednesday: 12/07 Contents Match review: 2 West Indies v Zimbabwe Match preview: 3 England v Zimbabwe Follow the NatWest Series on-line... Welcome to the latest issue of the NatWest Series Newswire. Updated editions will be Fixtures & regulations 4 available after each match. To receive your copy simply visit the ECB website at ecb.co.uk, click on the NatWest logo and follow the prompts. You will then be able to print any or all of the Newswire pages. For scores from the NatWest Series and the NatWest Trophy use the live service provided in partnership with sportinglife.com. Just visit NatWest's website One day records at natwest.com and click on the NatWest series logo to activate the link. 5 WWestest IndiesIndies ZimbabweZimbabwe EnglandEngland ZIMBABWEZIMBABWE BOOKBOOK AA PLACEPLACE ININ THETHE FINALFINAL ZIMBABWE have now trounced the West Indies Now Zimbabwe - buoyed by the 70-run whip- batsmen will be required to set the Africans a twice. And the thousands of home supporters ping of the Windies at Canterbury on Tuesday, decent target. ready to cheer on their heroes at Old Trafford will be out to scuttle England’s big batting But England should beware, as Johnson, Guy will be hoping that now Andy Flower’s team names again. Neil Johnson led the wicket-tak- Whittall and Campbell are fresh from big have secured their place in next Saturday’s ing exploits against Jimmy Adams’ side, with innings against the West Indies - and no doubt NatWest Series Final, they may relax. two for 16 off six overs. Five other bowlers hungry for more runs. But the African side will not - and the Flower also chipped in with a wicket-apiece. brothers, plus Johnson, Campbell and Co will England will be hoping to banish memories of be out to complete a dashing double over their sorry batting performance against the England. The tourists made easy work of the Windies at Lord’s on Sunday, when only tor- Table hosts when the sides met at The Oval last rential rain saved them after collapsing to 158 P W L NR Tie Pts R/R Saturday. Marcus Trescothick’s hugely-impres- for eight. Zimbabwe 3 3 0 0 0 6 0.71 sive 79 on debut was not enough to make up Trescothick’s 49 and Graham Thorpe’s 42 for drab performances by other, more senior offered some cheer for supporters at the England 2 0 1 1 0 1 -0.20 players. home of cricket, but assistance from more West Indies 3 0 2 1 0 1 -0.97 2 West Indies v Zimbabwe Squad 10th July at Canterbury Squad Zimbabwe beat West Indies by 70 runs 1 Andy Flower (c) (wk) 6 Shivnarine SIX DAYS, three wins, and Zimbabwe are already in the Jacobs owed his side some runs and made 37 before Chanderpaul NatWest Series Lord’s final before England and West falling lbw to Grant Flower in the 43rd over after a stand of 2 Guy Whittall 7 Ridley Jacobs (wk) Indies have even began to stir in the inaugural mid-sum- 54 with Nixon McLean, who went on to complete 50 from 4 Neil Johnson 9 Brian Lara mer tournament. 70 balls before West Indies ended the match at 186 for 5 Murray Goodwin 19 Jimmy Adams (c) The Canterbury outfield was slowed by the recent eight. 6 Grant Flower 23 Mervyn Dillon rain, and Zimbabwe struck only 50 runs in boundaries To start with, Gayle clipped a catch to square-leg, then 7 Craig Wishart 29 Reon King out of their total of 256 for four and made certain they Sherwin Campbell mishit a shot to mid-on, and Wavell 32 Corey Collymore galloped the rest. Hinds knocked back a return chance to Bryan Strang. 8 Stuart Carlisle It could be argued that vital runs were literally hand- 33 Courtney Walsh It was 23 for three and worse was to follow when 9 Heath Streak (vc) ed to them by crucial lapses in a sub-standard West Adams and Lara ended up at the same end, and next ball 34 Ricardo Powell Indies fielding display in which seven chances went 11 Dirk Viljoen 40 Adrian Griffith astray. Lara played on to a pacy delivery from Heath Streak. 12 Gary Brent Zimbabwe were led by 83 in 111 balls from Guy Whittall 43 Mahendra Perhaps the most crucial was offered by Alistair 13 Paul Strang Nagamootoo Campbell, who was five when Ridley Jacobs should have in his 100th international after Neil Johnson had struck a bristling 51 in 68 deliveries. 19 Mluleki Nkala 45 Chris Gayle stumped him off Chris Gayle and he went on to make an Hinds failed to grasp the difficult chance offered by 20 Alistair Campbell 53 Ramnaresh influential 77 not out off 78 balls to add to his man-of- the-match 80 against England at The Oval on Saturday. Johnson on 17 and then came the fluffed stumping oppor- 26 Mpumelelo Sarwan The Windies played some loose strokes, and a run-out tunity by Jacobs off Campbell. Mbangwa 68 Wavell Hinds mix-up between captain Jimmy Adams and Brian Lara Man-of-the-match Whittall, too, was let off on 40, 76 Nixon McLean had West Indies tottering on the edge of the precipice 49 and 80 by Rose, Sherwin Campbell and Hinds after 28 Bryan Strang 99 Franklyn Rose at 40 for five. a treble-juggle. 77 Henry Olonga Quotes Scorecard (West Indies won toss) Quotes ZIMBABWE WEST INDIES Jimmy Adams Runs 6s 4s Bls Min Runs 6s 4s Bls Min Andy Flower N C Johnson run out ......................................51 0 5 68 80 C H Gayle c Streak b Johnson...........................6 0 1 13 17 “We would have fielded “It was a bad perfor- G J Whittall c Hinds b Rose .............................83 0 5 111 198 S L Campbell c G W Flower b Johnson .............2 0049 had we won the toss 16 W W Hinds c & b B C Strang.............................9 0 1 13 13 mance in every aspect. M W Goodwin b Gayle ................................... 0 0 28 25 and we would have A D R Campbell not out..................................77 1 1 78 87 B C Lara b Streak ..............................................3 0 0 21 32 Our approach in the liked to have chased. field was very poor. G W Flower c Campbell b Rose.........................6 0079 *J C Adams run out ........................................10 0 0 23 24 *†A Flower not out ............................................7 00814 R L Powell b Viljoen.........................................14 0 2 23 27 Things worked out very Nobody is happy with well for us from the the way we fielded. Extras (b2 lb7 w7) .........................................16 †R D Jacobs lbw b G W Flower .......................37 1 1 78 121 F A Rose lbw b P A Strang...............................30 2 2 31 30 word go. Guy Whittall We might have bowled Total (for 4, 50 overs) ...............................256 Fall: 1-89, 2-118, 3-214, 4-229. N A M McLean not out....................................50 0 3 70 88 had the guts to stand a little better in the Did Not Bat: S V Carlisle, P A Strang, H H Streak, D P Viljoen, B C Strang. M Dillon not out................................................6 0 0 24 24 second half of the up and say he’d like to Bowling: N A M McLean 8-0-46-0, C D Collymore 7-0-40-0, M Dillon 10- Extras (lb4 w15) ............................................19 open when Craig Zimbabwe innings than 1-44-0, F A Rose 10-0-47-2, C H Gayle 10-0-42-1, J C Adams 5-0-28-0. Total (for 8, 50 overs) ...............................186 we did in the first. And Wishart injured his knee Fall: 1-7, 2-18, 3-23, 4-40, 5-40, 6-57, 7-103, 8-157. just before the start, we didn’t bat very well Did Not Bat: C D Collymore. and my run-out came Bowling: N C Johnson 6-0-16-2, B C Strang 10-2-35-1, H H Streak 8-0- and he did a great job. at a very bad time for 23-1, D P Viljoen 9-1-26-1, P A Strang 10-0-58-1, G W Flower 5-0-18-1, To be honest our field- the team. We haven’t G J Whittall 2-0-6-0. ing was great today and been very happy with Umpires: B Dudleston and R Julian. I’d like us to sharpen the way things have up on that. We are not gone since the Lord’s used to doing this well Test. It’s a very big chal- Man of the Match Best innings and it’s a great feeling for the boys. Who we lenge for us to use the Behind time remaining Guy Whittall play in the final is out between now and the Off side of our hands, so we two games in Durham, Runs: 83. square Leg side won’t bother about it. 14 square and see we can get 18 19 We haven’t won a ourselves back on Wickets: 0. major tournament but track, not so much Catches: 0. 7 10 we got into the final technically 15 against India in Sharjah Guy Whittall Covers but mentally.” Zimbabwean Midwicket and lost. The impact of opener Whittall’s Straight playing this sort of knock was the cricket and getting a Key Player highlight of a Guy Whittall 83, off 111 balls few wins under our polished batting belt has been huge Nixon McLean display.