Thursday, September 13, 2007 

England have beatenZimbabwe by 50 runs in Group B of the2007 Twenty20 World Championship atNewlands Cricket Ground,Cape Town,South Africa.

After losing two batsmen in two balls followed by the dismissal of Matt Prior for 20runs, England were left on 51-3. Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood shared apartnership of 100 runs. Pietersen hit 79 runs off 37 balls, while Paul Collingwood wasrun out for 37. Elton Chigumbura took four wickets for Zimbabwe as England reached 188-9 after 20overs.

Vusi Sibanda and Brendan Taylor got Zimbabwe off to a good reply, adding 74 runs. Brendan Taylor scored 47 runs before he wasbowled by Dimitri Mascarenhas, while Tatenda Taibu was also bowled after scoring just two runs. Dimitri Mascarenhas took 3-18 and Chris Schofield took 2-15 to reduce Zimbabwe to 89-5. Zimbabwe did not recover and finished the twenty overs on 138-7, 50 runs short of England's total.

Group A depends on England's match against Australia tomorrow. England are top of the group with one victory, while Zimbabwe are second with one win and one loss. Australia need to beat England to avoid an early exit from the tournament.

Toss: England won, and chose to bat first.

England innings
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
D L Maddy	c Matsikenyeri b Chigumbura	14	9	2	0	155.55
M J Prior	c Chibhabha b Mupariwa	20	14	2	1	142.85
L J Wright	c Taylor b Chigumbura	0	1	0	0	0.00
K P Pietersen	c Masakadza b Utseya	79	37	7	4	213.51
P D Collingwood	run out (Sibanda/Taylor)	37	28	1	2	132.14
A Flintoff	b Chibhabha	13	13	0	1	100.00
O A Shah	c Chibhabha b Chigumbura	11	8	0	1	137.50
A D Mascarenhas	c Masakadza b Chigumbura	0	1	0	0	0.00
C P Schofield	not out	9	7	1	0	128.57
S C J Broad	run out (Mupariwa/Brent)	1	2	0	0	50.00
J M Anderson	not out	0	0	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 1; w 3)	4
Total	(9 wickets; 20 overs)	188		13	9

Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Maddy, 2.3 ov), 2-20 (Wright, 2.4 ov), 3-51 (Prior, 5.3 ov), 4-151 (Pietersen, 14.3 ov), 5-154 (Collingwood, 15.1 ov), 6-172 (Flintoff, 17.6 ov), 7-178 (Shah, 18.2 ov), 8-178 (Mascarenhas, 18.3 ov), 9-186 (Broad, 19.4 ov)

Zimbabwe bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
E Chigumbura	4	0	31	4	7.75
G B Brent	3	0	34	0	11.33
T Mupariwa	2	0	22	1	11.00
P Utseya	4	0	27	1	6.75
T Taibu	2	0	20	0	10.00
K M Dabengwa	2	0	29	9	14.50
C J Chibhabha	3	0	24	1	8.00

Zimbabwe innings (Target: 189 runs from 20 overs)
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
V Sibanda	c Maddy b Mascarenhas	29	25	5	0	116.00
B R M Taylor	b Mascarenhas	47	39	4	2	120.51
T Taibu	b Mascarenhas	2	4	0	0	50.00
C J Chibhabha	c & b Schofield	5	8	0	0	62.50
S Matsikenyeri	c Flintoff b Schofield	2	6	0	0	33.33
E Chigumbura	c Wright b Collingwood	8	5	0	1	160.00
H Masakadza	c Wright b Broad	27	23	1	0	117.39
P Utseya	not out	13	10	1	0	130.00
K M Dabengwa	not out	0	0	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 4; w 1)	5
Total	(7 wickets; 20 overs)	138		11	3

Fall of wickets: 1-74 (Sibanda, 8.4 ov), 2-81 (Taibu, 10.2 ov), 3-84 (Taylor, 12.1 ov), 4-87 (Matsikenyeri, 13.2 ov), 5-89 (Chibhabha, 13.4 ov), 6-104 (Chigumbura, 15.4 ov), 7-137 (Masakadza, 19.4 ov)

Did not bat: GB Brent, T Mupariwa

England bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
S C J Broad	4	0	29	1	7.25
J M Anderson	3	0	31	0	10.33
A Flintoff	3	0	18	0	6.00
A D Mascarenhas	4	0	18	3	4.50
C P Schofield	4	0	15	2	3.75
P D Collingwood	2	0	23	1	11.50

England:D L Maddy,M J Prior (wkt),L J Wright,K P Pietersen,P D Collingwood (capt),A Flintoff,O A Shah,A D Mascarenhas,C P Schofield,S C J Broad,J M Anderson

Zimbabwe:H Masakadza,C J Chibhabha,B R M Taylor (wkt),V Sibanda,T Taibu,E Chigumbura,S Matsikenyeri,K M Dabengwa,P Utseya (capt),G B Brent,T Mupariwa

Man of the Match:K P Pietersen (England)

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2007 Twenty20 World Championship

Umpires:Asad Rauf (Pakistan) andI L Howell (South Africa)
TV Umpire:A L Hill (New Zealand)
Match Referee:R S Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire: M Erasmus (South Africa)

• ICC World Twenty20 6th Match, Group B: England v Zimbabwe at Cape Town — Cricinfo, September 13. 2007
• England v Zimbabwe — BBC Sport, September 13, 2007

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